. A description of the western resorts for health and pleasure reached via Union Pacific system, "the overland route." . he Fur Companys post at Astoria was founded in 1811. Thetide of immigration finally set in during 1839. Oregon was organized as aTerritory in 1848, and admitted to the Union as a State, February 14, State has an area of nearly 96,000 square miles, and is 350 miles long by275 wide; it has 50,000,000 acres of arable and grazing land and 10,000,000acres of forest. Oregon has nothing to lose by a close inspection of what she has to offer inthe way of climate, production
. A description of the western resorts for health and pleasure reached via Union Pacific system, "the overland route." . he Fur Companys post at Astoria was founded in 1811. Thetide of immigration finally set in during 1839. Oregon was organized as aTerritory in 1848, and admitted to the Union as a State, February 14, State has an area of nearly 96,000 square miles, and is 350 miles long by275 wide; it has 50,000,000 acres of arable and grazing land and 10,000,000acres of forest. Oregon has nothing to lose by a close inspection of what she has to offer inthe way of climate, productions, scenery, and pleasure resorts. Within its im-mense area of 96,000 square miles all that is desirable in the make-up of a greatand prosperous State is to be found, and its wonderful resources augur well forits future. From Nampa, Idaho, the Union Pacific passes through the towns ofCaldwell, Payette, Ontario, and Weiser, skirts along the boundary line ofIdaho and Oregon, following the Snake River, which it crosses and re-crosses,first in Idaho, then in Oregon, until Huntington, just within Oregon, is readied, (75). Oneonta Gorge, Columbia River, Oregon—on the Union Pacific Ry. (76) FOR HEALTH AND PLEASURE. 77 where it starts directly across the State, Baker City, Union, and La Grande,important towns beyond Huntington, are passed. Just beyond La Grande, inthe Grande Ronde Valley, comes a passage in the Blue Mountains, replete withthe dark beauty of the pine and the rippling brook and waterfall. THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY. The Grande Ronde Valley presents many points of interest to the tourist,and a sojourn here will amply repay the visitor. It is one of the most fertilevalleys of the Pacific slope. The Grande Ronde River flows in from the BlueMountains, and follows an extremely crooked channel through the valley,and here fish and game abound. Mountain streams and copious springsbreak forth on every hand, converting portions of the valley into a beautifulmeadow. There are lovely
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