. The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes ... A complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ... . e one following. This will give youample opportunity to see the natural wonderscongregated in tliis vicinity. We have almostreached the mouth Ol Echo Creek, and theWeber River comes in from tlie left, opposite Bromlefx Cathedra, in front of which stands Pulpit Rock on the most extended point asyou turn the elbow in the road. This Cathe-dral is nam
. The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes ... A complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ... . e one following. This will give youample opportunity to see the natural wonderscongregated in tliis vicinity. We have almostreached the mouth Ol Echo Creek, and theWeber River comes in from tlie left, opposite Bromlefx Cathedra, in front of which stands Pulpit Rock on the most extended point asyou turn the elbow in the road. This Cathe-dral is nam^d in honor of J. E. Bromley, Esq.,who has lived atEjho since 1858,and who cam?here as a divi-sion s uper i n-tendent of a d aysOverlaud Stageand ExpressLine. It extendssome distance—a mile or more— around thebend in themountain, audhas numeroustowers andspires, turretsand domes, oneither side. Pulpit Rock is so called fromits resemblanceto an old-fash-ioned pulpit,and rises inplain view asyou go roundth^ curve intoWeber is a traditiouamong a goodmauy people,that the Proph-et o£ the Lord,who now pre-sides over thechurch of TheLatter DaySaints, in SaltLake City, oncepreached to theassembled multitudenencethat lends such. PULPIT KOCK, ECHO CANON—LOOKINC, WESTWARD. from this exalted emi-but, while we dislike to spoil a storya charm to the place, andclothes it witli historic interest, nevertheless,such is not the fact. The oldest and mostfaithful Mormons we could find in Echo,know nothing of any such transaction. Ourcut is a faithful representation of this re-markable rock. It is estimated to be about sixtyfeet high—above the traok. You will desire to know how high the ledges are, which have beenso rapidly passed. We are informed that B. Reed, one of the civil engineers whoconstructed tliis part of the railroad, stated thatthe average height of all the rocks of Echo canon,is from 6UU to SOU feet above the lailroad. As you approach tlie elbow refeii
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