. The resources and attractions of Idaho; facts on farming, stock-raising, mining, lumbering, and other industries . ehealthiest in the world. Its arable belts enjoy the influence of the warm currents of the Pacific,and are of grand proportions, and unexcelled for productiveness. Its mineral fields are among the largest in the world, and they haveproduced, and are now producing, the richest ores known in the history ofmining. It contains a diversity of other resources not surpassed by any region ofsimilar extent in our Union. It is now rendered easily accessible by the Union Pacific Railway an
. The resources and attractions of Idaho; facts on farming, stock-raising, mining, lumbering, and other industries . ehealthiest in the world. Its arable belts enjoy the influence of the warm currents of the Pacific,and are of grand proportions, and unexcelled for productiveness. Its mineral fields are among the largest in the world, and they haveproduced, and are now producing, the richest ores known in the history ofmining. It contains a diversity of other resources not surpassed by any region ofsimilar extent in our Union. It is now rendered easily accessible by the Union Pacific Railway andits branches, and possesses water communications with the Pacific avenues insure the producer every facility for transportation, and thesettler of the immediate future a very rapid increase in the value of hispossessions, whatever they may be. With such a vast extent of public domain unoccupied, and presentingopportunities no more to be enjoyed in the East or Middle West, foracquiring homes and wealth, Idaho also possesses many of the religious,educational and social advantages of those CONTENTS. Location, Area, and Physical Features.—An Empire of Mineral,Farming, Grazing, and Forest Lands—Lake Area—PrincipalMountain Ranges and Beautiful Alternating Valleys—The SnakeRiver Lava Belt 7 Climatology and Health.—Latitude and Oceanic Influences Similarto Those of the Garden-Spots of Europe—Comparisons of Tempera-ture with Eastern States—A Land of Perfect Sunshine—TheHealthiest Region in the World S Rivers, Watercourses, and Springs.—Swift, Noble Rivers, Abound-ing in Magnificent Scenes, in all Sections—Myriads of Cold Springs,Large and Small—Illimitable Power and Bounteous Supply ofWater for Irrigation 13 Timber.—Varieties of Trees and Product Per Square Mile of the Dif-ferent Forests—Timber Convenient to All Sections 14 The Soil of Idaho.—Great Variety and Excellence of Soils—Valley, Plain, and Mountain Soils—Effects of Irrig
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