The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-16
THROUGH THE FERTILE WEST,
STRAIGHT THROUGH A TERRITORY
ONCE THE HOME OF THE BUF-
FALO.
FINE SCENERY ALONG THE ROUTE
Lake Valley-Omaha to
Ogden.


Pacific It's line passes through an
interesting country, possessing some
beautiful scenery. In fact description
of the trip is full of interest:
Leaving Omaha via the Union Pacific
System the passenger is run through
one of the most fertile regions in the
West, country that decade ago was
called the Great American Desert
For 500 miles the train rushes on as
straight as an arrow, and over a ter
ritory which, twenty-five years ago,
was the home of the buffalo and the
favored hunting grounds of a dozen
tribes Of fierce savageS
Having passed Fremont Schuyler,
Columbus, Grand Island, Kearney, and
North Platte, the six principal towns
between Omaha and Denver, an eight
hours ride brings the tourist to
Denver, the capital of Colorado At
this point the Union Pacific has splen-
did shop facilities, and handsome
depot which cost over $50, O00 Leaving
Cheyenne for the west, the train pulls
up the heavy grade, and, just before
reaching Sherman, at an elevation Of
S,247 feet, appears a sign bearing the
inscription: Summit Of the Rocky
Mountains. Sherman was named in
honor of Gen. Sherman On a high
point just to the south of the station
stands the great stone monument
erected to the memory of Hon. Oaks
Ames and his brother Oliver, through
whose energy ard indon1itable per-
severance the Union Pacific railroad
was completed in an incredibly short
length of time, Two miles west Of
Sherman, Dale creek bridge is crossed
The bridge is $50 feet long from bluff
to bluff, and 1870 feet high
Laramie, fifty-seven miles west Of
Cheyenne. is an Important railway
town, it being a division station of
the Union Paoifi@. with imn2en Sc shops
The next station of Importance is
Rawlins, named in honor of Gen. J. A.
Rawlins. This town IS a division sta
ton and has stage lines to all important
points in every direction. Thirty miles
west of Rawlins is the continental
divide, where a little sign marks the
center of the grandest range of noun
tainS on the cor tinent.
The next station of note is Rock
Springs, where is produced the finest
quality of soft coal, and where the
Union Pacific company n ines the gr at
est norton of the coal it puts on the
market throughout the west.
Fifteen niics west the train pulls in
to Green River, another division roint,
and where the trains of the Oregon
Short line end their runs eastward The
River is wild and weird The track
winds along the banks Of the beautiful
river after which the town. is na-1ed,
and the famous Green RIVER buttes
tower Thousands of feet above thirty
miles west of Green River. "a brief
stop is made at Gre nCe-, TIE junct on
point of the Union Pc cifc and its Ore
gon Short line division, over which, in
vestibuled trains. passongers destined
no1y To
and the whole sound country are run
through on a fast schedule.
From Green river, the trip across the
continent to San Francisco is con
tinued. Three miles west of Green
river is Fish Cut. Green River buttes
are. objects Of interest, and are within
sight for miles. After passing Grang-
er, Evanston is soon reached. From
Evanston to Ogden the train passes
the finest and widest scenery in the
world. At WaEsatch station the sum-
nit of the WahSatch range of noun
tains is reached The elevation is
1924 feet, and at this point the road
enters Echo canon. Echo creek, which
runs through the canon, is crossed
thirty-one times in twenty-six miles
Three and a half miles west of Wah-
satch the train runs into tunnel 900
feet long. One mile east of Castle
Rock is a queer formation of rock re-
sembling the ruins of an old castle.
Hanging Rock" is what its name in
dicates. Two and a half miles west of
Emory, on top of the bluff, is a rock
called .Jack-in-the-Pulpit,' and farth-
er on can be seen the heights of Echo
canon, on top of which are the old
Mormon Notifications. Then comes
Steamboat Rocks Just before
reaching Echo are seen the 7"Amphi-
theater,' Pulpit Rocks" and 'Brom-
ley's Cathedral" AT Echo station
Weber canon is entered One and
half miles west of Echo can be seen
the witch Rocks Five miles farth-
er on is the 1,0GO-mile tree, and mile
farther on is the Devils Slide"
Echo and Weber canons compare
favorably with the celebrated Colo
RADIO canons. Three and a half miles
west of Croydon, the canon broadens
out, and to the left are noticed the
first of the Mormon settlements. About
one-half mile away, between Peterson
and Uintah station, Devils Gate is
to be seen, and shortly after the coun-
try widens into the Great Salt Lake
valley, when Ogden is reached. The
first view of the valley after the sur
felt of mountain scenery, is one of
striking contrast, quiet and pleasant to
the eye.
No passenger should go to the Pa
cific coast without taking the side trip
to the Mormon capital Salt Lake IS
a beautiful city
Garfield Beach is located on the
Great Salt Lake, eighteen miles west
of the city, on the Utah Il Nevada rail-
road, which is owned by the Union
Pacific company.
1t may seem preposterous to talk of
the finest sea-bathing on earth a thou
sand miles from the ocean, but truth
is no less truth because 1T appears
absurd The sea-bathing in Great Salt
Lake infinitely surpasses anything of
the kind on either the Atlantic or
Pacific coasts. The water contains
many times more salt and much more
soda, sulphur, magnesia, chlorine bro
mine and potassium, than any ocean
water on the globe. 1t is powerful in
medical virtues, curing or benefting
many forms of. rheumatism, rheumatic
govt, dyspepsia, nervous disorders. and
cutaneous diseases. 1t Is a prompt
and potent tonic and invigorant of
body and mind, and then there is no
end of fun in getting acquainted with
its peculiarities
Returning to Ogden, where the train
is transferred to the Central Pacific
railroad, the traveller resumes his
journey to the Golden Gate This will
be incomplete without a description of
the great Golden Gate, it's grand and