. The Pacific tourist . ington D. C, and this passed, the traveler is inthe Golden Stateof California. Between Broncoand Boca, at w hatwas Camp 18, aflag station hasjust been locatedand named ,—a tele-graph station, is267 miles fromSan Francisco,with a po2:)ulationof about 150. Itis at the mouth ofthe l^ittle TruckeeRiver, and is theSpanish name for mouth. Theonly business isthat of the BocaLumber Mill andIce Company, andthe Boca Brewery,the latter the larg-est on the PacificCoast, and on ac-count of the equa-ble temperature,expected to pro-duce the best lager-beer in the
. The Pacific tourist . ington D. C, and this passed, the traveler is inthe Golden Stateof California. Between Broncoand Boca, at w hatwas Camp 18, aflag station hasjust been locatedand named ,—a tele-graph station, is267 miles fromSan Francisco,with a po2:)ulationof about 150. Itis at the mouth ofthe l^ittle TruckeeRiver, and is theSpanish name for mouth. Theonly business isthat of the BocaLumber Mill andIce Company, andthe Boca Brewery,the latter the larg-est on the PacificCoast, and on ac-count of the equa-ble temperature,expected to pro-duce the best lager-beer in the 8,000 tonsofice are cut yearlyfrom the cold is some-times severely felt,the mercurystanding at 22° be-low zero during theSNOW SHEDS ACROSS THE SIERRAS. Winter of 1875—6. Brosser Creek—is 265 miles from San Fran-cisco at the mouth of a creek of the same name,called from a hotel keeper in early days. It is aflag station, and tlie terminus of a flume for sev-eral milling stations, and the ice-field for two. Tin: t^.niric roif?rsr. 225 comi)aines that supply San Francisco. Continu-inj^ west ^^^^ miles, we reach Ifocfor*M,—JC)2 miles from San Francisco,but trains <lr) not stop. On the left will benoticed a lar^e tract of flat land covered withtimber, or stumps, ami a ranclu; i)r two. Acrossthis and over the ran^je of hills beyond, liesLake Tahoe, but keepini, to the river, milesfrom Proctors, we reach Triirh<(,— miles from San Francisco,the dividing line between the Truckee andSacramento divisions of the railroad, witha roundiiouse for Ji enj^ines. It has a tri-weekly newspaper, the Jit/mblican, and is themost import- ant town inthe Sierras, onaccount of thebusiness done,as a summerresort, and be-cause of itsconvenience toother favoriteresorts. It isthe seat of alarge lumbertrade, andwould be ben-efited by theestablishmentof an exten-sive fire insur-ance town wasburned in1808, 1869,twice in 1870,in 1874, andChinaTownin 1875. The prevai
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