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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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MONUMENT KOCK —ECHO CANON same side, its wildest and most characteristicscenery. The entiance and departme fromeach canon is distinguished with great abrupt-ness and distinctness. Travelers who can enjoythe fortunate position of the lowest step on theplatform of each car, can witness all the scenesof Echo and Weber Canons, to the best advan-tage. The view is particularly fine,—as whenthe train describes the sharp turn, under andaround Pulpit Rock, the view from the last plat-form includes the whole length of the train onthe curve,—and overhead the jutting point ofthe rock, and, farther above, the massive RockMountain, the overlook to the entire valley. Justas the train rounds at Pulpit Rock, passengers- Wmm ^m€lFl€ WOWMMW. 121
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THE CLIFFS OF ECHO CANON, UTAH. BY THOMAS MOBAN. 122 TME ^^€IFi€ F@W^I^r. on the south side of the train, will have a pretty-little glimpse of the upper portion of WeberRiver, with its green banks and tree verdure—acharnihig relief to the bare, dry plains, so con-stant and even tiresome. A curious feature ofthis little AV^eber Valley, are the terraces. NearEcho City is a low, narrow bottom, near theriver; then an abrupt ascent of 30 feet; then alevel plain or bottom of 200 to 400 yards; thena gentle ascent to the rock bluffs. The Weber River is exceedingly crooked inits course,—originally occupying the entire widthof the little space in the canon—and in construct-ing the railroad at various points, the road-bedheie has been built directly into the river, tomake room for the track. The average angle ofelevation of the heights of Weber Canon is 70to 80 degrees,—and the height of the summitsabove the river is 1,500 to 2,000 feet. lu thiscanon is found a thick bed of hard, red

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