. The Pacific tourist : Adams & Bishop's illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean ... : a complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ... . and must of n<^cessity increase with theannually increasing business of the company. Avisit to the soda lakes, gold mines, Iron Mount-ain, Red Buttes and other places of interest inthe vicinity, together with good hotel accommo-dations, will sure-ly lure the trav-eler to spend afew days in this Gem city of theMountains. L a r a ni i ePeak,—This isthe highest peakof the Black MillsRang


. The Pacific tourist : Adams & Bishop's illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean ... : a complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ... . and must of n<^cessity increase with theannually increasing business of the company. Avisit to the soda lakes, gold mines, Iron Mount-ain, Red Buttes and other places of interest inthe vicinity, together with good hotel accommo-dations, will sure-ly lure the trav-eler to spend afew days in this Gem city of theMountains. L a r a ni i ePeak,—This isthe highest peakof the Black MillsRange in Wyom-ing and Colorado,north of LongsPeak, and is about10,000 feet Hayden ex-p 1 o r i n g party,who were en-camped at itsbase, describe wit-nessing a sunsetscene of rarebeantv. The sunpassed down di-rectly behind thesummit of Lara-mie Peak. Thewhole range ofmou ntai ns wasgilded with agolden light, andthe haziness of theatmosphere gaveto the vvhole scenea deeper valleys at thebase of the Cotton-wood and LaramieRivers are full ofpleasant littlestreams andgrassy thesevalleys expandout into beautifuloval park-likeareas, which arefavorite resorts ofwild game, and. HUNTING IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. would be exceedingly desirable for would find here beautiful scenery,pure air and water, and a mild and extremelyhealthy climate. Cereals and roots could be easilyraised, and stock-raising could be made a sourceof wealth to them and the whole Windmills of the Union racific Hailroad.—The traveler notices with interestthe ever frequent windmills which appear atevery station, and are such piominent objectsover the broad prairies. They are used for sup-plying the locomotives and station houses withwater. Probably no finer specimens exist in the IStatesthan are found on thelines of this these tanksis a large hollowglobe floating inthe watei-. Theseglobes are so con-nected witli lev-ers that when the


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