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Title: The Pacific tourist
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Williams, Henry T Shearer, Frederick E
Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company Central Pacific Railroad Company Railroad travel Railroad travel Railroad travel
Publisher: New York : H.T. Williams
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ade to several feet. These peculiarlayers, or bands, are quite varied in shades ofcolor. In some of the thin slabs of shale, arethousands of beautiful impressions of fish, some-times a dozen or so within th<3 compass of a ters of the river are of the purest emerald, withbanks and sand-bars of glistening white. Theperpendicular bluif to the left is nearly 1,500 feetabove the level of the river, and of a bright redand yellow. When illuminated by full sunlight,it is grand, and deserves its full title The Flam-ing Gorge. It is the entrance to a gateway tothe still greater wonders and grandeurs of thefamous Red Canon that cuts its way to a depthof 3,000 feet, between this point and its entranceinto Browns Hole. Leaving Green River the railroad crosses thebridge, turns to the right, and runs along underthe bluffs — the highest being about 350 feethigh, and almost over the river in one place—forabout three miles, when it again turns to theleft, passing the divide where there is an un-
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square foot. Impressions of insects and waterplants are also sometimes found. At BurningRock Cut, the road is cut through thin layers ofa sort of cream-colored, chalky limestone, inter-spersed with strata of a dark brown color,saturated with petroleum as to burn freely.The Cut derives its name Burning Rocks, fromthe fact that during the building of the roadthe rocks became ignited and burned for somedays, illuminating the labor of the workmen bynight—and filling the valley with dense cloudsof smoke by day. Curious Scenes alontf the Green River.—At the mouth of Henrys Fork there is a viewon Green River of great beauty, which derives itsprincipal charm from its vivid colors. The wa- GJAM S TEA-POT, GREEN RlVEIi. named side track, and along a hilly, brokencountry. The Siveetirater.—This stream rises in theWind River Mountains, directly north of Pointof Rocks and Salt Wells, in the great SouthPass, discovered by General Fremont, and runs ina general easterly direction uniting with t

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