South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-08-19
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Force OF circumstances prt vest
ed my writing about the remaiudou.
OF my journey at the proper tins.
but will write Cow aud no doubt
1t viii interest your readers a. much
rs had it been done sooner.
After leaving Winnepcg we turn
ed to the westward through Man,-
tobs- Hero the dry desoistc plaiun
stretch away Tor hundreds Of nslcs.
broken now and then by small
alkali lake or angular rrnn,nx
stre4 IA. Standing on the platform
and looking forward the railway,
could be seen until it dxindled 10
q nero thread md the telegraph
/ poles looked almost like pea-sticks.
they were so small. Through A.
simboia the scenery was much the
same except that there werc more
inhabitants aud more small towns.
Wil5 roses of all hucs aud colors
line the tracks and give it the ap-
pearance OF much elongated Cow
er bed Part OF this territory in
tbs vicinity OF Medicine thst Is q
great grain producing country. but
owing 10 the extremely dry weather
OF this season the wheat has failed
70 mature. On and on we travel.
until our eyes have grown weary
with the plains; finally we begin TO
wind around through the foot hilIs
epd We. a-e soon in the province of
Alberta. Awakening carly one
morning and locking from nv car
window ! beheld ipr the frat time
In my life the snow.c capped. peaks
OF the Rocky Mountain. There
they stood like sturdy sentineIs Of,
the plsins below. Now ve dash mn
to one and it seems that we must
stop unless we can go through or
over the mountain, both of which
would DC impossible. A short turn
TO the right however and we movs
on unobstlucted up the marrow
path way OF small mountain river
After entering the Rockies the most
beautiful scenery greets the eye for
an entire day. Many places OF in
terest and note are passed but I
shall only mention two or thrca.
The hrst Of these is Castle Mt. senn
soon after entering the Rockies.
This is tall m ajestic mountain
rising beside the railwsy for thous-
ands OF feet--a gigantic heap with
turrets, bastions, battlements and
al. so complete did it seem that
one almost expected to see Q fright
III giant emerge fsoHl behind the
6srred doors and hurI lis huge
weapons at as to destroy us for tffs-'
tirbing his solitude. After leaving
n IRE and travelling for miles and
miles past many beautiful peas.
through many terrible gorges, and
beside hundreds OF email mountain
streams churned into d milky foam
by their rapid descent oyer iuttipe
erags and oyerhanging cliffs. FL.
naily we are at Rodgers Pass; here
It was that nature run riot in her
younger days and, reveled in many
fantastic caprices' Orr altitude At
this point was over four thousand
feet while on our right rises Mount
Mcdonald mile and q au,rter
above us. On the left is Mount
Hermit scarcely less in height. IL
looks as il these two mountains
might at some time have been ioin-
ed, but some powerful convulsion
OF nature has rent them IN twain
TO make a passage for trans-con-
tInental II. r. The crests of these
mountains are covered With snow.
and as they rise bleak and barren
within a few feet Of each other ehsys
forId q picture Of subIimity and
grandeur not soon to be forgotten.
n fsw miles from this place We come
TO the celebrated Glacier Ho1as.
one OF the great sum mer resorts.
Here Is to be seen q vast mountain
OF ice es large as all those OF Swit-
zsrIand combined. Az the rays Of
the setting sun giinted from its
surface all the prismatic colors
might be seen forming q picture
surpassed not BY Raphiel himself
After hundreds Of miles more Of
beautiful scenery we are At Mission
junction 80 milcs east Of Wacomo.
where We turned southwark and
are soon again beneath protoc-
ton Of the stars and stripes. hav.
ing passed three days ia Her Ma
issty's domain.
Through the heavy timbsred and
fertile lands Of Washington aud
Oregon We finally entered the bor-
ders - he Golden State. eo1- ali
looks dry but By no means desolafo.
Thousands Of acres of choice wheat
are seen together with an occasion
al orchard or vineyard containing
hundreds Of acres and lending
beauty to the plains. At Tact AZ
II days riding and having travelled
over four THOUSAND miles I reach
Fresno, sound and hearty az / Start
ed from W. Va. Some 5av mav
write and tell you how Califoraians
live. can ReVoir."
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