. Salt Lake City: the "Zion" of the new world . aDsence 01proportions bold and imposing. Soclose to .the base is the city thata short drive transports one fromits noisy center into the heart ofthe mountains. For the pedestrianthere are innumerable walks wind-ing along clear mountain streams,and every fresh turn in the pathadds to his pleasure in the viewsobtained. The city is laid out on a generousplan, with broad streets and great 7. THE LIONHOUSE. squares. Onceit was practi-cally walledabout to protect it from its earlyfoes, the Indians, and here andthere sections of the old walls arestill t
. Salt Lake City: the "Zion" of the new world . aDsence 01proportions bold and imposing. Soclose to .the base is the city thata short drive transports one fromits noisy center into the heart ofthe mountains. For the pedestrianthere are innumerable walks wind-ing along clear mountain streams,and every fresh turn in the pathadds to his pleasure in the viewsobtained. The city is laid out on a generousplan, with broad streets and great 7. THE LIONHOUSE. squares. Onceit was practi-cally walledabout to protect it from its earlyfoes, the Indians, and here andthere sections of the old walls arestill to be seen. In that day thecity clustered around the founda-tions of the temple, but now hasspread miles beyond in everydirection. The old and the new are strangelyblended in Salt Lake City, thehomely architecture of half a cen-tury ago standing in the shadowof stately modern structures. What gives the city peculiarinterest is the fact that it is, and
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