What to see in America . Northwest. The Snake River has carved its deepest gorge farthersouth near Twin Falls City. Here it flows between lava wallsfour or five thou-sand feet high,and here is theShoshone Fall,or Niagara ofthe West, as ithas been called,where the rivermakes a perpen-dicular leap oftwo hundred feetfrom a crescent-shaped ledgenearly a thou-sand feet wide. The gorge itself is of gloomy volcanic rock devoid of anybeauty in color, but savagely impressive by reason of itssize, and also because its columnar and grottoed walls andvast terraces are suggestive of the planning and labor
What to see in America . Northwest. The Snake River has carved its deepest gorge farthersouth near Twin Falls City. Here it flows between lava wallsfour or five thou-sand feet high,and here is theShoshone Fall,or Niagara ofthe West, as ithas been called,where the rivermakes a perpen-dicular leap oftwo hundred feetfrom a crescent-shaped ledgenearly a thou-sand feet wide. The gorge itself is of gloomy volcanic rock devoid of anybeauty in color, but savagely impressive by reason of itssize, and also because its columnar and grottoed walls andvast terraces are suggestive of the planning and labor of sometitanic architect and builder. As for the great foaming water-fall, the onlooker is satisfied that here is one of the noblestsights on this continent. But it is not seen to advantage inlate summer and early autumn when the water is above the leap are rapids and lesser falls, whilebig bowlders and various islets block the way and add to thewild beauty. Farther up the river in the quiet water beyond. Kaniksu National Forest 362 What to See in America the rapids a clumsy flat-bottomed ferry boat j^lies back andforth. About 1910 the man who ran the ferry imbibed toofreely of whisky, and went over the falls in a body was found in the river below several days later. Afoolhardy Indian half-breed once leaped from the crest ofthe falls. He was dared by a companion to make the jump,and down he went — and he escaped with only a few five miles below the fall are the attractive Blue Lakes, where boat-ing and fishing maybe enjoyed. A black andragged lava bedJ| ^ covers much of the ^ {*. ^^^^ territory along the [I 4H^H course of the Snake -^^^H River, and forms a a Potato 1Tem> nkak : Falls ^esert^ four hun- dred miles long andfrom forty to sixty miles wide. The lava is from half amile to a mile thick. A rich soil covers most of the lavaplains, but there is little rainfall in southern Idaho, and theever-present and characteristic
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