The Pacific tourist - Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean - containing full descriptions of railroad routes across the continent, all (14781103143)

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Title: The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes across the continent, all pleasure resorts and places of most noted scenery in the far West, also of all cities, towns, villages, U.S. Forts, springs, lakes, mountains, routes of summer travel, best localities for hunting, fishing, sporting, and enjoyment, with all needful information for the pleasure traveler, miner, settler, or business man : a complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads and all points of business or pleasure travel to California, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Montana, the mines and mining of the territories, the lands of the Pacific Coast, the wonders of the Rocky Mountains, the scenery of the Sierra Nevadas, the Colorado mountains, the big trees, the geysers, the Yosemite, and the Yellowstone

Year: 1877 (1870s)

Authors: Williams, Henry T

Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company Central Pacific Railroad Company

Publisher: New York : H.T. Williams

Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library

Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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ugh for the deer. To get beyondreach of this new enemy, they started up theroad, taking the course the locomotive waspursuing. The race became exciting. It was asuperb trial of steam and iron against muscleand lung. The engineer put on steam, andsent his locomotive, with its burdensome train,whirling along the track ; but for many miles—six or seven it was estimated—the frightenedanimals kept ahead, fairly beating their antago-nist. At last the pursued and pursuer got into amore open country. This the deer perceiving,they sprang on one side, and, with unabatedspeed, ran to a safe distance, where beyond reachof locomotive or rifle, they stood and gazed withdilated eyes—their limbs trembling from un-usual exertion, and gasping for breath—at theirfast-receding enemy. Dana—in the next station—simply a sidetrack. It is 674 2 miles from Omaha ; elevation,6,875 feet. The rugged broken character of thecountry with cuts for the track and fills in the WBB @*3l@£FI@ F0&&ISF.

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DEER RACE WITH TRAIN ON THE U. P. R. R. valleys, will interest the observing tourist if hepasses by in daylight. St, Marys,—681.7 miles from Omaha, withan elevation of 6,751 feet. It is a telegraph sta-tion with accompanying side tack, section-house,etc. From this station to the next, the bluffsare rugged and wild, tha road passing through ashort tunnel and several deep cuts. There isnothing but the changing scenery as you movealong with the train, to relieve this country fromits desolate appearance. Sage brush and grease-wood continue to be the only products of the soil. Walcott,—a side track 689.5 miles from theMissouri River, and 6,800 feet above the sea.After leaving this station, the road winds aroundthe bluffs, passing through some very deep cuts,near one of which there is a stone quarry fromwhich stone is taken by the company for roadpurposes at Green River. A side track to thequarry has been laid and stone easily loaded onthe flat cars used for their transportation. Sud-de

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1877

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