. Valleys of the Great Salt Lake .. . ncing view of the city and its environs immediately uponarriving at the handsome new Union depot. The picture isone that never tires the eye or ceases to appeal to the sense ofbeauty. The mountains rise abruptly from the eastern and north-ern limits of the city like guardian sentinels shielding the peoplefrom the cold blasts of the north and the rasping, bone search-ing currents from the east. The city gently slopes from the footof the mountains west towards the great lake, its western linesreaching within a short distance of those briny waters that areso
. Valleys of the Great Salt Lake .. . ncing view of the city and its environs immediately uponarriving at the handsome new Union depot. The picture isone that never tires the eye or ceases to appeal to the sense ofbeauty. The mountains rise abruptly from the eastern and north-ern limits of the city like guardian sentinels shielding the peoplefrom the cold blasts of the north and the rasping, bone search-ing currents from the east. The city gently slopes from the footof the mountains west towards the great lake, its western linesreaching within a short distance of those briny waters that areso near the point of saturation that nothing that has life canexist in them. Two rivers flow through the city. The Ogdenand the Weber. These generous streams pour from two canonswith similar names. They are celebrated trout streams,attracting hundreds of visitors every year who whip themfor miles, and are rewarded by generous catches of speckledbeauties that gamely rise to the fly. Ogden Cafion is directly east of the city. The water in. GATE OF LODORE. 40 THE CITY OF OGDEN. this canon is as pure and sparkling as any water everquaffed by man. From this store of living waters drained fromthe heart of the mountains the city gets its supply of water forall purposes. It is in abundance throughout the year, irrigat-ing countless acres of the most fertile land in the world, aftersupplying the city with liquid comfort. Standing on the elevatedplateau east of the city one has a splendid view of a mostdelightful panorama, composed of mountain, lake, valley, cityand sky, that has to be seen to be fully enjoyed. There isprobably no spot on earth where all the elements of a mostlovely picture are more markedly present. It seems that inthis beautiful city, that was only a raw village a few years ago,is combined the essentials for the prosperity and happiness ofmen. It is in the midst of a most lovely and fertile regionwatered by several of the most romantic and bounteous riversin the Rockies.
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