. The Pacific tourist . xhibition and forsale the specimens alluded to—such as beautifulmoss agates, fossil fish, petrified shells and wood,with others which we are not able to name. Par- but thus far with indifferent success, though was quite successful, in 1875, with a ci-opof potatoes, cabbages, turnips, radishes, and other garden truck. His wheat, oats and barley didnot ripen, though he says they were planted toolate in the season, and that the experiment wasnot a fair test. The valley of Salt Lake hasbeen reclaimed by the Mormons, and crops mayyet be raised here upon similar s
. The Pacific tourist . xhibition and forsale the specimens alluded to—such as beautifulmoss agates, fossil fish, petrified shells and wood,with others which we are not able to name. Par- but thus far with indifferent success, though was quite successful, in 1875, with a ci-opof potatoes, cabbages, turnips, radishes, and other garden truck. His wheat, oats and barley didnot ripen, though he says they were planted toolate in the season, and that the experiment wasnot a fair test. The valley of Salt Lake hasbeen reclaimed by the Mormons, and crops mayyet be raised here upon similar soil (alkali),though the elevation is some 2,000 feet greaterthan at Salt Lake. The high projecting tower north of thetrack, crowning a bluff, is 625 feet higher thanthe river level below, and about 615 feet higherthan the track. Other rocks, as The Sisters and The Twin Sisters will be readily recog-nized by the passing traveler. Wake up,, wake up, said an old lady to herhusband, as the train approached the station one. /iCltARfffV THE TWIN SlSTtRS, GKEEN RIVER. ties of m^n are employed to search the hills,mountains and valleys in this vicinity, for thesespecimens, and when found, to bring them stock is, therefore, continually replenishedwith rich and rare gems and fossils, and theymav here be obtained at any tim^. Bsing the end of a division, Green River has alarge roundhouse with fifteen stalls, and theusual machine and repair shops. The railroadbursts into the valley through a narrow gorgebetween two hills, then turns to the right andenters the town, crossin? the river beyond on awooden truss bridge. The old adobe^ town, re-mains of which are still visible, was on the bot-tom-land directly in front of the gorge. Green River is now the county-seat of Sweet-water County, Wyoming, and has a populationof about 500 souls. Efforts have been made byMr. Fields and a few others to reclaim the soil. morning last year; here is Solomons templepetrified, said she, as she gave him
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