. The Pacific tourist . Washington 1). C, and this passed, the traveler is inthe Golden Stateof California. Between Broncoand Boca, at whatwas Camp 18, aflag station hasjust been locatedand named ,—a tele-graph station, is267 miles fromSan Francisco,with a populationof about 150. Itis at the mouth ofthe l^ittle TruckeeRivei-, 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 PacilicCoast, and on ac-count of the equa-ble temperature,expected to pro-duce the best lager-beer in the
. The Pacific tourist . Washington 1). C, and this passed, the traveler is inthe Golden Stateof California. Between Broncoand Boca, at whatwas Camp 18, aflag station hasjust been locatedand named ,—a tele-graph station, is267 miles fromSan Francisco,with a populationof about 150. Itis at the mouth ofthe l^ittle TruckeeRivei-, 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 PacilicCoast, 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-lowzeroduringtheSNOW SHEDS ACROSS THE SIERRAS. Winter of 1875-6. Prosser 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 the terminus of a flume for sev-eral milling stations, and the ice-field for two. wmm ^m€iFi€ 225 companies that supply San Francisco. Continu-ing west miles, we reach Proctor^s,—262 miles from San Francisco,but trains do not stop. On the left will benoticed a large tract of flat land covered withtimber, or stumjis, and a ranche or two. Acrossthis and over the range of hills beyond, liesLake Tahoe, but keeping to the river, milesfrom Proctors, we reach Trivckee,—259 miles from San Francisco,the dividing line between the Truckee andSacramento divisions of the railroad, witha roundhouse for 24 engines. It has a tri-weekly newspaper, the Republican, 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 in1868, 1869,twice in 1870,in 1874, andChinaTownin 1875. The prevail-ing winds arewest,
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