. The Pacific tourist : Williams' 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 poin
. The Pacific tourist : Williams' 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 . upon one ex-tremity of itWe soon passa 1 i 11 le towncalled NorthOgden, at acanon throughthe mountains,which is some-times called Og-den Hole, orNorth OgdenCanon. Beforethe road wasbuilt throughOgden Canonproper, this wasthe nearestsource of com-mit n i cationwith the valleythe other side ofthe are aboutnine mile< u|straight trackhere and wesoon arrive at Bonneville— 8 7 1 milesfrom San Fran-cisco, with ane 1 e v at4,310 feetLa merely a Bidetrack. TheMormons havesome tiic farms in this vicinity, and between therailroad and base of the mountains there aremany cultirated fields and fine orchards of apple:1 peacji trees. There are frequent canonsthrough the range, at the mouth of which arelittle settlements or villages; the creeks from thecanons supplying the water which irrigates theirfields, gardens and orchards. The largest ofthese settlements or villages are called WillardCity and Brigham City, and their business is nowdone almo8l exclusively with the Utah North-. ion of ^^B^i:et. It 5. - £&£U^^ ern Railroad, which runs paralle
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