What to see in America . 360 What to See in America a canyon so narrow that it could be easily bridged. Previousto 1893 the place included only jack-rabbits, lava rock, andOld Man Moon. Mr. Moon came in 1887, built a bridgeand a store, and called the place St. Anthony because theriver here makes a leap of about thirty feet, and he fanciedhe saw some resemblance to St. Anthonys Falls in canyon walls at the bridge are barely fifty feet The Niagara of the West In 189:3, when the town consisted of three log cabins, and atwo-story log store, it was made the count} seat. Evenno
What to see in America . 360 What to See in America a canyon so narrow that it could be easily bridged. Previousto 1893 the place included only jack-rabbits, lava rock, andOld Man Moon. Mr. Moon came in 1887, built a bridgeand a store, and called the place St. Anthony because theriver here makes a leap of about thirty feet, and he fanciedhe saw some resemblance to St. Anthonys Falls in canyon walls at the bridge are barely fifty feet The Niagara of the West In 189:3, when the town consisted of three log cabins, and atwo-story log store, it was made the count} seat. Evennow the population does not much exceed two thousand, yetthe place has two large schoolhouses, one of which cost S60,-000, a S70,000 courthouse, an opera house, three banks, andother features to match. In 1913 there were 26,000 acresof seed peas grown in the county, where the climate andirrigated soil are especially favorable for quality and a heavyyield of this crop. Idaho 361 In the west central part of Idaho is the Weiser NationalForest. This is particularly rugged and picturesque in theSeven Devils jMountains at the northern end. Betweenthese mountains and the Cornucopias in Oregon is the SnakeRiver Canyon, which for abysmal depths and magnificentdistances is unsurpassed in the Northwest. The Snake River has carved its deepest gorge farthersouth near Twin Falls City. Here it flows between lava wallsfour or five thou-sand feet high,and here is th
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