. The Pacific tourist : Adams & Bishop's illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes across the continent, all pleasure resorts and places of most noted scenery in the Far West, also of all cities, towns, villages, forts, springs, lakes, mountains, routes of summer travel, best localities for hunting, fishing, sporting, and enjoyment, with all needful information for the pleasure traveler, miner, settler, or business man : a complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads, and
. The Pacific tourist : Adams & Bishop's illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes across the continent, all pleasure resorts and places of most noted scenery in the Far West, also of all cities, towns, villages, forts, springs, lakes, mountains, routes of summer travel, best localities for hunting, fishing, sporting, and enjoyment, with all needful information for the pleasure traveler, miner, settler, or business man : a complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads, and all points of business or pleasure travel to California, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Montana, the mines and mining of the Territories, the lands of the Pacific Coast, the wonders of the Rocky Mountains, the scenery of the Sierra Nevadas, the Colorado Mountains, the big trees, the geysers, the Yosemite, and the Yellowstone . is one of the most popular in the Sierras. One who lets the train go by, to climb tothe top of the ridge through which the tunnelleads, or some higher peak, will never be sorry,for an enchanting panorama will be unrolled. Summit Valley, with its bright pastures, andwarm with life, while it touches bleak rocks, andreceives the shade of the inhospitable pine orthe drip of the snow—one of the loveliest val-leys at such an altitude—lies toward the settingsun. In the rim that shuts out the south-westwind, towers the Devils Peak, a bold cliff risingfrom out of wild surroundings; and followingthe ridge eastward wi>th the eye, and aroundtoward the point of vision, there are Mans Peak, just across the valley, sharp-ened by the wintry storms of his long life, andon the main ridge. Mount Lincoln, 9,200 feet high,and Donner Peak, 2,000 feet above the railroad,and 3,200 above the lake that sleeps in quietbeauty at its base; and across the railroad WMM ^m€iWX€ WOWMiBW. 243. 244 TME ^si€£Fi€ WQWMIBW. the peak from which Bierstad
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