Tuesday – September 19^th
Cold wind blew most all night. Left rather early on our way. Saw our first “Jack Rabbit.” Lots of them were dead on the road where autos had struck them at night. Shot a prairie dog with my pistol. Very pretty little animal. Saw man and wife in “ox cart” from Conn. bound for California. Had been on road for 2 years. Passed thru home of “Kit Carson” great scout. Have supper and travel till 10:30 p.m. Tuttle and McDonald slept on ground. Mitch and myself take the Ford.

Mileage total will be combined with Sept 20th since I’m not sure where they stopped.

They were still on the Union Pacific and Victory Highways.

I’m not sure where the home of “Kit Carson” is that he talks about.  There is a Kit Carson County in Colorado which would be on their route, but Kit Carson actually lived (and died) in Boggsville Colorado which was much further south of their route.

Wednesday – September 20^th

Was woke up by “Grey Hound.” Got up early and traveled to Deer Trail where we had breakfast. Got to Denver about 9:30 a.m. Fine weather- expected snow- Very pretty place- 33 parks and play grounds. Fine buildings and congenial people. Left at noon for Longmont to see Uncle Geo Powell. Hardly knew me when I drove up. He gets his car out and takes us out to his ranch. The scenery is beautiful. The Rocky Mountains towering in the back ground. Had supper 6:30. Houck Powell and his wife came in so we chat till about 11:00 pm. Slept in 1st bed since leaving home.

Uncle Geo

Aunt Mary

Approximate mileage for the last two days is 313 miles.

I think more miles were probably driven on the 19th, but to be accurate I combined the two days. They continued on the Union and Victory Highways.

Houck Powell’s mother (Mary Alice Houck) was from Lenoir and moved to Colorado with George Robert Powell (Uncle Geo). She had 12 children. Houck’s wife was Dena Hoffman. Mary’s parents were Leander Houck and Anna Catherine Link. Uncle Geo was also from Caldwell County and was the son of Joseph Tucker Powell and Martha Kincaid. The Houck’s were kin to the LeFevre’s. Anna Houck was the mother of Maimie Lenore LeFevre (Marvin’s Wife), therefore Maimie and Mary Alice were sisters.

The new Post office and Federal Court House has just recently been completed at a cost of $1,500,000 and is one of the finest buildings ever constructed in the West. It is 200 feet by 300 feet in size and was built of Colorado marble. The site cost $500.000.

Lakeside Park. Denver’s “White City,” located just across the boundary line from the City and County of Denver, stands pre-eminent among the summer resorts of the West. Here one may see all the sights that a “White City” has to offer, and enjoy the excitement of exhilarating riding devices. White City Parks became popular after the 1893 World’s Colombian Exposition in Chicago. The Denver park was started in 1908 and is still in existence today. Today it is known as the Lakeside Amusement Park.

Thursday September 21^st
Had a fine nights rest. Ate breakfast and started for Estes Park. Went up thru south fork of St Vrain Canyon thru Estes Park and Longs Peak which is 14552 feet high which is highest in U.S. Came down thru the Big Thompson Canyon. The scenery was wonderful. The weeping birch, short leaf pine, fir trees and others made beautiful color schemes on the sides of the mountains. Uncle Geo, Tuttle and McDonald retire rather early leaving Aunt Mary, Pearl, Mitch and myself to discuss the topic of the day. Retired about 10:30. Pearl kissed me good night.

Approximate mileage 91.3 miles.

Pearl, Pearl Augusta “Polly”, was Uncle Geo and Aunt Mary’s daughter. She married Eugene Husted. She was born the same year Lloyd was born.

Estes Park is one of the entrance areas for the Rocky Mountain National Park. Longs Peak is part of the park.

Big Thompson Canyon had the catastrophic floods in 2013 when Colorado got so much rain.

View of the area

Lloyd, Mitch, Ben and Uncle Geo

Ben and Uncle Geo

View of the area

View of the area

Mt. Chapin, Estes park. Some of the highest as well as the most famous peaks in the Rocky Mountains are found in the vicinity of Estes Park. Mt Chapin is one of the best known of these magnificent mountains.

Wind River Trail Estes Park

Horseshoe Falls, Estes Park, Colo. Horseshoe Falls, situated in Horseshoe Park and seven miles from Estes Park village, is one of the prettiest falls in the park, and is visited by more people than any other similar attraction in the park.

Hallett’s Glacier – Estes Park is considered by many as the most beautiful, most rugged and most accessible spot in the entire Rocky Mountain region. Hallett’s Glacier is one of the chief attractions in the park. Hallett’s Glacier is now known as Rowe Glacier.	View of Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park. Playground of the world	Long’s Peak from Flat Top, Estes Park Colo.
Golden and Plains – The trip through Denver’s new Mountain Park system is unsurpassed by any similar trip in the world. the automobile road leading through this chain of parks is one of the best improved highways in the country.	Sphinx Head Rock – Nature guarded the entrance to beautiful Bolder Park, forty miles from Denver, with a mountain of granite, on the outer edge of which, as a silent sentinel, she placed a Sphinx head. The key that unlocks the beauties of the Park for the public is, as shown in the picture, a tunnel through the solid granite wall. For the next ten miles the road passes through a beautiful wooded park surrounded by mountains, affording ideal picnic and camping grounds with-in two hours’ ride from Denver.

Friday – September 22^nd

Left for Lookout Mtn. about 8:00a.m where Wm F. Cody known as Buffalo Bill is buried, arriving there about 10 a.m. The grave is made of concrete with iron fence around it and U.S. Flag flying over it. Nearby is museum showing all of Cody’s old guns, saddles, bridles, uniforms and other personal belongings. Also, Indian guns and other things which he captured. Scalp of Chief of Red Hand who Cody killed in hand to hand fight. Grave is on very top of mountain. Overlooks prairies for 50 miles around. Home of Hermit who rode with Cody is visible on opposite mountain. Get back to Longmont about 3:00pm and take up our journey. Camp in school house yard near Ft. Collins.

Approximate mileage 116 miles.

Bill Cody died in 1917 so Lloyd visited only 5 years later. Louisa, his wife, was buried next to him in 1921, the same year they created the museum.

Buffalo

Animals grazing on the hill

Lloyd, Mitch, Ben

Upper Hairpin and Windy Point on the Lariat Trail, Denver Mountain parks. From Wild Cat Point an exceptional view of the Lariat Trail is obtained with the snow-capped peaks of the Continental Divide showing in the distance. The Upper Hairpin is one of the best examples of scenic engineering in America. The road maintains its width of twenty feet throughout and is guarded by stone posts and steel cables. More than half a million people passed over this road last year.

Picnickers on the Summit of Lookout Mountain, Denver Mountain Parks. Near Colonel Cody’s grave and Pahaska Tepee, is the Lookout Mountain Shelter House, surrounded by a half-dozen open air stone ovens, built by the City of Denver for the convenience of her citizens and visitors who wish to picnic under the pine trees. Several thousand automobiles have been accommodated in Lookout Mountain park on one day, and this is only one of eighteen parks in the Denver Mountain Park system.