The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-30
From THE PACIFIC SLOPE
FROM POCATELLe, IDAHO, TO
SEATTLE, WASH. 7.
The Country by the Way and, the
Advantages ofSOil and Climate Z
An Interesting Survey.

eountry, with immen.e wa tee OF bar-
ren innd. Olhef lands in thA Ter j.
tory aie divided as follows --timter-
land, mainly ri e q Cir, l20-0COO /
aces; ricuiu,al lsnds, up IN which /
W at ADD other snell graz Rfaees,
luii (egcep peashe', aud ~ io8s veg |
SAB es, DO wl, lB,00000) &c e.; |
gtz' q lands, 2500J,tOO aYs The |
.imanla t ia noun ri on or barron |
5tseits, end valu lesB ~ t6ee pnr-
e. 1htrs sB3me mir ca wealth |
n the II ii DRY, bni 20 yet it h s |
beel but rar Tally d vlDpsd Boise |
Jity, e.tnn d on h. Booze river at an
L ls. alton II 28J0 OF above the seq,
th3c u al, and h a populltion OF
$3.50 Tho uhain port on OF TINS
Ia a. beds. which sr3 8oO miol
oog, from east to west,
fifty TO a } undIe1 miles wids and from
4 huudred To 2O00 fest deep. Some
IF gtn or tweoty miles west o. Poca-
tsllo the Union Pacific Rail- DAD
crosses Saake river Immediately over
the "Great American Falls," go-called,
but really nothing more than rapids,
though quite IA isy and attractive,
and one draws a breath OF relief
when the train 81 ikss terra frnld on
the oppe te blnk. About hu dred
miles further vest is the village OF
| Shoshone, where | stopped foe ths
purpose OF visiting Great Shoshone
Falls. Alter n nights iefreshings eep
beneath pair OF heavy blankets aud
a eoo1 breakfast at the Dewey House,
buttoned on my overcoat and IN
company with Mr.. A.. s Senter, Super
intendent OF the stage liue; Sam
uel p. Putnam, formerly private
secretary TO BIB Ineersoll but now
lecturer on Free Tn ught," and cor
resp,pd dent for New York and Boston
papers; and Messrs. Lsmmiysn and
uornwell OF the Union Pac tic
Railroad, took seat in the
hack. drew buffalo robe
ecIoss my lep and get out for the
falls, across a desert, twenty-e'gbt
miles dittAnt. Along the road no
sight Of tree or water gladden. the bar
rem wfge-- sage brush, jack rabbits
and lava rocks are all that can BE- teen
to break the dull mopotony. Where
could all OF the lava In this vast bed
over which We travel come from
There are no volcanic mountains near,
there is no sign indicating its source.
The most probable theory, and the one
entertained by the most intelligent
resident is, that at some remote period
the entire area occupied by the lava
beds YVES a burning molten mass and
was submerged and extrngnished-
probably by the waters OF the Il BOD.
But whatever ! caufe, however silent
its history, it was, unques ionably' a.
one time the scene OF mighty and
awful CONVERSIONS of nature. Toward
it's porthern extremity, Loet river,
; stream rising in the mountains above
: suddenly disappears and is seen n
more, but is supposed to have an GUILE
iuto Snake river, nsar Shoshone Falls
Four houra' tide, over this lava basr
= Tying between Wood River mnunteinl
, on tie north, Goose Greek range Il
: the eas', aud the m astlc 5 era Ne
vadas on the fou h, brings us 10 thu
L edgs OF a vest chasm, where, hundred
r Of feet below, b tween ttupendoa
= perpendiculsr walls, the thuadeling
j OF the Iaging waters greet The ca
with awe inspiring sound. Prost'atin
Q Ourselves upon the toomost rock an
u looking over the dge OF THIS precipict
Q we catch the first glimpse OF awiu
Shoshone; aud rs we gaze in owe
whslming pdmirRtion upon the sui
lime scene, we are forcibly imprefse
II with the weakness and littlenets
q man and his greatest works, and
10 the infinite power OF the hand whic
A. wrought the wonders btfors US. W
10 turn and reiraee ourlteps TO the hacl
n only a few yards away, and piss dow
Q, naturl roadway between grtai lay
n rocks until We come to the base 81
o. wall on the LETT, ring hundreds
to feet above, while to the right the see
o and rugged incline toward q
e. river is composed OF millioi
IT. upon millions of tons OF mass
as fragments OF rocks, which ha'
he fallen, in the course If time, rom i
IL IDS above. At the top OF the incli
m andimme d a ely at the ba e of the pr
I'd mend cular rock " all which towers
Dr. above, roadway, 2l00 feet long, WI
Is a fall [ { 500 feet, has been made. '
be dare not attempt TO ride down hel
N The hack is w Gated by all except I
ne driver, the whees ara securely tit
and II elides down to the little phone
hotel in the valley below. Here
rest during the night. Early the I
eff lowing morning we hasten to The Ill
,av beat which taGes us scross the stsl
at. swift current, about 200 yards aba
law the falls. AZ We pass along our ey
me survey the mighty walls which ht
not us in, Down The river we see
,fic canon whose sides OF solid rock 7
,ig. 1850 feet. perpendicular'y, from
ON waters edge. Up the river, betwt
ali the solid, towering buttes, opens
,es. black mouth or entrances
rem Devils Carol" while on es
ned side, in awe inspiring ma e ty, sta
BILE the great mountains OF rock with IN
i'm square cut sides and tops, like
led ruins Cf some mammoth city W
on What genius, what power wroui
/. this marvellous sculplure2 II see
impossible that the water OF all q
could have worn into the lava q
cial gtanite, leaving the pillared nights
tbs here seen 10 testify itS work.
Us. overwhelming messiver esq OF
M gorge b. flies all eye measure of
one stupeudous lift, out OF which a eli
red would be impossible. Like a v
iIth pusonbouse, the somber, close Pre-
He ing lava tower rise alb We us. VI
ere convu'sive tb'oes Of nature there m
ID A have teen WHOM this place '
IN formed. As VIC cross the main oh
i've, rel OF the river the rapid current hu
lite. our boat almost a, riaht arges from
cour. G, but the skilful oarsman G
lrols il and we pass safely over.
csnding Poiet Lockout IS the
re- rises over the Esstein hi Is and but
opt we behold the gsrgec us Sc
am. IS be sends his g'lden T
ide, down the canon and san
9th. this besut full arc on the silvery sp
are which fills the chasm. We liuge
SEES. few moments here, above ard in
not view OF the lesser and greater T.
midst the rear aud thuld,r OF
wAterF, then follow q circular trai
Lovers Leac," anarr0w point
,irls tirg on, between two yaFning gor