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Title: California and the expositions, Yellowstone National Park : how to go and what to see en route Union Pacific System
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Union Pacific Railroad Company
Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.) Panama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.)
Publisher: Chicago : Rand McNally
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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The ice pinnacles and glaciers of Mount Hood are visited each year by mountain-climbing clubs whose members find in the American Alps all that they seek in mountain-scaling problems. of the broad, strong-flowing Columbia, through great forests andrugged hills. (Booklet, The Scenic Columbia River Route to theGreat Pacific Northwest, sent on request.) Tacoma, approaching 90,000 population,TACOMA AND , , . . . . , MT. RAINIER-TACOMA 1S a large trans-shlPPing Point situated at the head of Puget Sound. The latentpossibilities of its 45,000 acre water-front are being developed inkeeping with the ambition of the city. Tacomas stadium, witha seating capacity of more than 35,000, fronting on CommencementBay, is one of the seven wonders of the United States. Mt. Rainier-Tacoma lifts its towering height 14,532 feet above the city, andrefreshing breezes from its snowy crest help make theclimate delightfully cool and genial. Forty-Six summer
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Oneonta Gorge, Columbia River, Oregon—a spot of idyllic beauty on theColumbia River route to the Great Pacific Northwest. SEATTLEAND ALASKA Seattle, estimated at 275,000 population, isthe terminus of many rail and steamshiplines, and the seat of great industries. Itselectric power is generated at Snoqualmie Falls, thirty-five miles Forty-Seven distant. The city is built upon seven hills rising gracefully from theblue waters of Puget Sound. The outlook from these hills is pecul-iarly magnificent; on one side the beckoning expanse of rolling water;on the other the parks and lakes and forest of sky scrapers for whichSeattle is famous; and beyond, the Olympics and Mt. Rainier.Truly, here is a great city, welcoming the newcomer with notableSeattle Spirit and reaching out through the open door to the Orientand that great Alaska of boundless wealth and indisputable charmfor tourist or adventurer. One cannot long breathe the atmosphereALASKA TOURS of Seattle without sensing the spirit of Al

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