Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-29
ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
A Described in q Series of Geo
graphic Society Lectures.


From Atlantic to Pacific and Back
Again Is the title under which the Ma
tional Geographic Society has arranged a
most interesting series of six illustrated
afternoon lectures. to be held In the large
hall Of Columbian University two days
each week for three weeks during Lent.
The idea, 1t is understood. originated with
Mrs. Gardiner Greene Hubbard. who takes
great interest in the work Of this society,
Of which Mr.. Hubbard is president. Each
lecture will really consist Of two lectures,
each by an expert In the geography, ge-
ology and history of the region described,
with copious lantern-slide illustrations.
The series will thus carry the audience all
the way from Washington to San Fran
cisco. by way Of Pittsburg, st. Paul, the
Yellowstone Park and Portland, returning
via Los Angeles, Flagstaff (Arizona), Dem
yer. st. Louis. Kentucky and the Virgin
las. with excursions from Flagstaff to the
Grand Canon and Mexico.
1t can easily be imagined what q vivid
impression this series of lectures will leave
upon the minds of the audience. and how
instructive as well as entertaining il m1st
prove to be. inasmuch as nowhere but in
this city could twelve speakers be found
to equal these in familiarity with the re-
gions described and in the reputation they
have all made as authorities in their spe-
cial lines of work. Nor could an equally
good series Of views be gathered together
excepting by copying from the same orig
inals. most Of which are here In Wash
ington.
The series of lectures is described as fol-
lows in the program Of the society. ISSUED
today:
1. Washington to Pittsburg David T.
Day; coal fields. oil region, iron mines and
furnaces, Appalachian scenery. Pittsburg
to St. Paul, G. X. Gilbert; forests and
prairies. rock gas region glacial lakes,
terminal moraines. modern cities
2. St Paul to Yellowstone Park, Walter
II. Weed; northern plains. bad-lands, noun
tain foothills, northern coal fields gelnSrs
and hot springs. Yellowstone Park to l.
land. Bailey Willis; the northern I'D rs,
snake sna e,,r river , desert, Shoshene
Mount Rainier. ,Is.
B. Portland to Sacramento, J. s. Da6f;
Willamette valley. Siskiyou pass Mount
Shasta, Lassen peak, Feather river N1Sy
and mEes. Sacramento to Los Angeles,
Willard ID. Johnson: Sacramento and San
Joaquin valley, Golden Gate, cities of the
coast, Tehachapi pass. San Bernardino val
ley.
4. Los Angeles to Flagstaff, j. w. Powell:
vineyards and orchards, the southern sie1-
ra. Mohave desert, The Needles, San Fran
cisco mountains. Side Trip to the Grand
Canon. c. ID. Walcott; Kaibab plateau,
Colorado Chiquito. Toroweap, Kanab canon,
Marble canon, the great canon.
g. Side Trip to Mexico w. J. McGee;
mountains and plainly desert life. Indians
good and bad, prehi ri3peoples. Flag
staff to Rocky Mount gnsA Frank II. Cush-
ing; the high plateaus. sHlni pueblo, Molsi
VILLAGES. cliff dwellingss2n ancient cIviii-
cation. -,
s. Rocky Mountains il. The Mississippi. r.
II. Newell; the great diifde, Pixies peak.
the silver state. southern plains. our great
rivers. The Mississippi to the Potomac,
Jed Hotchkiss; bluegrass, region, Cumber-
land plateau, central Appalachians, coal
fields and iron mines of the south, Piedmont
plains.