. The North and West illustrated for tourist, business and pleasure travel : The popular resorts of California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, northern Michigan and Minnesota. A guide to the lakes and rivers, to the plains and mountains, to the resorts of birds, game animals and fishes; and hints for the commercial traveler, the theatre manager, the land hunter and the emigrant . ion, and must be viewed to be eminent writers have attempted descriptions, but all have despaired in givingexpression to the awe-inspi
. The North and West illustrated for tourist, business and pleasure travel : The popular resorts of California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, northern Michigan and Minnesota. A guide to the lakes and rivers, to the plains and mountains, to the resorts of birds, game animals and fishes; and hints for the commercial traveler, the theatre manager, the land hunter and the emigrant . ion, and must be viewed to be eminent writers have attempted descriptions, but all have despaired in givingexpression to the awe-inspiring feelings which fill the beholder of the mighty has painted it, and Watkins has photographed it, and these, as all writerssay, give the nearest idea of the majesty of the scene to that of being present at the reality. As to the faith-ful, the admonition tosee Mecca and die,so to the traveler, seeYosemite, the last ofearth. To reach the Yosem-ite Valley, the travelergoes to Lathrop, 82miles east of San Fran-cisco, and then, via theVisalia Division of theCentral Pacific Rail-road, from Lathrop toMerced; thence the tour-ist has choice of tworoutes — via Mariposa,Clarks (Mariposa BigTree Grove),The Hermi-tage, and Inspiration orGlacier Points, or viathe Coulterville ShortLine, passing Snellings,Coulterville, Dudleys,Bower Cave, Pilot Big Tree Grove, and the canons and cataracts of Merced river, (both all. The Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah. Reached by Omaha & California Line. wagon roads). Table of Altitudes at Yosemite Valley. WATERFALLS. HT. ABOVEVALLEY. 940 feet. INDIAN NAME. SIGNIFICATION. AMERICAN NAME. Po-ho-no Spirit of the Evil Wind Bridal Veil Yosemite Large Grizzly Bear 2,634 First fall, 1,600 feet; Second fall, 434 feet; Third fall, 600 feet. Pi-wy-ack Wide Water Yernal 350 Yo-wi-ye Nevada 700 To-lool-we-ack South Fork 600 To-coy-ae Shade to Indian Baby Basket Royal Arch Falls 1,800 Loya Sentinel Fall 3,200 MOUNTAINS. Tis-sa-ack Goddes
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