Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-02-26
Trip to the Great West!
FROM MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, TO
LEWISTON, IDAHO.
The Beautiful Scenery.
Lewiston Excells All Other Points
Along the Entire Route as to
Climate and Location.
The Beautiful Scenery.
LEWISTON, Feb. -, 1890.

great Empire of the Northwest two
months, | have concluded to give your
readers some points of interest to me
since left West Tennessee. Memphis,
Tenn, was the final starting point, and
growing city it is, too. ST. Louis,
Mo-, was the next stop and fourteen
hours there gave us All opportunity to
visit some of the many places of inter-
est. Electric street ears took us to the
beautiful Tower Grove Park, where
art has assisted nature in making these
grounds attractive. Shakespeare :
statute stands majestically in one of
those broad, gravelcd roads, and upon
the pedestal stone We're the pictures
and names of "Queen katharine, "
"Lady Macbeth, ,""Hamlet" and "Fal-
staff" In front of this stands the
statute of Alexander Won Humboldt,
the worlds traveller. The musical
grounds are decorated by the statuary
of six noted musicians, placed in u half
circle, viz: Beethoven, Mozart, Wag-
ner, Rosini, Gournod and Verdi. The
celebrated "Shaw's Garden" was not
as lovely as during the General Con-
ference last May, and yet it is Il delight
full place any season of the year, espec-
tally to those who love to study botany
The Suspension Bridge Is II wonderful
structure.
We to took reclining-chair coach
which run through to Pueblo, Col.
via the Missouri Pacific system, and
the next stop was Kansas City, Mo.
This Is busy place and bends around
the Missouri river like u horseshoe.
The plains were interesting at first but
| soon wished for hills and valleys.
At Hoisington, Kansas, we changed
our watches, by turning back one hour,
from Central to Mountain time.
Prairie dogs were seen near Olney, Col.
and the Arkansas river near Nepesta,
and the "Adobe" houses near Merideth.
Pixies Peak was seen, towering II, 147
feet above the sea level, before we ar
rived at Pueblo. 1t is one of the high
est peaks in the Rocky Mountain
range and is called "Colorado's Land.
mark."' Before the white man gave
Colorado its name, the Red Man used
it as landmark and now it has be.
come the goal of those in search of the
grand and beautiful in nature. Pueblo
Col, is called "rhe Pittsburg of the
West" and this name comes the near.
est to expressing the salient character.
istics of the city. Bro. p. l.. Stanton,
p. f. of the Denver district, Denver
Conference, entertained us there.
| Here we took the Denver & RiC
Grande r.. r., known as the "Scenit
line of the World" and followed ur
the Arkansas river for nearly 100 miles
Back from the river rise high buttes o
sandstone, worn into fantastic shape.
by the action of the elements. Banded
with great variety of colors and dot
ted here and there by groups of pines
makes the scenery interesting to thu
traveller. The Egyptian water wheels
as used by the ancient people for irri
CATION, were suspended in the curren
of the Arkansas. This route passe.
through Grand Canyon, the narrowes
portion Of which is known as Roya
Gorge. The conductor stopped herr
to give the passengers Il view of thes'
granite cliffs, the highest of which i
2.627 feet, and the suspension bridg
hanging between the smooth walls
The river, sombre and swift, breaks tn
awful stiffness by its roar. Thes
scenes caused this "Old Virginia. Ten
nessean" to eXclaim with the poet
"The half has never been told" W.
spent Sunday in Salida, Col, and wor
shipped with the brethren of the NJ. +
Church, where my p. F., Rev. Reg Il
Swift, breaches a sOul-stirring sermon
In the afternoon, Brother Swift ant
wife, Frank Darr and myself, climbe,
one of those mountains overlooking tn
beautiful little city of 1000, and ther
we viewed the surrounding hills ant
peaks, Of which were. ."Yale," "Hal
ward" and "PrincetOn," known as tn
University Peaks. We passed Lead
vile at night and could not see tina
wonderful mining town, together witt
the magnificent scenery through tina
portion of the Rockies, such as "Twil
Lakes" tennessee Pass" and "MOun
of the Holy Cross" Utah would hav
been monOtOnous if it were not for tn
snOw-crowned mountains and tn
presence of the multifOrm and vari
colOred rock cliffs. "Castle Gate"
: six miles from Price and Is similar i
: many respects to the gateway in tn
, "Garden Of the Gods" Gen. Albel
Sidney johnson marched his arm
through "Castle Gate" and dow
Price river canyon on his return frol
( Utah. At Soldiers Summit we wei
3 on the highest railroad point on I'll
!, Wasatch range. From this point "
descended into the Utah valley.
has an Arcadian beauty and resembl,
the description of the wales of Scotland
! Mount NebO, which Is the highest an
A grandest of the Utah Peaks, ris,
!. majesticllly over all surrounding
We thought Of Moses as he stood upo
: Mt. Nebo and viewed the ''PrOmise
4 Land" This valley furnishes anoth,
! very striking scene of the "Hol
9 Land" In the Utah Lake, with Jordo
! river flowing to the Great Salt, LAX
D Just rs its namesake runs from ii
Lake Of Gennesaret to the Dead Se'