Wagon Wheel Gap is widely known on account of the curative powers of the springs at that point. It received its name from some wheels being found in the Gap by one of the early freighters, which were probably left there by General Fremont when he went through. At the springs, which are about a mile from the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, and at the Gap itself, is conducted a hotel by N. Patten & Son. They have resided here for nine years, and as the great crowds at the hotel in the summer attest, they are popular and affable hotel men.