Shoshone, and other western wonders (1888) (14598030680)

Identifier: shoshoneotherwes1888robe (find matches)
Title: Shoshone, and other western wonders
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Roberts, Edwards
Subjects: Mormons Mormon Church
Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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ld exists, andthe Shoshone is no respecter of persons, butgathers in whoever dares to come within itsreach. Chapter VIII. A NEW ROUTE TO WONDERLAND. HE who reads the story of early days in thefar West, and especially that portion relat-ing to the adventures of the men and womenwho made the hazardous journey across coun-try to Oregon and California, will find frequentmention of a certain region where there was anabundance of green grass and water. It washere that the footsore people rested. The placewas to them a blessed sanatorium, an oasis inthe desert where the springs poured forth Vichyand ApoUinaris that could be had for thetaking. The present name of this famous campingground is Soda Springs. Leaving Shoshone wereturned to Pocatello, and from there went east-ward to the little settlement that has sprung uparound the series of ice-cold, medicinal waters.The springs are in Bingham County, Idaho,sixty miles east of Pocatello, and are on theOregon Short Line. They occupy a depression
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A NEW ROUTE TO WONDERLAND. 177 among the Wasatch Mountains and have an ele-vation of six thousand feet. In summer thedays are warm and the nights are cool. Nearby are some of the best hunting and fishinggrounds in the West. Biackfoot Creek, tenmiles distant, is famed far and wide for its trout.A new hotel has lately been built, which is notonly very comfortable, but from which the pros-pect is exceedingly attractive. The hill-sideswere gorgeous with color when we saw them,and on some of the higher peaks of the rangewere patches of newly fallen snow. The plainsurrounding the house is wide and level; andguarding it are low-browed foothills, back ofwhich rise the mountains. The many springs at this isolated little re-sort contain medicinal properties that renderthem as efficacious in the cure of disease as themore celebrated springs of Germany or Saratoga.The waters are charged with bi-carbonate ofsoda and potash, chloride of sodium and potash,sulphates and carbonates of magnesia and lim