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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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from the East. In the fall of 187G, a new road will be com-pleted, and stages be run to Forest Hill, 14miles, in two and one-half hours. The fare willbe 12.50. Grass Valley—is 16.74 miles distant, has apopulation of 7,000. It is the center of the bestgold quartz mining region of the State, and hasthe largest Protestant Church (Methodist Epis-copal) in the Sierra Mountains. It has also aCongregational Church, Roman Catholic, Epis-copal and Christian or Campbellite. Untilrecently, it had two banks, but at present hasnone. It is the center of large lumber, fruitand mining interests, has a daily paper, the Union and one weekly, the FoothillTidings. This city as well as Nevada, is reached fromColfax by the narrow gauge railroad, on whichtwo trains connect daily with the trains of theCentral Pacific. The fare to Grass Valley is$7.07, and to Nevada City .f2.25, the maximumallowed by the law of the State. Nevada—has a population of 5,000, and isthe county-seat of Nevada County. The people
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CAPE HORN.l.-View looking down the American River. 2.-View of Cape Horn and American River Canon, loolfing East. 3.—Point of Cape Horn. ^-jJS of Truckee are compelled to attend court in thiscity. It is in the same mining region as GrassValley, and was for many years the largest townin the mining regions. From an area of sixmiles, not less than !lf75,000,000 have been taken,and !$2,000,000 are now produced annually. Slightsnows fall in the winter. The route of the nar-row gauge railroad lies through the valley of theBear River, over which one looks in descendingthe Sierras. At the crossing of Bear River,where it joins the Elkhorn, there is some finescenery, and although in the distance of 22 1-2miles there are 16 stopping places, there are notowns or villages except at the termini and atGrass Valley. San Juan North, Comptonville,and Downieville, Sierraville, Lake City, Bloom-field, Moores Flat and Eureka South, andMarysville are all connected with Grass Valleyor Nevada by stage. In p

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