. The Pacific tourist . The differ-ence in elevation between this place and Chey-enne is 2,201 feet, and distance nearly 33 average grade from Cheyenne is 67 feet per KEAR SHERMAN. called from one of the civil engineers who laidout the road. The man who deprives news-papers of their proper advertising patronage, hasbeen along and defaced the upper layers of thisrock with sentences more suggestive than ele-gant. You will obtain a fine view of it as youpass west. Dale Creek Bridge—is about two mileswest of Sherman. This bridge is built of wood,and seems to be a light airy structure, bu
. The Pacific tourist . The differ-ence in elevation between this place and Chey-enne is 2,201 feet, and distance nearly 33 average grade from Cheyenne is 67 feet per KEAR SHERMAN. called from one of the civil engineers who laidout the road. The man who deprives news-papers of their proper advertising patronage, hasbeen along and defaced the upper layers of thisrock with sentences more suggestive than ele-gant. You will obtain a fine view of it as youpass west. Dale Creek Bridge—is about two mileswest of Sherman. This bridge is built of wood,and seems to be a light airy structure, but isreally very substantial. The creek, like a threadof silver, winds its devious way in the depths be-low, and is soon lost to sight as you pass rapidlydowm the grade and through the granite cuts andsnow sheds beyond. This bridge is feet long,and nearly 130 feet high, and is one of the won-ders on the great trans-continental route. Awater tank, just beyond it, is supplied with water TME ^m€tWI€ WQW^^IBT. 83. DALE CREEK BRIDGE. from the creek by means of a steam pump. Thebuildings in the valley below seem small in thedistance, though they are not a great way old wagon road crossed the creek down aravine, on the right side of the track, and theremains of the bridge may still be seen. Thisstream rises about six miles north of the bridge,and is fed by numerous springs and tributaries,running in a general southerly direction, until itempties into the Cache La Poudre River. Theold overland road from Denver to Californiaascended this river and creek until it struckthe head-waters of the Laramie. Leaving DaleCreek bridge, the road soon turns to the right,and before you, on the left, is spread out, like amagnificent panorama. The Great Lammie Plains. — Theseplains have an average width of 40 miles, andare 100 miles in length. They begin at thewestei-n base of the Black Hills and extend tothe slope of the Medicine Bow INIountains, andnorth beyond where the Laramie R
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