. The Pacific tourist . o-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 pursuesits way in agenera] norther-ly directionalong the base ofthe mountains,till it arrives at</(i<n,—the-WKBEB canon, western termi- nus of the Union Pacific Railroad, 1, milesfrom Omaha, and 4,340 Eeet above the level ofthe sea. By agreement between the two roads,it is also the eastern terminus of the CentralPacific Railroad. T
. The Pacific tourist . o-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 pursuesits way in agenera] norther-ly directionalong the base ofthe mountains,till it arrives at</(i<n,—the-WKBEB canon, western termi- nus of the Union Pacific Railroad, 1, milesfrom Omaha, and 4,340 Eeet above the level ofthe sea. By agreement between the two roads,it is also the eastern terminus of the CentralPacific Railroad. The place is one of con-siderable importance, being the second city insize and population in the Territory of is regularly laid out, is the county-seat ofWeber County, has a court-house of brick,which, with grounds, cost about $20,000, twoor three churches and a Mormon tabernacle. The town may properly he divided into two parts- upper and lower Ogden. The upper pari is pleasantly situated on an elevated. SCENES IN WEBEK CANON. , Utah. Wahsatch Mountains in the distance. Gate and High Peaks of Wahsatoh Mountains. 3.—Heights of Weber Canon. 4—Tunnel No. 3, Weber Canon. 128 bench adjoining the mountains. This benchbreaks rather abruptly, and almost forms a bluff,and then begins lower Ogden. The upper part is mostly occupied for residences, and has somebeautiful yards with trees now well grown. Thelower portion—that which is principally seenfrom the railroad, is mostly occupied by businesshouses. One peculiarity of the towns in thesewestern or central Territories, is the runningstreams of water on each side of nearly everystreet, which are fed by some mountain stream,and from which water is taken to irrigate theyards, gardens and orchards adjoining the dwell-ings. Ogden now has fully 6,000people, and hasa Bright future before it. It is not only the ter-minus of the two great trans-continental linesbefore mentioned, but is also the starting-pointof t
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