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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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rist. Tlie town of Auburn proper is situated belowthe station. It has a population of 1,000, twochurches, good schools, fine orchards, and is thecounty-seat of Placer County. It is one of theoldest towns in the State. It has three hotels,one of which is the Railroad House. Many ofits buildings are constructed of brick or stone,and grapes are extensively grown in the vicinity,and with great success. The Placer Herald is aweekly Democratic paper, and the Argus, aweekly Republican paper. From the point where the locomotive standsthe Sacramento River can be seen on the left,as also from other jioints as the train continueswestward. Soon after leaving the station, therailroad crosses Dutch Ravine, at the head ofwhich is Bloomer Cut, where the train passesthrough an interesting conglomerate, showing;a well-exposed stratum of boulders, sand andcoarse gravel. The trestle work formerly atNewcastle Gap Bridge, 528 feet long and 60feet high, has been fiUed with earth. 256 wmm ^m€iFE€ w@wnBw.
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A VISION OF THE GOLDEN COUNTRY. BY THOMAS MOBAIT. Tmm ^m€iFm w@wMiBw. 257 As the train nears Newcastle, the MarysvilleBiittes, rough, ragged peaks, are easily discerned.They are about 12 miles above the city ofMarysville, and the town near the railroad,but clinging to a side hill opposite, is thedecayed town of Ophir. From the high embankments, before reachingand also after passing Newcastle, there are tinepanoramas ofthe SacramentoValley, on boththe right handand the left.Mount Diablomay be seen onthe left. Newcastle,—121 miles fromSan Francisco,is a day tele-graph station,five miles fromAuburn, 956 feetabove the sea.It has a hotel andseveral stores,every man inthe place a Gooi 1Templar, andsome promisingquartz mines in• the vicinity. Itwas named afteran old residentand hotel-keep-er called Castle.An earnest ofwhat may beseen in the lovelyvalley, that lia>such unlimitedextent before tilltraveler, may bfseen in a floui-i s h i n g orangetree, growing inthe open air, ina garde

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