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Title: The Pacific tourist : Adams & Bishop's illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes across the continent, all pleasure resorts and places of most noted scenery in the Far West, also of all cities, towns, villages, U.S. forts, springs, lakes, mountains, routes of summer travel, best localities for hunting, fishing, sporting, and enjoyment, with all needful information for the pleasure traveler, miner, settler, or business man : a complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads, and all points of business or pleasure travel to California, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Montana, the mines and mining of the Territories, the lands of the Pacific Coast, the wonders of the Rocky Mountains, the scenery of the Sierra Nevadas, the Colorado Mountains, the big trees, the geysers, the Yosemite, and the Yellowstone
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Shearer, Frederick E Williams, Henry T
Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company Central Pacific Railroad Company
Publisher: New York : Adams & Bishop
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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her andtwo brothers and their respective junks, periledin a terrific storm. She agonized to rescue themfrom danger, and seized her brothers junks, onein each hand, and her fathers in her mouth. Asshe dragged them to the shore, she heard hermothers voice calling, and, with dutiful spirit,but great forgetfulness of her fathers danger,she opened her mouth to answer, and awokefrom her dream; but in a few days tidings cameof a dreadful storm and the loss of the fathersjunk and the safety of the brothers. Her dreamiias given her more honor than Pharaohs gaveJoseph, and the Virgin INIary has no loftier titles.Thank offerings are made to her by boatmen,after every deliverance from periL One of herassistants is Favorable-wind-ear, and theother, Thousand-mile-eye. In this temple are also the gods that wereformerly in a large temple off Dupont andJackson streets. The temple on Pine Street is devoted to KicanTai, the god of war. It is in the building ofthe Kong Chow Asylum, and has connected with
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