"Seeing Salt Lake City" being an illustrated description of a tour through Salt Lake City on the observation cars of the American Sight-Seeing Car and Coach Company .. . Viewing the Royal Gorge from the Observation Car of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway. such variety that interest would never flag in recalling them to view, just as interest never flagged whenthey were first beheld. Aiming them would be the Canyon of the Grand River through which one passes on the main line ofthe Denver and Rio Grande road just before reaching Glenwood Springs. For a distance of sixteen milesthe towering wall
"Seeing Salt Lake City" being an illustrated description of a tour through Salt Lake City on the observation cars of the American Sight-Seeing Car and Coach Company .. . Viewing the Royal Gorge from the Observation Car of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway. such variety that interest would never flag in recalling them to view, just as interest never flagged whenthey were first beheld. Aiming them would be the Canyon of the Grand River through which one passes on the main line ofthe Denver and Rio Grande road just before reaching Glenwood Springs. For a distance of sixteen milesthe towering walls of the canyon rise on each side, confining the river and the track within narrow limitsand rising at times to the stupendous height of nearly half a mile of perpendicular ascent. The strati-fication of the walls is plainly marked, a characteristic not present in many of the famous canyons ofthe Rockies, and, in addition to the wonderful variety of shape assumed by the rock formations, their colorsare quite wonderfully varied. Brilliant tints of red, and yellow, of maroon, lavender, pink and amber makethe walls a constant study and lend a delightful variety to t
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