The Pacific tourist (1879) (14574796228)

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Title: The Pacific tourist

Year: 1876 (1870s)

Authors: Williams, Henry T Shearer, Frederick E

Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company Central Pacific Railroad Company Railroad travel Railroad travel Railroad travel

Publisher: New York : H.T. Williams

Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library

Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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I HOOOLmH. them, and tlio last built hotels, the flrand, thePalace, and Baldwins, luxve their whole surfjicestudded with them, to the great comfort of theirguests, and e()ual defacement of thfir externalappearance. San Francisco is calN-d the BayCity. It might well be named the b.ay-win-dow city. The mildness of the climate and theinstinctive craving for sunshine, are consitlera-tions which will always mak.> bay-windows adesirable and a favorite feature here. A strang.-r will obshed l>>i1 wiiit-r r.t of 1 abl. the ffimnia, Ci.axt l(ang«*. Mf>«t of th unifnmtlv haiit or rwlw!.It btir»i<« 1

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SCENES IN THE HAUBOK OF SAN FRANCISCO. THi: i\iC!FlC T or Mil ST. 207 Mitb eastern woods, and the city liaa a very effi-cient steam fire department. The city cemeteries are yet west of the bestresidences, but ii;;itation h:i.s already c<jmmeneedlooking to an end of interments within city lim-its. Lone Mountain, an isolated mound with-in the Roman Catholic Cemetery and surmountedby a large cross, lately blown down, h:us long beena noted landmark aniantingof the yellow lupin, the sand is subdued, andby irrigation, grass-plats have been created, amia forest of trees brought rapidly forward. Thedrives are fine, and, on pleasant days, thous

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