. 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 . cted with it. It is a huge example of dis-integration ; its rounded form resembles anoblong hay-stack, with layers of rocks lappingover tlie top and sides of the mass. Thin layers another conspicuous landmark,—the Ticin PeakSfwhich really are but one high peak in the ridge,cleft down the centre, dividing it in two, nearly to-the base. Vietv in the Uintah Mountains.—Theview we give on page 80, is taken from Photo-graph Ridge, elevation, 10,829 feet, — by theHayden Exploring Expedition, and is one of thegrandest and most perfect mountain views in theWest. The traveler, as he passes rapidlythrough Echo and Weber Canons, and casuallynotices the chain of mountains at the south, canform no idea of their beauty and Hayden says of this view In the fore-ground of our view is a picturesque groupof the mountain pines. In the middle dis-tance, glimmering in the sunlight like a silverthread, is Blacks Fork, meandering throughgrassy, lawn-like parks, the eye following it up. ^D-ihSiir INDEPENDENCE ROCK. have been broken off in part,
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