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Title: Crofutt's new overland tourist and Pacific coast guide : containing a condensed and authentic description of over one thousand two hundred cities, towns, villages, stations, government fort and camps, mountains, lakes, rivers, sulphur, soda and hot springs, scenery, watering places, and summer resorts : where to look for and hunt the buffalo, antelope, deer and other game; trout fishing, etc., etc. In fact, to tell you what is worth seeing--where to see it--where to go--how to go--and whom to stop with while passing over the Union, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage, from sunrise to sunset, and part the way back, through Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, California and Arizona
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Crofutt, George A
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Publisher: Chicago, Ill., The Overland Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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NEVADA FALL, YO-SEMITE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, (See Annex No. 41.) (13.) AND PACIFIC COAST (;UIl)K. 177
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LOOKING UP AT CAPE HORN—See next page. 12 178 PACIFIC COAST GUIDE. reach the road-bed on the opposite side,which we can see runs parallel with us.Soon it is found, and turning to our left,we cross the valley—Rices Ravine—on atrestle bridge 113 feet high and 878 feetlong, under which can be seen the track ofthe narrow gauge railroad, from Colfaxto Nevada. Gradually the height growsless, until it is reduced, at the end of 600feet, enough to admit of an embankmentbeing raised to meet it. On, over the em-bankment, which curves around ^ to theleft, and now we are on the solid hill-side,and running along opposite the road bywhich we passed up the valley. We nowhave our last and best look at the boldbluff. The best view of this noted place is ob-tained when going east, or from the riverbelow. Viewed from the river, the pass-ing train looks like some huge monsterwinding around the bluff, bold point,puffing and blowing with its herculeanlabors, or screaming angry notes of de-fiance, or p

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