The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-11-11


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4 Visit to the Twin and ShOshon
| Falls.
| Our party, consisting of Judg
Harroun. Mrs. Harroun and daugh
ter, Misss Jessie, Mr.. and Mrs. JAIME
Bascom, ell of Albion; Mr.. and Mr..
F. A. Starch, and little May, Mis-
Sarah and Miss Minnie McLillsu, Q
Salt Lake City. left Starsh's Terry, Oh
Snake River. Idaho, monday morn
ing, Sept. Sd. at s o'clo. X. We fol
lowed the rivsr down about twenty
miles, Ioassipg some beautiful scenery
consisting of email islands in th'
river, with cedar trees growing cl
them. also large rocks resem blinl
ruins OF ancient castles. etc.. th,
river sometimes winding between
solid walls of lava rocks, which ris'
perpendicular in some placee five ant
ak hundred feet above the water:
edge, 90 . person could not see ths
river without lying down and lookiLs
over the precipice. The river look q
to us from those high positions, liks
a little winding brook OF green
water. In the year 1872. there we're
very rich placer diggings Of gold dis
covered on this river, and hundreds
OF men made immense fortunes in a
short time, all along you can see
where they worked. S5me places,
the walls were 30 high, they had 10
lower men and supplies down with
machinery.
At noon We arrived at place
called Dry Greek. We camped here
for lunch. built fire of sage brush,
made tea snd coffee, spread a tent
down under some green Willows, and
set our table With cold roast chicken,
ham. cakes and pies and all the del.
icacies of picnic, in proiusion: Our
appetites were certainly in a condi-
sion to DO justice to everything eat
able. We rested for an hour and
then started for Twin falls. We had
some very 70 gh roads to travel. bu.
got oTer them all right. and at sun-
down camped at the head of a cs II ID,
a mile from Twin falls. We could
hear them roar quite plainly. We
built our camp fire, and fried chicken
and potatoes. and ate as if We had
not stopped for dinner. We soon re-
tired but [ could not sleep much.
Everything seemed so wild and
strange. In the morning we break.
tasted, and haying provided ourselves
with walking canes, We started on
our journey down the csn)n to the
faIls. We had to walk. as it was not
sale to ride on horseback, and il we
had taken a wagon we would have
had to lower it down with wind.a g.
We scrambled down the rocks. and
when we reached the bottom, On
either side OF as were walls as straight
as il built by masons. Here we all
tried Our lungs to see who could
make the loudest noise, and then in
q few seconds we could hear the echo
repeat our words plainly down the
cs non. We go around cliff OF rock
and then We saw the river again. !
We see little islands in the river and
rocks and little falls, and then the
river divides and falls a hundred and |
ten ieet These are what are called |
the Twin falls. To view them We all |
walked out on a natural rock pier, |
and sat down and viewed them with
cut speaking, as the sight was 80
grand We were perfectly overcome.
DOWN, down the water comes, ever |
the rocks like white bolts of lace.
Il locked so transparent yLu could
almost imagine beautiful patterns !
worked On it by the skil!ful hand OF
nature, and our eyes would get tired,
I'D when we looged again, the de-
sign seemed ell changed. When |
the water reaches the river below, it's
force causes beautiful mist to arise
and it ooks like fog. At the near
est point to the falls you can ieel the
spray un your face, and where it
tails on the rocks. they are ell COW
cred with beautiful green moss.
After looking at them until We w>re
we started back, or walked
very slowly up the canyon to our
wagons. We then started up the
river about three miles, to what is
considered the grandes. sight OF all
IN the northern country, the sho
,hone falls. Once more We get
ready to go down where We again can
zee the river, and falls, bat we do not
descend deep canyon as before; we
gradually wind around big rocks and
rags. and onto the shelves OF rocks,
md then Ionnd another rock, and
hen along ledges of rocks. looking
lown upon it and up the river. You
lee the water ONES pouring down
Ike over canyon of rock, and in
he middle OF the river stands one
one rock about 200 feet high, looking
10 if it might topple over any minute,
Here yon can get to the waters edge.
When we got here, We spread down a
arge canvas and opened our lunch
basket again. Goo1 appetites again.
The noise OF the falls q short way
Town the river from us, was so CREST
We could hardly hear each other talk
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