. 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 . ion; for, betweenthe scenes of nature and the works of man inreclaiming this desert, you will hardly knowwhich to admire the most, or which is the mostworthy of your attention. Passing on, we arriveat the first station— Little Cottonwood,—7 miles from the is a way station at which trains do not stopunless flagged, or the signal is given from onboard the train. All the canons and ravines inthe mountains supply more or less water, whichis gathered into canals and distributed throughditches as re-quired for thefields, meadowsand well culti-vated fields con-tinue until wearrive at Junction,—12 miles fromSalt Lake City,where the Bing-ham Canon &Camp FloydRailroad inter-sects the UtahSouthern. Pas-sengers herechange cars forBingham Canonand the miningdistricts in thatvicinity. Thisroad i s abouttwenty-twomiles long andi s extensivelyused in trans-porting ore, bull-ion, coke, coaland charcoal toand from themines andsmelting worksand railroad. Itfeet) road and h. SNOW SLIDE MOUNTAIN.—LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANON. is a narrow gauge (thr
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