. 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 ... . auge road, (three feet) and hasprospects for an extensive business intne general route is westward until it pastes thesouthernmost point of the Great Salt Lake, andthen southward, along the western base of theOquirrh Range, and into the rich mining dis-tricts which have been developed on the westeinslope of those mountains. Leaving Salt LakeCity, on a heavy downward grade of n
. 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 ... . auge road, (three feet) and hasprospects for an extensive business intne general route is westward until it pastes thesouthernmost point of the Great Salt Lake, andthen southward, along the western base of theOquirrh Range, and into the rich mining dis-tricts which have been developed on the westeinslope of those mountains. Leaving Salt LakeCity, on a heavy downward grade of ninety-fivefeet to the mile, but which is short, the roadcrosses the River Jordan on a common pile bridge,and then over a barren sage biuth country, un-til it reaches Millstone Pointy—near the base of themountains, and 11 1-2 miles from Salt LakeCity. This place is named from the fact thatthe first millstones used in grinding grain inUtah, were quarried from the mountains nearthis point. The old overland stage road fromSalt Lake City to California passes along theline of the road, as does one line of the WesternUnion Telegraph Company, to the present ter-minus of the road. The station is of no partic-. ular importance, and beyond the incident men-tioned, is without a history. AVe are now at thebase of the Oquirrh Range, and the first stationof the Old Stage Company where they changedhorses is pointed out to the traveler on the southside of the road. Beyond Millstone Point, abouttwo miles on the south side of the track, is alarge spring, which furnishes a good supply ofwater, and which has been utilized by a dairy-man. A little beyond this spring on the sameside of the track, there is, in the first point ofrocks, quite an extensive cave which a shepherduses as a shelter fo his sheep, during the inclem-ent season ofthe year. A railfence with gatesurrounds theentrance to thecave, and it issaid to be largeenough to turn afour horse teamand wagon with-o u t extent of
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