. 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 . onsiderable distance. The maximumcontiniies for more than a mile in one place. Hazel—an unimportant station, where trainsmeet and pass; but jiassenger trains do not stoi>unless signaled. The lake can now be seen fora long distance, and in a clear day, with a goodglass, the view is magnificent. Still crossing asage brush plain, with occasional alkali patches,closing in upon the shore at times, we soon ar-rive at Lake.—There is an open plain to the northof these two stations, and north of Rozel espe-cially, are salt wells. Between these two sta-tions the second sign-board close to the track,showing the western limit of the ten miles oftrack laid in one day, is seen. North of LakeStation about three mUes, are Cedar Springs,near which a great deal of wood Avas obtainedfor the constniction of the road. Leaving thisstation we pass across flats and marshes, withthe old Union Pacific grade stUl well preserved,on our left. In places, however, it is partially Wmm ^m€lFI€ 185. SALT LAKE FROM MONUMENT POINT, MONUMENT POINT FROM SALT IM
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