The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-07-15
All OVERLAND TRIP 70 OREGON

p. m, Friday, April Is, and arrived at
Monument Point,-the eastern termi-
nus of the Central Pacifc.-at 3 a. m.
Saturday. Ogden is a busting little
place, the population being mostly
Swedes and Cinnamon. Ogden proper
or, as it is called, Ogden City,--is
fire miles south, and much larger
place. The population is principally
Mormon No passenger trains run
west Of Ogden, bu. we were fortunate
enough to catch a construction train,
loaded with ties and iron for the front
a point Il wiles west Of Corinne. Utah,
% miles west Of Ogden, and virtually
the end OF the track | was Informed
that owing to lack of material no
track had been laid since the We'd
nesday previous to our arrival. Five
miles west of Ogden we pass through
a small canon and enter the great Salt
Lake VnlIey-a wide, wild. desolate
waste of country; nothing but alkali,
salt lagoons and sage bush Upon en-
tering the valley the scenery is mag
nifcent;-to the north the snow clad
peaks of the Bear River Mountains
loom up high above the clouds; to the
south are the Weber River Mountains;
and ahead-over forty miles distant,
and but family yisible,-are the rocky
and barren cliffs that skirt Spring Bay,
the most northern extremity Of the
Great Salt Lake. 1t has been ages
ago since the whole Of this valley was
one vast inland sea, aad high up on
the sides CT the encirciing hills, appear
the well marked ridges which indicate
the position Of the old shore line At
that time the fertile lands In some parts
Of this desert, which are now dotted
with Mormon settlements nesting amid
groves and orchards, were fifty faith
oms beneath the heavy, acrid waters
which filled the Great Basin, and an
other race of men may have stood up
on those mountain sides and gazed out
oyer the flood which stretched down
the valley for hundreds of miles. From
this point to Promontory Mountain,
dis.snt about 50 miles, the ROAD is up
grade.
Arriving at Corinne at : P. M, We
leave the Union Pacific, take our bag
gage and trudge over to the principal
business portion of town, which is a
half mile from the depot. The clouds
which had for a long time threatened
rain, now began 20 discharge their re.
freshing torrents Of rain and hail, and
as the stages would not leave for Mon
ument Point until s a. II, the next
day, We were naturally anxious to find
hotel of some sort Making our way
along the main street, We accosted a
very seedy looking individual (who,
by the way, was the proprietor of the
"You Bet" restaurant and inquired o.
him where we could find the aforesaid
accommodations.
"Wa-ll, gents replied he, "fact is
'commodations is rather skeercc round
here jest now-p'raps they'll be better
fore long-we'ye only been here 'bou
two weeks"
Think of this, reader; a mushroom
town only been built two weeks, ant
now contains population of some fif
teen hundred, one theatre, six hotels
and twice as many hurdy- gurdy hous
es, four stage Offices, one newspaper
the Corrine Thunderer, about the size
OF small ocket-handkerchief, besides
faro banks, desperados, gambling hell
cu.-throats and a city council As W,
stood out in the street in the rain, we
TO the skin, our aforesaid informan
said he was sorry for us, but That h,
was "full, everything he had was full
To be sure he had small shed Jus
back of his hotel, but unfortunatel'
for US that was full, having been en-
gagged the night before as a clay out,
at three dollars per head, single night
blankets not furnished There was
calf-pen, however, in which we nigh
sleep, if We chose; but we didn't slee
there cut of respect for the calf. Wah
satch was bad, but | came to the con
clusion that Corinne was worse. :.
Persons get used to anything, SO | Dor
it through in meekness and humility
/ felt meek. / felt humble. ] felt aoe
I'd have lent the worst gambler in Cor
rhine MY last half dollar had he ap Pile
for it then. Hero was surely the n
Plus ultra of gamblers excitement, ia
70 banks and dangerous characters