. 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 . of mountains in sight, fromone side of the State to the other, is called Hum-boldt Range, or Humboldt Mountains. Asto the fertility of these and other valleys in thispart of the State, it all depends upon sage brush plain indicates good soil, but watermust be obtained to raise a crop. An effort hasbeen made to make Cariin the shipping point tothe mining districts on the north, but withoutmuch success thus far. The iron horses arechanged here, and with a fresh steed we passdown the valley. It is quite wide here, but willsoon narrow as we enter the Twelve Mile the former, the road winds around the baseof the bluffs and almost under the ledges, withthe river sometimes almost under us. Thepeaks and ledges seem to have no local name,but some of them are very singular. In oneplace, soon after entering the canon, the ledgeson the right side of the track seem to stand upon edge, and broken into very irregular, sei ratedlines,—the teeth of the ledge being uneven as to. SCENES IN THE HUMBOLDT DESERT., H o£ the Ha^M^^^^^e^T^^G^oJH^
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