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This MGM short, part of James A. Fitzpatrick's Traveltalks series starts off in Denver, capital of Colorado, the mile high city. Known as a recreational and health center, it is noted for its beautiful parks. The Museum of Natural History has specimens of local animal life. About an hour's drive from Denver on Lookout Mountain is the grave of Col. William Cody, 'Buffalo Bill', known as a scout and a plainsman. In Colorado Springs, there is a monument to the great American humorist Will Rogers who loved the stretches of open country. Much of the mountain area of Colorado is owned by the Federal government as national forest and there are many well stocked trout streams. In Mesa Verde National Park you will find the cave dwellings once used by Native Americans.—garykmcd

In addition to showing Colorado's natural wonders, this Traveltalks short visits Buffalo Bill's grave at Lookout Mountain, the Will Rogers memorial at Colorado Springs, and excavations of ancient cliff dwellers at Mesa Verde National Park. The film closes with a choral rendition of "America the Beautiful."—David Glagovsky <dglagovsky@prodigy.net>