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Title: The Pacific tourist : Adams & Bishop's illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean ... : a complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ...
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Williams, Henry T Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913. Great Plains and desert. 1881
Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company Central Pacific Railroad
Publisher: New York : Adams & Bishop
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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ould belittle difficulty in locating the traditional pot ofgold. Very frequently the rainbow is doubled,and several times I saw three distinct arches, thethird and higher being, however, a comparativelyfaint reflex of the brilliant colors of the lower. 867 feet at base, 297 feet at top. It rises 1,127feet above its base, and 5,100 feet above tide-water. Its summit is inaccessible to anythingwithout wings. The sides are fluted and scoredby the action of the elements, and immenseblocks of granite, split off from the column byfrost, are piled in huge, irregular mounds aboutits base. The Indians call this shaft The BadGods Tower. Game.—The Hills are full of deer, elk, bears,w^olves, cougars, grouse, and ducks. The streamshave an abundance of fish, although of but fewsorts. After careful investigation General Dodgecloses with this expression of careful judgment: Opinion of General Dodge,— I but ex-press my fair and candid opinion when I pro-nounce the Black Hills, in many respects, the
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devils T0\VI:U—liLACK HILLS. MonUfaiUS. — W^vney^ Peak is 7,440 feetabove tide-water, the other peaks are Crooks Monument,Do<lyes Peak,Terrys Peak,Warrens Peak,Custers Peak,Crow Peak,Bare Peak,Devils Tower, 7,600 feet elevation.7,300 feet elevation.7,200 feet elevation.6,900 feet elevation.6.750 feet elevation.6,200 feet elevation.5,200 feet elevation.5,100 feet elevation. The DeviCs Tower is one of the most remark-able peaks of the world. General Dodge de-scribes it thus : An immense obelisk of granite, finest country I have ever seen. The beauty andvariety of the scenery, the excellence of the soil,the magnificence of the climate, the abundanceof timber and building stone make it a most de-sirable residence for men who want good homes. As a grazing country it can not be surpassed,and small stock farms of fine cattle and sheepcan not fail of success. (Jold there is every-where in the granite—goldenough to make many fortunes, and tempt tothe loss of many more. 73 Here is a co

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