. The Pacific tourist . nd so wepass rapidly gap beginsto open in thewest, and wesoon emergefrom one of thegrandest scenesin nature, intothe lovely val-ley below, re-claimed by thehands of menfrom the barrenwaste of a des-ert, and madeto bud a n cblossom as therose. We havenow passed theW a h s a t c hRange of mount-ains, thoughtheir toweringpeaks are on theright, and re-pede from viewon the left, aswe leave and getout into the plain. We are now in the Great SaltLake Basin, or Valley; and, though the lake itselfis not in sight, the mountains on its islands are. These mountain
. The Pacific tourist . nd so wepass rapidly gap beginsto open in thewest, and wesoon emergefrom one of thegrandest scenesin nature, intothe lovely val-ley below, re-claimed by thehands of menfrom the barrenwaste of a des-ert, and madeto bud a n cblossom as therose. We havenow passed theW a h s a t c hRange of mount-ains, thoughtheir toweringpeaks are on theright, and re-pede from viewon the left, aswe leave and getout into the plain. We are now in the Great SaltLake Basin, or Valley; and, though the lake itselfis not in sight, the mountains on its islands are. These mountains, hack of Ogden, are almostalways crow 1 with snow, and frequently have their summits enveloped in clouds. They are storm-breeders—every one, and Hie old Storm King sometimes holds high carnival among Uieni,when From peak to peak, the rattling oraga among,Leaps the live thunder. Tinwinds and storms of winter occasionally fill the craggy gap through which we have passed with snow, to such an extent that it slides like. DEVILS SLIDE. an avalanche down over the track, and in theriver below, where the rushing waters give it acordial greeting, and where it soon melts in theirembrace. Uintali,—1, miles from Omaha; eleva-tion, 4,560 feet. This was formerly the stage station for Salt Lake City, but the completion ofthe Utah Central Railroad from Ogden, took away its glory. While it was I he stage terminusit was a lively place, though it never possessed indications of being a town of any great sizeApproaching the town, the valley opens out likea panorama, and neat little houses with farms and gardens at-tached, greet the,-\ es of the trav-eler in a won-derful changefrom the scenesthrough whichhe has justpiissed. Look-ing off to theleft you will no-tice the firstbench of landacross the river,with a higherbench or terracein the this firstbench, I be Mor-risite massacretook place in1862,an account0 f w h i c h w eshall give in an-other I intah,the road pur
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