What to see in America . s the capital of Nevada, and is a real curiosity,it is such a half-wild and tiny hamlet for a state place has about 2500 people. The famous divorcetown of Reno is the largest place in the state. On the boundary line between Nevada and California isLake Tahoe, some twenty miles long and twelve broad,surrounded by forests and snow-capped mountains. It ismore than a mile above sea level, and is marvelously deepand crystal clear. There are many lesser lakes in thevicinity, and foaming cascades and good hunting andfishing. The region is atits best in the late su
What to see in America . s the capital of Nevada, and is a real curiosity,it is such a half-wild and tiny hamlet for a state place has about 2500 people. The famous divorcetown of Reno is the largest place in the state. On the boundary line between Nevada and California isLake Tahoe, some twenty miles long and twelve broad,surrounded by forests and snow-capped mountains. It ismore than a mile above sea level, and is marvelously deepand crystal clear. There are many lesser lakes in thevicinity, and foaming cascades and good hunting andfishing. The region is atits best in the late sum-mer and autumn. Onecan judge of the virtuesof the lake from the factthat Mark Twain, whospent some time on itsshores, says, Threemonths of camp life onLake Tahoe would restorean Egyptain mummy tohis pristine vigor, andgive him an appetite likean alligator. ,an eccentric old Englishmariner, chose this wildmountain retreat for hishome, built a cabin, and chiseled out a tomb in the a Street in Carson, the Capital. 500 What to See in America solid rock on a lonely craggy island. But he fell out of hisboat while intoxicated, and the lake, which is said neverto yield up its dead, became his last resting place. Thelake can be visited from Carson around the south and eastsides, or from the north by way of the quaint Californiamountain town of Truckee. Nevadas loftiest height is East Peak in the White Moun-tains, with an altitude of 13,145 feet, west of Tonopah onthe boundary line. The popular name for Nevada is the*Sagebrush State, and the nickname for its people isSage Hens. The Mouth ov the Columbia XLIX Oregon In 1805 the Columbia bore the canoes of Lewis and Clark,the first transcontinental explorers, from the slopes of theRock}^ Mountains to the sea. The next year, after spendingthe winter south of the rivers mouth, the}^ went back up it,and down the Missouri to St. Louis. Their report arousedgreat interest, but there was much opposition to holding the western wildernes
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