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Title: Tours to the Yellowstone Park and Pacific Coast : July 3, August 6, September 3, 1906
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Pennsylvania Railroad
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Publisher: (Philadelphia) : Pennsylvania Railroad
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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miles distant; Douglas and Central Parks onthe west side, about four miles; and the southParks, in the south part of the city, between six andseven miles. The chief approaches to the latterare through the Grand and Drexel Boulevards. THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. 37 Jackson and Washington Parks, where the Colum- Chicago, 111.bian Exposition was held, may be reached eitherby the Illinois Central Railroad, suburban trains,or by one of the elevated railways. The river iscrossed by thirty-five swinging bridges, and thereare also two tunnels, at Washington and La SallevStreets. The Union Stock Yards are in the south-ern part of the city. They cover 350 acres, andare the most extensive in the world. Leaving Chicago, the route turns northward along Throughthe shores of Lake Michigan to Milwaukee. Pass- Minnesotaing through this home of thrifty Germans andlager beer, the railroad cuts diagonally across theState of Wisconsin to the Mississippi River,which it crosses at La Crosse into the State of
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ox THE ROAD TO ST. PAUL THE P E X N S Y L \ A X I A RAILROAD. ThroughMinnesota St. Paul,Minn. Minneapolis,Minn. Amcngthe Lakes Minnesota. Just west of Milwaukee the picturesqueWaukesha County lake country is traversed.Beyond, near Kilbourne Station, are the famousDells of the Wisconsin River. From La Crosseto St Paul the railroad follows the Father ofWaters along its western bank. Fifty milessouth of St. Paul the Mississippi widens out intoLake Pepin, which is nearly twenty miles longand bordered with many pretty towns. St. Paul is located directly on the MississippiRiver, nine miles below the famous Falls of St.Anthony. It is one of the most prosperous citiesin the State, and one of the most important com-mercial points in the Northwest. It is the capitalof Minnesota, and its private residences are bothelegant and tasteful. Minneapolis is only eleven miles from its rival,St. Paul. Minneapolis is noted for its fine resi-dences, public buildings, and drives. Its broad andhandsome avenu

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