. Over the range to the Golden Gate : a complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the great North-west. m&i lEfBlb >d »• - *s*A OVER THE RANGE. TO THE GOLDEN GATE. 149 and here tne water-trains of the railroad company obtain their supply of theaqueous fluid and deliver to the stations to the westward on this division. Look-ing to the north the traveler will see the Red Dome mountains, while to thesoutheast rises Pilot Knob, a prominent feature in the landscape. (Populationsmall. Distance from Ogden, 92 miles. Elevation, 4,222 feet.)
. Over the range to the Golden Gate : a complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the great North-west. m&i lEfBlb >d »• - *s*A OVER THE RANGE. TO THE GOLDEN GATE. 149 and here tne water-trains of the railroad company obtain their supply of theaqueous fluid and deliver to the stations to the westward on this division. Look-ing to the north the traveler will see the Red Dome mountains, while to thesoutheast rises Pilot Knob, a prominent feature in the landscape. (Populationsmall. Distance from Ogden, 92 miles. Elevation, 4,222 feet.) Towns in the Desert. From Kelton to Toano the road traversesthe northern edge of the desert, amidst a scene of general desolation. In a generalway this unfertile region may be described as sixty square miles of alkaline sands,evidently a portion of the great ocean bed already referred to Like the aridcountry, between Fruita and Green River, in Utah, through which we came,on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, which only needs irrigation to becomefertile, this region is the counterpart. The stations on the desert are of no specialinterest, but as
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