. A description of the western resorts for health and pleasure reached via Union Pacific system, "the overland route." . ongfrom north to south, and 135 miles broad, and its vestiges are on so grand ascale that they have attracted the attention of not only geologists, but of everyobservant traveler. The principal islands are Antelope and Stansbury, onwhich are rocky ridges ranging north and south, and rising abruptly from thelake to an altitude of 3,000 feet. The view from the summit of Antelope isgrand and magnificent, embracing the whole lake, the islands and the encirclingmountains covered
. A description of the western resorts for health and pleasure reached via Union Pacific system, "the overland route." . ongfrom north to south, and 135 miles broad, and its vestiges are on so grand ascale that they have attracted the attention of not only geologists, but of everyobservant traveler. The principal islands are Antelope and Stansbury, onwhich are rocky ridges ranging north and south, and rising abruptly from thelake to an altitude of 3,000 feet. The view from the summit of Antelope isgrand and magnificent, embracing the whole lake, the islands and the encirclingmountains covered with snow—a superb picture set in a frame-work of scenery on the eastern side of Stansbury is fine. Peak towers above peak,and cliff beyond cliff in lofty magnificence, while, crowning the summit, thedome frowns in gloomy solitude upon the varied scene of bright waters, scat-tered verdure, and boundless plains of the western shore, in the arid desolationbelow. Descending one way from the dome, a gorge, at first almost shut upbetween perpendicular cliffs of white sandstone, opens out into a superb, wide. (110; FOR HEALTH AND PLEASURE. Ill and gently sloping valley, sheltered on each side to the very waters edge bycliffs, effectually protected from all winds except on the east, and covered withthe most luxuriant growth of bunch grass. Of the minor islands there are Fre-mont, Carrington, Gunnison, Dolphin, Mud, Egg, Hat, and several islands with-out a name. Great Salt Lake covers an area of 2,500 square miles, and its surface ishigher than the average height of the Allegheny Mountains. Its mean depthprobably does not exceed twenty feet, while the deepest place, between Ante-lope and Stansbury Islands, is sixty feet. The water is of a beautiful aqua-marine hue, and so clear that th^ bottom can be seen to the depth of fourfathoms. Great Salt Lake is one 01 he greatest curiosities of America. Itsextreme dimensions are about eighty miles in length by about fifty miles inw
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