This menu seems less an advertisement for tourists than one for farmers considering a move to Colorado. The back cover claims that, in the Rocky Mountains, “nature smiles on the industry of man–where fertile soil and ideal climatic conditions combine to produce a vast variety of agricultural products,” adding that “it’s easy to make considerable hay in a state whereon the sun shines more than 300 days out of every 365.” The oft-made claim that the sun shines 300 days a year in Colorado isn’t true anywhere in the state unless you count days that have 80 to 90 percent cloud cover.
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In any case, the daughters of Job probably enjoyed sunshine on their August trip through Colorado. No doubt they also enjoyed their luncheon in the dining car, where they had a choice of fish, chicken supreme, or beef pot roast, along with soup or juice, potatoes, peas, bread, salad, beverage, and dessert.