. The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes ... A complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ... . ableto provide for all, in elegant style, at reasonableprices. Hare, also, he has on exhibition and forsale the specimens alluded to—such as beautifulmoss agates, fossil fish, petrified shells and wood,with othars which we are not able to name. Par- others to reclaim the soil, but thus farwith indifferent success, though Mr. Fieldswas quite succes
. The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes ... A complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ... . ableto provide for all, in elegant style, at reasonableprices. Hare, also, he has on exhibition and forsale the specimens alluded to—such as beautifulmoss agates, fossil fish, petrified shells and wood,with othars which we are not able to name. Par- others to reclaim the soil, but thus farwith indifferent success, though Mr. Fieldswas quite successful, in 1875, with a crop ofpotatoes, cabbages, turnips, radishes, and other•garden truck. Stages leave here for the Big Horn Watersand other towns tri-weekly. The old mudhuts are beginning to find occupants Desert House is the only hotel, apleasant place with its flowers, ferns, andpictures. The high projecting tower north of thetrack, crowning a bluff, is 625 feet higher thanthe river level below, and about 615 feet higherthan the track. Other rocks, as The Sisters and The Twin Sisters will be readily recog-nized by the passing traveler. Wake up, wake up, said an old lady to herhusband, as the train approached the station one. /);^l?/?M THK TWIN SISTERS, GREEN RIVER. ties of men are employed to search the hills,mountains and valleys in this vicinity, for thesespecimens, and when found, to bring them stock is, therefore, continually replenishedwith rich and rare gems and fossils, and theymav here be obtained at any time. Being the end of a division, Green Rirer has alarge roundhouse with fifteen stalls, and theusual maehine and repair shops. The railroadbursts into the valley through a narrow gorgebetween two hills, then turns to the right andenters the town, crossiiiT the river beyond on awooden truss bridge. The old adobe town, re-mains of which are still visible, was on the bot-tom-land directly in front of the gorge. Green River is now the county
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