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Title: Sights and scenes in Utah for tourists
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Union Pacific Railroad Co
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Publisher: Omaha, Neb: Union Pacific Railway, c1888
Contributing Library: Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Digitizing Sponsor: Corporation of the Presiding Bishop, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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Indian, wrapped upin resplendent blanket, and bedaubed with vermilion,rubs elbows with the sleek Chinaman in blue blouse,cloth shoes, and bamboo hat; the negro and theSpaniard, the German and the Irishman, the richly-arrayed swell of Paris and Vienna, and the Scandi-navian peasant, mingle in the most picturesque con-trasts. But what gives the scene emphasis and noveltyis not the crowd itself, nor the variety of ^ostume,but the situation—the grand, vivid hills on every side,tinged with fiery light, the broken outlines of thepeaks that are glowing with passionate heat, themountain fields of perpetual snow, the green lowlands,and above all the iridescent sky, changing color everymoment. There are few lovlier sights than Ogden ina summers sunset; and if, as the traveler proceedson his western journey, the moon should be near itsfull, and should follow the splendors of the dying daywith its chastening light, silvering the wide expanseof the lake and turning to a more intense white the 45
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46 low rim of alkaline shore, it will seem to him that heis leaving paradise behind. The entrance of Ogden Canon, or mouth, as it iscalled in Western parlance, is plainly seen from thedepot, with the cliffs beyond, that excite so much ad-miration from all tourists. Three miles from thetown, just before we enter between the rocky heights,we cross over a slight rise in the road, and get thatmuch vaunted bench view of which all Ogdenites areso proud. It is a striking scene, and perhaps the mostextensive and diverse piece of landscape to be seenon the entire trip across the continent. To go intodetail would be tedious. Portions of the Wahsatch,theOgumale, the Malad, the Grantsville, and othermountains, are included in the view. The valley ofOgden, with its two rivers, the Ogden and Weber,and the city itself embowered in foliage, makes^upthe middle distance and foreground ; the Great SaltLake, with its many islands, stretches along thehorizon, its waters appearing of the deepest ultrama-ri

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