. The Pacific tourist . ough this rauon, however, thatsame fall, and hence tiie preparations which theMonnons made to receive it. Iheir army—theNauvoo I^egii)!!, rediricw, under the command of(ien. Daniel II. W ells, had its camp n»ar tlu*serocks, in a little widening of the valley U-Iow, {u>t beyond where you j> a j>fH ket ofKUilders, or detached parts of the ledges aUive,which have sometime, in the dim past, rolledinto the valley. The rocky fort l>eing pa-ssed,with the f>ocket of l>oulders and the site of theold camp, the traveler next approaches St^-am-lioat Kock, a hu
. The Pacific tourist . ough this rauon, however, thatsame fall, and hence tiie preparations which theMonnons made to receive it. Iheir army—theNauvoo I^egii)!!, rediricw, under the command of(ien. Daniel II. W ells, had its camp n»ar tlu*serocks, in a little widening of the valley U-Iow, {u>t beyond where you j> a j>fH ket ofKUilders, or detached parts of the ledges aUive,which have sometime, in the dim past, rolledinto the valley. The rocky fort l>eing pa-ssed,with the f>ocket of l>oulders and the site of theold camp, the traveler next approaches St^-am-lioat Kock, a huge red projection like tlie prowof a big proj>eller. A little cedar, like a fljig ofperj^etual green, shows its head on tlie Ikiw,while fartlier back, the beginning of the hurri-cane deck is visible. It sloj>es off to the rear,and becomes envelof>ed in the rr>cky it. Hy some, this is called The fJreatEastern. and the one just below it, if anything,a more perfect representation of a steamer, is. 8KXTIM I. ItiK K. »« M. called The Great Republic. They are reallycurious formations, and wonderful to those wholook upon them for the fir>t time. MonumentRock comes next. It is within a co\e andseems withdrawn from the front, as though shun-ning the gaze of the pxssing world, yet in a {>osi-tion to observe every thing that grK»s by. If thetrain would only stop and give you mi>re time—but this cannot be done, and your only recourse
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