. The Pacific tourist . Dry CreekCanon comesin on theright. Theroad nowpasses roundshort curvesamidst thewildest scen-ery, when it issuddenlyblocked to allhuman ap-pearance ; yettunnel No. 3gives us liber-ty. Crossinga bridge ob-serve the ter-raced mountain on the right, and by the timeit is well in view, we enter and pass throughtunnel No. 4, after which comes Round Valley,where a huge basin in the mountains is formed,and where man again obtains a foothold. Onthe right of the mountain, as you enter this val-ley, there is a group of balanced rocks, that seemready to topple over into the valley
. The Pacific tourist . Dry CreekCanon comesin on theright. Theroad nowpasses roundshort curvesamidst thewildest scen-ery, when it issuddenlyblocked to allhuman ap-pearance ; yettunnel No. 3gives us liber-ty. Crossinga bridge ob-serve the ter-raced mountain on the right, and by the timeit is well in view, we enter and pass throughtunnel No. 4, after which comes Round Valley,where a huge basin in the mountains is formed,and where man again obtains a foothold. Onthe right of the mountain, as you enter this val-ley, there is a group of balanced rocks, that seemready to topple over into the valley below. Stillrounding another point farther down, and wearrive at Weber,—1, miles from Omaha, an ele-vation of 5,130 feet. It is a telegraph station ina thrifty looking Mormon village. The valleyhere widens out--the narrows are passed—andscenes of surpassing beauty, especially in thesummer, enchant the eye. To the left themountains gradually recede, and East CanonCreek, which takes its rise in Parleys Park, be-. THOUSAND MILE TREE.—WEBER CANOX fore mentioned, cutting its way through therocky hills, comes into the valley of the station is the nearest point on the UnionPacific Road to Salt Lake City. The town andcultivated farms in the valley seem like an oasisin the midst of a desert. Here, for the first timeon the road, the traveler will see the magic sign, Z. C. M. I., which, literally translated, means Zions Co-operative Mercantile Institution,where all the faithful are expected to purchasetheir dry goods, groceries, notions, etc. TheMormon name for this station is Morgan you leave this station, the same querybroached before, rises in the mind of the trav-eler—how are we to get out ? We seem entirelysurrounded by hills and mountains, and, whilethere is a depression visible off to the right, it does not seemlow enoughfor a railroadto pass we followthe riverdown, andnotice the re-sult. Bend-ing first tothe right, thento the left,and agai
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