. Crofutt's new overland tourist and Pacific coast guide : containing a condensed and authentic description of over one thousand two hundred cities, towns, villages, stations, government fort and camps, mountains, lakes, rivers, sulphur, soda and hot springs, scenery, watering places, and summer resorts : where to look for and hunt the buffalo, antelope, deer and other game; trout fishing, etc., etc. In fact, to tell you what is worth seeing--where to see it--where to go--how to go--and whom to stop with while passing over the Union, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and c
. Crofutt's new overland tourist and Pacific coast guide : containing a condensed and authentic description of over one thousand two hundred cities, towns, villages, stations, government fort and camps, mountains, lakes, rivers, sulphur, soda and hot springs, scenery, watering places, and summer resorts : where to look for and hunt the buffalo, antelope, deer and other game; trout fishing, etc., etc. In fact, to tell you what is worth seeing--where to see it--where to go--how to go--and whom to stop with while passing over the Union, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage, from sunrise to sunset, and part the way back, through Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, California and Arizona . a section of country wheregreat quantities of oil are found in holesand ditches in the ground, where it is nowwaiting for enterprise to sink wells, buildtanks for saving and marketing, when itwill yield immense returns. This oilregion is about eight miles by three inarea. Passing on about nine miles, we come toKern River, which we cross on a longtrestle bridge. This river is one of thelargest flowing from the Sierras, and evenin a dry season, carries a large amount ofwater. Il^aininer—is the next station reached, miles from Lerdo. This is a verybusy place of about 250 population, itbeing the distributing point for a largeamount of freight. To the westward, oneand a half miles, and connected by buseshourly, is Bakersfield—This town is the countyseat of Kern county, and contains a popu-ulation of about 800. It is situated at thejunction of the two branches of Kern River,has a $35,000 court house, a bank, severalhotels, a flouring-mill and two weekly AND PACIFIC COAST GUIDE. 231. BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF THE LOOP, TEHACHAPI PASS. newspapers, the Courier-Californian andthe Gazette. Kern Lake is 14 miles southof west from Bakersfield, and is about sevenmiles long by four wide. Six miles fur-ther is Buena Vis
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