. Our new West. Records of travel between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean. Over the plains--over the mountains--through the great interior basin--over the Sierra Nevadas--to and up and down the Pacific coast. With details of the wonderful natural scenery, agriculture, mines , business, social life, progress, and prospects ... including a full description of the Pacific railroad; and of the life of the Mormons, Indians, and Chinese. With map, portraits, and twelve full page illustrations . ds—Their Past, Present and Future—Their Sugar, Scenery,Volcanoes and Climate—Alaska and Arizon
. Our new West. Records of travel between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean. Over the plains--over the mountains--through the great interior basin--over the Sierra Nevadas--to and up and down the Pacific coast. With details of the wonderful natural scenery, agriculture, mines , business, social life, progress, and prospects ... including a full description of the Pacific railroad; and of the life of the Mormons, Indians, and Chinese. With map, portraits, and twelve full page illustrations . ds—Their Past, Present and Future—Their Sugar, Scenery,Volcanoes and Climate—Alaska and Arizona—The Country to beOpened by the Southern Pacific Railroad—The Canyon of theColorado—The Unknown Land of the Republic—The SolitaryPassage of the Canyon—Underground Rivers and the Secret ofthe Gulf Stream—Scientific Explorations of the New West—TheSlang Words and Phrases of Colorado and California—The Indiansof the Pacific States—Sentimental Leave-taking at San Francisco, 493 XXVII. HOME BY THE ISTHMUS. The Steamship Line between San Francisco and New York by theIsthmus—Its Business, and its Relations to the Pacific CoastLife—Its Revolution by the Railroad—Our Voyage Home—Lifeon a California Steamer—The Scenery Along the Coast—Panamaand its Bay—The Ride Across the Isthmus—Tropical Sights andExperiences—The Quick Trip on the Atlantic Side to New York—The Continental Journey Ended and Summed Up—AmericaRealizes Herself and Recognized by the World, 510. OUR NEW WEST. ■ ♦♦♦ I. INTEODUCTORY CHAPTER. Our New West—Its Extent and Importance, and Four Great Divis-ions—The Cordilleras of South America and their Progress ThroughNorth America—The First Great Division, the Plains—The Second,the Rocky Mountains—The Third, the Great Interior Basin—TheFourth, the Sierra Nevadas and the Pacific Coast—The Characteris-tics of Each—The Promise of the Book. Our New West,—cut through its center by theeast and west line of the Paci
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