. Over the range to the Golden Gate : a complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the great North-west. ■ORESTS ON THE COLUMBIA. TO THE GOLDEN GATE. 255 as the prospect unfolds. From the summit of Robinsons Hill, on a cleaiday, the sight is most grand and inspiring. Within a radius of hundred amiles, which the eye sweeps from this elevated outlook, north, east and southeast,five perpetually snow-clad mountain peaks are visible. The most prominent ofthese is Mount Hood, which rests upon the long, bluish bank of the CascadeMountains, and
. Over the range to the Golden Gate : a complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the great North-west. ■ORESTS ON THE COLUMBIA. TO THE GOLDEN GATE. 255 as the prospect unfolds. From the summit of Robinsons Hill, on a cleaiday, the sight is most grand and inspiring. Within a radius of hundred amiles, which the eye sweeps from this elevated outlook, north, east and southeast,five perpetually snow-clad mountain peaks are visible. The most prominent ofthese is Mount Hood, which rests upon the long, bluish bank of the CascadeMountains, and rears its lofty summit to the sky. Its covering of snow and. ROOSTER ROCK, COLUMBIA RIVER. glaciers sparkles in the sunlight, and when suffused with the soft glow of thesetting sun, reflects the most delicate tints of purple, crimson and gold, giving it amajestic splendor inspiring to the beholder. To the south is Mount Jefferson, andto the north Mounts Adams, St. Helens and Rainier, the latter the loftiest peak ofthe Cascade Mountain Range, all of them capped with snow and ice, and relievinga landscape of charming beauty. Breaking through the ridge of the Cascades, thegreat River of the West, the Columbia, pours its mighty tide toward the Willamette threads the broad valley to the south like a ribbon, its course beingvisible for many miles and finally being lost among the farms and villages that dot itsbanks. Tacomas commanding position among thecities of Washington Territory has been earnedstep by step by a struggle in which the odds weeagainst her. The general apprehension, justifiedprobably by the history of many cities and towns,th
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