. Crofutt's new overland tourist and Pacific coast guide : containing a condensed and authentic description of over one thousand two hundred cities, towns, villages, stations, government fort and camps, mountains, lakes, rivers, sulphur, soda and hot springs, scenery, watering places, and summer resorts : where to look for and hunt the buffalo, antelope, deer and other game; trout fishing, etc., etc. In fact, to tell you what is worth seeing--where to see it--where to go--how to go--and whom to stop with while passing over the Union, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and c
. Crofutt's new overland tourist and Pacific coast guide : containing a condensed and authentic description of over one thousand two hundred cities, towns, villages, stations, government fort and camps, mountains, lakes, rivers, sulphur, soda and hot springs, scenery, watering places, and summer resorts : where to look for and hunt the buffalo, antelope, deer and other game; trout fishing, etc., etc. In fact, to tell you what is worth seeing--where to see it--where to go--how to go--and whom to stop with while passing over the Union, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage, from sunrise to sunset, and part the way back, through Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, California and Arizona . as, since theabove, made an expedition to the river, butare not informed as to the results. A wagon road leads north, up the eastside of fhe river, over which a stage runsregularly to the Sweetwater Country—The principalcities are South Pass, Atlantic and Hamil-ton. They are situated four miles principal occupation of the citizens isquartz gold mining. Many of the minesare said to be very rich, but for some rea-son very unprofitable to w()rk. The prin-cipal mines are on Sweetwater River, a trib-utary of Wind River, which passes throughvery rich mineral and agricultural coun-try. Wind River is a tributary of the BiijHorn River, which empties into the Yel-lowstone. The streams abound in fish, in-cluding trout of excellent flavor. Thevalleys and mountains furnish game inabundance, including deer, elk, antelope,mountain sheep, buffalo, cinnamon, brown,black and grizzly bears. Indian difficulties have retarded min-ing, agricultural, and business operationsvery much in the THE VALLEY OF THE YELLOWSTONE. (See Annex No ^5.; AND PACIFIC COAST GUIDE. dl Leaving the station,we cross Green Riveron a fine bridge, thecars passing along, through heavy cuts;almost over the riverin places, affording af
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