. The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes across the continent, all pleasure resorts and places of most noted scenery in the far West, also of all cities, towns, villages, Forts, springs, lakes, mountains, routes of summer travel, best localities for hunting, fishing, sporting, and enjoyment, with all needful information for the pleasure traveler, miner, settler, or business man : a complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads and all poin
. The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes across the continent, all pleasure resorts and places of most noted scenery in the far West, also of all cities, towns, villages, Forts, springs, lakes, mountains, routes of summer travel, best localities for hunting, fishing, sporting, and enjoyment, with all needful information for the pleasure traveler, miner, settler, or business man : a complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads and all points of business or pleasure travel to California, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Montana, the mines and mining of the territories, the lands of the Pacific Coast, the wonders of the Rocky Mountains, the scenery of the Sierra Nevadas, the Colorado mountains, the big trees, the geysers, the Yosemite, and the Yellowstone . miles north from San Fran-cisco. Their waters are much used, both fordrinking and bathing, with good repute for cura-tive results. What are called mud baths aretaken at Calistoga and Paso Robles, and manyother places. There is nothing so muddy aboutthem as one would fancy from the name, exceptat Paso Robles. They are simply baths takenin the spring itself just as it bubbles out of theground, holding all its peculiar virtues unim-paired. At Paso Robles the mud baths are aliteral plunging in thick mud. The waters ofthese springs, and of many others, must be usedwhile retaining their original heat, and cannotbe bottled to any purpose. The San Jose WarmSprings are only two hours from the city, but arenot open to tourists. There are three noted springs which are re-sorted to by health and pleasure seekers, whosewaters are bottled in large quantities. Theseare the Napa Soda Springs, near Napa, and thePacific Congress Springs, in the Coast Range, 10miles from Santa Clara. They have been long. EWE &&€IFW POW&ISP. 273 known, and are very freely used on this
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