. Crofutt's new overland tourist and Pacific coast guide : containing a condensed and authentic description of over one thousand two hundred cities, towns, villages, stations, government fort and camps, mountains, lakes, rivers, sulphur, soda and hot springs, scenery, watering places, and summer resorts : where to look for and hunt the buffalo, antelope, deer and other game; trout fishing, etc., etc. In fact, to tell you what is worth seeing--where to see it--where to go--how to go--and whom to stop with while passing over the Union, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and c
. Crofutt's new overland tourist and Pacific coast guide : containing a condensed and authentic description of over one thousand two hundred cities, towns, villages, stations, government fort and camps, mountains, lakes, rivers, sulphur, soda and hot springs, scenery, watering places, and summer resorts : where to look for and hunt the buffalo, antelope, deer and other game; trout fishing, etc., etc. In fact, to tell you what is worth seeing--where to see it--where to go--how to go--and whom to stop with while passing over the Union, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage, from sunrise to sunset, and part the way back, through Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, California and Arizona . ted by the traveler onarriving in Salt Lake City. The traveler who visited this city someyears ago—before the discovery of therich silver mines—would be surprised bya visit now, at the remarkable changesnoticeable on every hand; all is life andenergy; everybody seems to have a pocketful of certificates of mining property, andyou hear of extensive preparations makingon every side with a view to a vigorousprosecution of various mining enterprises. The public buildings are not very numer-ous. They consist of a court-house, cityhall, city prison, theatre, and The Tabernacle—an immense build-ing—the first object one beholds on enter-ing the city. The building is oblong inshape, having a length of 250 feet fromeast to west, by 150 feet in width. Theroof is supported by 46 columns of cutsandstone, which, with the spaces between,used for doors, windows, etc., constitute thewall. From these pillars or walls, theroof springs in one unbroken arch, form- 114 CROFUTT S NEW OVERLAND TOURIST. ing the largest self-sustaining roof on thecontinent, with one notable exception—theGrand Union Depot erected by the lateCommodore Vanderbilt in New York. Theceiling of the roof is 65 feet above the one end of t
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