The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-02-04
3at Vipto., Sdrertistr,
Upton, IOWA.
THURSDAY, .~... FEBRUARY 4, 1860
Correspondents Of the Upton Advertiser.
SALT LAKE CITY, Jsn'y 18Th 1850.

M, Editor Here we lind ourselves
In tile great capital Of the Latter Da.
Saints. shall not at this time under
take description ofit, or Its people ant
their religion, until I pass over the tril
travelled In getting here. Therefore, 10
us return to the Missouri river, and DO
fore leaving Its banks speak Of matters
In progress there. 1t was bitter cold
while we tarried there, 50 that We could
see but little. Both Omaha and Coun'
ell Bluffs arc growing cities; both are
putting on style Of greatness, such as
sporting opera houses, etc. But dam
gcrous rival to Omaha IL growing up
above there; twenty-five miles above
Council Bluffs, ut a place formerly call
ed st. Johns--now Missouri Junction
the e. N. w. Railway, IN connection
with tho Sioux City and Pacific II. r..
have built road direct west to the
Missouri River; on the west bank VI
which, In Nebraska, they have laid out
town called Blair, which they intend
n make IN Important point; Il 10 TWEEN
ty.nve miles north of Omaha, and will
cut or Ill itswestcrn trade. This branch
road rune westerly and intersects the U.
p. II. IL. at Fremont. A few years will
witness some great strides In advance
In this part Of the world.
We take the cars at 40 p. M, at
Omaha, aud at : got our supper at FIRE.
mont We are now on the wing for
shutdown. From Omaha we travel west
the first l5o miles over country suits-
bic for agriculture; beyond this the only
sure crop Is Indians aud grasshoppers.
Aftcr passing over $50 miles Of tolerSbly
good land west Of Omaha, YOU find no
more until you rcach-California, I
gucss~-for have found none SO far. 1t
Il continuous sandy plain along the
Platte to Juleshuryh. thence up Pole
creek, ditto;thcnee up Corn creek, ditto,
to the mountains. Here we are about
loo miles west Of cheyenne, aud 6l5
miles west Of Omaha, and nothing but
sandy plains, sand hills aud sand hoi-
lows-s miserable waste-enly good to
build railroad on; but too poor Ia keep
il up or feed its passengers. Soo0 after
leaving Omaha we saw the last traces Of
Snew anul we reached the Blue Hills,
some GOO miles distant; the plains were
entirely free from snow. We pass
Sherman Station at an altitude Of :, IL
feet, this is the highest elevation OH the
whole line Of the L. L. II. r., aud this
is long before the Rocky Mountains arc
reached. We pass on over the l.arami,
plains to the crossing OF the North rlatt,
river again. Beyond this we now com.
to where the old snowy Rocky Mouu
tains should be-hut 10. they are no
there. We pass ON to the Gum River
which is n 6lapsh at theGNlars.lo.of th
are now told the snowy range is passed
Wonderful, All this time we have bee,
travelling over country fully as level a
Cedar county; no higher hills than yo
find Oh Cedar River, and but few q
them: with the great hundreds of mil,
Of country as level as our prairies
yet We are passing over the summit o
the great Rocky Mountains Tru!,
wonderful. How can ii te" Well,
will tell you how ii is, LIST. There ar
no mountains here. ID, There neve
was any, Sd. There never will he any
except upon plats 10 Congress s>kin
subsidies to railroads. Ncs, it Is even 81
There is not the semhlance Of noun
tain between Salt Lake and Upton. OK
cep, this Wahsatch hill, just here a, tn
edge Of this city, The country throug,
which the railroad passes is h sh obtain
ing 81 average altitude OF from five I,
eight thousand feet, sai this is oltainr,
gradually, and tie country ,veryaher
presents great plains with here an,
there seas>~ so@', table topped hills, or
projecting N>dge oi rocks. or an occasion
81 gully, this is all. On these high land
but little grows: sage brush jack rabbit
. and alkali are the staples oflhi> country
I Poor jack rabbit, Pity him, having hi
lot cast in such a country Bat then ar
I there such things as the Rocky Noun
tains, You will say. Ne>, there are
whose lowest passes are from la,aao L
. II 900 feet high, aud whose peaks loon
up over l1,,sa feet towards the Moon
Ii These mountains arc in Colorado 10 III
South. and Montana TO the north; Will
between these two countries lies s,ri
of neasi. 40 miles in width in which II
mountains appear; and over this coun
stry the railrnad is built. If il is to b
4 called mountain at all, i, must all b
called mountain from Platte River Z,
Bear River over $40 miles. Rather
awide mountain whose top is thus vid,
And all this way no ,imhcr. Only thin
,of il love miles with no timber non
<here--aone expected. The cars are rur
iniaA to Echo City, - miles trem tn
1lace. From Echo we had i nice si,ic
glide BY moonlight, over the Wahsatc
range 80 within IL miles Of this plac
where the snow left us, and we agsi
hook 10 the old stage. All this di>tant
froul Omaha 80 Echo. over loco mile
There is simply nothing 10 write ahou
N is all the same, sandy plains, sand
hills, sAssSy hoilows, high table plain
kage brush. jack rabbits. s!kali-thc che
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