. Scenery of the Pacific railways, and Colorado . -t^j. ^- Castle Rock Echo Canon Two miles from Wihsatch the tramrrosses i trestle-work bri(Jj:^c 450 feetlong md 75 feet high inci immedi itelyafterward it crashes into the longest tun-nel on the road, and through masses ofreddish and purple clays. He must be a veiy rapid observerindeed who can comprehend all of thevaried beauties and curiosities that fol-low. The high, abrupt wall on one side, so smooth that itmight have been cut by a saw, the lofty hills on the other side,and the glimpses of mountains whose snows never melt, areimpressive and
. Scenery of the Pacific railways, and Colorado . -t^j. ^- Castle Rock Echo Canon Two miles from Wihsatch the tramrrosses i trestle-work bri(Jj:^c 450 feetlong md 75 feet high inci immedi itelyafterward it crashes into the longest tun-nel on the road, and through masses ofreddish and purple clays. He must be a veiy rapid observerindeed who can comprehend all of thevaried beauties and curiosities that fol-low. The high, abrupt wall on one side, so smooth that itmight have been cut by a saw, the lofty hills on the other side,and the glimpses of mountains whose snows never melt, areimpressive and interesting ; but they are not the only things thatmake a journey through Echo Cafion memorable for a lifetime. The stupendous rocks frequently assume the appearance ofan artificial object, as at Green River and among the Bad Lands ;it seems, as we round some butte of castellated form, that weare not in a region that twenty years ago was almost unknown, but in a much older country; feudal labor, and not the patient toil of the rain-drops, musthalf di
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