. A California tramp and later footprints; or, Life on the plains and in the Golden state thirty years ago, with miscellaneous sketches in prose and verse ... Illustrated with thirty-nine wood and photo-engravings. Overland journeys to the Pacific; Agriculture. VIII. ©Ifie (i)aint'A^ ^^^^*. REAT SALT LAKE CITY—the Jerusalem, the ^ Mecca, the Holy of Holies of the Latter Day Saints and the grand centre around which the wheel of Mormonisni then revolved; the spot from whence issued all the mandates of the Church and where all the villanies laid to the charge of Brigham Young and his satellites w
. A California tramp and later footprints; or, Life on the plains and in the Golden state thirty years ago, with miscellaneous sketches in prose and verse ... Illustrated with thirty-nine wood and photo-engravings. Overland journeys to the Pacific; Agriculture. VIII. ©Ifie (i)aint'A^ ^^^^*. REAT SALT LAKE CITY—the Jerusalem, the ^ Mecca, the Holy of Holies of the Latter Day Saints and the grand centre around which the wheel of Mormonisni then revolved; the spot from whence issued all the mandates of the Church and where all the villanies laid to the charge of Brigham Young and his satellites were con- cocted—is located near the foot-hills of the Wahsatch Mountains and on the eastern edge of the Great Valley. From the base of this range, the tall peaks of which were then white with snow, the town extends towards the lake, which is some twenty miles to the westward; its scattered buildings covering several square miles. Speaking of the place as it was in 1858, each square contained ten acres and was divided into eight lots of one acre and a quarter each, so that it presented quite a sub- urban and rural appearance. The streets, which were eight rods wide, and from the nature of the soil as hard as an asphaltum pavement, crossed each other at right angles and were shaded by rows of young cotton-woods and locusts ; the town in its eleven years of existence not having had time to develop a very large growth of trees. Along the sides of the streets flowed clear and sparkling streams of water, which answered the double purpose of supplying the people with drink and irrigation for their gardens. This water was pre- (104). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kenderdine, Thaddeus S. Newton, Pa. [Philadelphia, Press of Globe printing house]
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