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Title: Hittell's hand-book of Pacific Coast travel
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Hittell, John S. (John Shertzer), 1825-1901 Hittell, John S. (John Shertzer), 1825-1901. Bancroft's Pacific Coast guide book
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Publisher: San Francisco : Bancroft Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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o to the place everyseason. Mystic Lake.—Mystic Lake about 7000 feet above the sea, nearthe summit of the Cascade Range, and 20 miles north from FortKlamath, is a remarkable sheet of water. It is 12 miles long and7 wide, enclosed walls which rise 2000 feet, almost vertically, fromthe waters edge. There is no outlet nor is there any tributarystream worthy of mention. The lake evidently occupies the craterof a great volcano, in which rose a small crater, which now forms anisland. Fort Klamath, on the northern shore of Klamath Lake, is155 miles by the stage road northeastward from Delta. Washington.— The most striking features in the scenery ofWashington are the great snow peaks of Mt. Baker, 10,720 feethigh; Mt. Rainier, 14,444 feet; Mt. St. Helens, 10,000 feet; andMt. Adams, 13,250 feet, all dormant volcanoes, which are scatteredalong the line of the Cascade Range. Adams, St. Helens andRainier are visible from the Columbia River, and also from the coun- OREGON, WASHINGTON, ETC. 191
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BANCROFT-LI 192 OREGON, WASHINGTON, ETC. try near the southern portion of Puget Sound; and Mt. Bakerfrom the northern end of the Sound. It is said that lights havebeen seen on the clouds over Mt. Baker, as if there were moltenlava in its crater; and St. Helens sometimes emits steam, whichforms in a cloud around or above the summit. All these mountainshave glaciers, those on Rainier being the largest. Rainier, like St.Helens, occasionally sends up large masses of steam. The bestview of the mountain obtainable on the shore at Puget Sound, isfoundat Steilacoom. The Atlantic Monthly and the Overland Monthlyhave published accounts of the ascent of Mt. Rainier. St. Helensis seen directly in front of vessels entering the Columbia River, and,as seen from the lower part of that stream, or from the sea, is themost imposing snow peak on the coast south of Alaska.. Though not so high as Shasta, Rainier, Adams or Hood, Mt. St.Helens is at least, in symmetry, the most beautiful of all. It liasappar

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