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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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m 7,300 to 7,400. On a smallstream coming into the basin from the west,about a quarter of a mile from the river, isa fine cascade 130 feet high. The river risesin a small lake to which the name MadisonLake is given. From here the trail runsdue east to Shoshone Lake, which is one ofthe sources of Snake River, giving origin to themain stream. From the Upper Geyser Basin to Madison Lake, is about ten miles, and fromthis lake to the Shoshone Geysers, the distanceis about four miles. The trail is not very good,there being considerable fallen timber throughthe region to be traversed. Mount Blackmore.—This mountain, pre-vious to 1872, was practically unnamed and un-known. It is situated in the heart of the RockyMountains, in Montana Territory, and at itsbase are the sources of the Gallatin River, which, 174 wmm ^m€iFi€ w@w^imw. with the Jefferson and Madison Rivers, helpform the mighty Missouri. It w as discovered by the Ilayden ExplorationParty of 1872, and received its name under the
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PALACE BUTTE. following circumstances: While camped atFort Ellis, and making preparations for the ex-plorations of the famous Yellowstone Exj^edition,the party was joined by Mr. William Blackmore,of London, one of Eng-lands scientific men. Withhim came his wife, who wasanxious to see some of thebeauties and wonders ofour famous YellowstoneNational Park. Thefatigue and hardships ofthe journey from Corinneto Bozeman, 600 miles ofstaging, proved too much.On arrival at Bozeman, shewas taken ill, and after asickness of but two days,she died. Her grave lies atthe foot of a mountainrange, from which thererises a grand peak, stand-ing up like a huge monu-ment to her memory. Tothis peak the party gave thename of Mt. Blackmore.The height above the sea is10,134 feet. The ascent isexceedingly difficult, andrequired over four daysby the party who succeed-ed, and the scene fromthe summit is inexpress-ibly grand, and the fieldof vision is immense.Here a birds-eye view isgained of the GallatinRiver f

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