The Republican journal., 1890-06-12

dred> OF feet upon teams men, houses and
various mining operations. We can look up a
much greater distance upon the mountains,
rocky, and frecked with evergreen. Some of
the mountains arc q kind of rotten granite.
We pass through valley about n mile wide,
covered with snow and bounded on each side
by mountaius decorated with sprnkling of
evergreen. The sides of the mountains in
places are covered with cord wood Some
places are 50 steep that it i impossible for a
team to ascend and the wood is run down in a
shoot Some canyons are bounded by almost
perpendicular mountains Of ledge After pass
inc through three tunnel, we reach Boulder, a
iirc small town in pretty little valley, the first
valley more than quarter of a mile wide
since leaving Butte. Two more tunnels The
mountain scenery continually repeats itself in
ever varying form and variety and loses none
Of its rugged magniicence. The mountains
rcrede and there is quite pretty valley in the
region Of East Helena, which is a nice looking
town.
Helena IS an assemblage of beautiful dwell
ms. Many of the business houses art on the
right lul the dwellings are scattered far to the
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valley il broad ANA scattered with fine build
in2>. some Of The soil is grayelly and some
low and marshy and covered with brush. Sill
Yer Station is in valley mile wide and con-
sl>t> "f station, hotel and saloon. The valley
soon contracts 70 rANlhe. The buffalo grass
on tht mountains y 7fa]ed close to the ground.
There Is occasionally a stray evergreen or relic
of il snow dritt We pass two more tunneI>
Mo'hi'"ihN OF ret ledge rise almost perpendic-
nArIy 70 Z Ahel-ht "t one or two hundred feet.
ihe greater part Of the mountains are covered
"iH 20" iHi' >lfe"h with pine trees one foot
IN diameter Vacant spots are covered with
hHHAi" GraN,.
we >'fihH me Missouri near Wolf Creek,
hn" PM ihF"u-h tunnel ln iedge pinnacle
"e"EIy huh''FeH leet hi|h' The tram stops
"h' >0oh 'h''htr tram i seen approaching to
meet u.s. we litN> through another tunnel.
~" NaIcl ha" beeh about hat a mile wide, but
no" 'he 'ed-c ellis 10 10 10 feet hlGh, come
f'"N' Y lhe fNrr' me 'Ilii> lad bark and the
'"'eS Ni'tH>' mere i some NruNh along the
/ lNtI' '>t"'' consists" "l ~. y. STORE saloon,
2lh'iiH@ rooms ami several other buildings.
ihefe + ho NnoM n lhe valleys lhe valley
'I'AaeiN a'" ihe distant mountains are httle
"'o'' '""'' h'II'. ma consists q station,
one Ithe !Afm mouse and ferry across the
TNtr' hr h'io appr"arh the RIVER and The
N"ieN + niue more imam nan mile Wide.
lho Na"e> 'f'a'eh- agaln. Several teams are
| p'M my 'ht we cross the river. Great Rails
contains several lar4e fine buildings There i
Il rene ol '@" across the river, over which
The water fails ol.. Or tWo feet The valley
Incomes broad 'ad Wnduatln@.
FHtt Benton. at the head Of navigation, is
about 'he mile from the railroad and consists
| "I several Iar-r "rIch buildings Afler passing
4 l''"h Ihe NaIify ! hai mIie Wlde, bounded
| h} clay "'uIl- dYu, ~ feet high. People said
| ttl hd't n"t bull d good rain during the past
| year ail mot over four inches of snow 1T any
| time a~t Wlnlcr. WE ua>> tho MariaS ana Biz
/ sanity ii\cS>. y evening approaches we are
| passing over 4 hF""I, le}c' prairie with distant
mountains "H the right. They SAID We passed
4 l!"u-H a Nii"I'Hf country during the hl1ht ana
i'''he' hul'fa 'he next morning. lhiN me
N"ItN' n a" lhit> Whie' + scattered with shan
i''>' ibeI' 'N GIltc collection ot laI-e DulId-
| lA-N ohh OF TWO miles south me valley
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