Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-03-17

station, where, as before, the tables are
so neatly set and food so nicely served,
the dining room so prettily decorated with
vines, hanging baskets, horns of game
etc., that the passenger cannot help be-
ing rested and refreshed and almost
made to feel that he is not among the |
Rockies but in his own comfortable |
home. This is supper and night has
already set in as you are again seated
in your car, rustling along over and
through the blufy district of the Medi-
cine Bow mountains, doubtless quite as
romantic as any part you have passed
over; but the veil of darkness hides the
scenes from view, and having had so
much to admire, you are quite willing
to turn into your cosy berth and rest.
The third morning of journey you
have arrived at Green River, another
eating station. Green River is the
county seat of Sweetwater county, Wy
oming. and has population of nearly
one thousand. The Union Pacific has
round house, machine and repair shops
located here. Here also can be seen
beautiful specimens of moss-agates, fos-
sil-fsh, petri6ed shells and wood, etc.,
taken from the hills and vallies in the
immediate vicinity. The water of the
river appears green, but it Is as pure
and clear as crystal, its appearance
being caused by the green earth or clay
through which it passes and which is
supposed to contain chloride of copper.
THE ALKALI PLAINS.
AS you leave this place in your west
ward course, you will soon see, in
south-easterly direction, the perpetually
snow-clad peaks of the Unita Mountains.
Along this section, for miles, can be
seen, not the rich luxurient grasses of
the plains, but the wild sage bush of
which you have heard SO much, and the
country looks dry, barren and desolate,
with here and there huge, round, broad
hill, towering out of the plain, some of
them hundreds of feet high and really
look as if shoveled up by human agency.
These are called the Buttes. They seem
to be of a soft sandstone, mixed with
earth, and your attention will be excited
as you pass along in noticing how the
action of the frosts and rains have CHS
eled their sides into wild fantastic
shapes.
Since you left Laramie, $50 miles
east, there has been succession of ups
and downs until you arrive at Aspen.
CROSSING THE UNITA MOUNTAINS.
You are now passing through snow
shed, which is 2,700 feet in length and
the longest on the Union Pacific, about
938 miles from Oman, at an elevation
of 7, 1886 feet, and the second highest
point gained by the Union Pacific. Leav-
ing Aspen, you rapidly descend towards
Echo and Weber canons; having gone
down nearly one thousand teet in the
last eighteen miles, you find yourself at
Evasion, the county seat of Unita coun-
ty and last town in Wyoming territory.
Here you take dinner, satisfying your
craving appetite with the delicacies of
the mountains, served by the quick,
handy black eyed Cinnamon. Here they
have quite settlement on the right Of
the track, called Chinatown. Passing
along, you soon arrive at Wasatch, 29
miles from Aspen, where you cross the
Unita Mountain, and now you are pass
ing through the Wasatch Range into
Utah Territory. Leaving Wasatch, you
pass rapidly down grade, crossing Beal
River Valley and entering Echo canon,
about on level with the tops of the
rocks, then gradually descend to the
bottom of the valley, where the track
runs so close to the rocks, that you have
to look toward the zenith to scale their
SUBMITS You are now with full breath
, and axious hearts scanning the scenes
from your car window or platform, rush
, ing into
THE GLORIEs OF ECHO CANON.
The scenery from Sherman to Echo
and Weber canons has been grand al
, most beyond comparison or imagination
But as you enter these canons you will
be heard to say Gf not CAREFUL that all
former scenes are mere pigmies and you
are filled with wonder and awe as you
gaze upon these rocks that rise before
; you in astounding abruptness and mas
siveness, and as the soaring submits
. and perpendicular sides succeed each
, other for miles, you look upon your
splendid train of cars as mere toys, anC
your little company of eager spectators
as an insignificant portion of the handi
work of the Almighty. If the crags and
peaks of Scotland's Highland or the
gorges, chasms and mountain ranges O.
f Switzerland are any more awful or ro
, mantle, 'let's 60 and see them. Tht
, distance through Echo and Weber can
t ons is about fifty miles and is crowded
E with-a constant succession of these huge
rocky cliffs and objects of natnral cnrins