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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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oft sun-shine, while plodding through the cares,trials and perplexities of an active businesslife. Monterey—as one might well sup-pose—is a favorite resort in the summerfor the better classes of citizens of the State,as well as for tourists, who find ampleaccommodations. Returning to Salinas, and starting oncemore for the south, we find this to be thewidest portion of Salinas Valley, which isabout 90 miles in length, with an averagewidth of eight miles. The valley is situ-ated between the Gabilan Mountains, tothe eastward, and Santa Lucian Range onthe west, about 20 miles from the PacificOcean, from the winds of which it is pro-tected by the mountain named. Chualar—is th e next station, 10.9 milesfrom Salinas, and consists of several stores,hotels, saloons, and a dozen or more resi-dences. Here are cattle pens and shutes,indicating that we are in a country wherecattle are shipped to market; the sarnemight be said of Gonzales, a station sixmiles further, only there are a few more
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STATE CAPITOL OF CALIFORNIA. (See Annex No. 15.) (16.) AXD TACIFIC COAST GUIDE. 225

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