The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-08-12
NATURES WONDERS.
A TRIP THROUGH MOST PCT
URESCUE AMERICA.
Story ef an Interesting Iun Across the
Conttaent On the ''Overland Route''-
The Beauties Of Colorado. Wyoming,
Idaho a.d the Great Northwest.

The story of the Overland Route
has been told in prose and poem by
those who have right to claim the
best knowledge of it: those who toiled
over the plains driving oxen in spans,
which pulled great caravans of freight;
those who hopefully bore the heat and
burden of the day. buoyed up and en-
couraged by the hope of an FL Dorado
| in the mountains of the west--grea..
noble hearted men who sought in the
| glorious west the reward which seemed
never to come near their doors in the
populous east. They were brave, ana
kind-hearted, bold and gentle, and the
writer loves to dwell OF their advent
ures and depict their hair-breadth
escapes and tell of their hopes and their
disappUintments. In one sense theirs
is the story of the lives of many who
read, and a chord of sympathy is
touched by the skillfull telling of the
story. Everyone who has read the
tales of the west has felt an instructive
desire to see the spots, hailowed at
least in memory by some story. which
has served to pass an hour away;sand
each one has longed for An opportunity.
Those of the present day have the best
of the earlier members of this mutual
admiration society. for they can now
make the trip in comfort, free from
peril, and surrounded By all the luxu-
ries incident to modern travel. Instead
of toiliug over the calcined track of
those who preceded them the traveller
of the day simply selects THE Oyer
land Route" the Union Pacific system,
aud, as much at home as though in
the quiet of some New England village,
gl;des swiftly over a splendid roadbed
and allows his eyes to feast on the mag
nificent scenery afforded
The route through Kansas is varied
scene of thrift and growing greatness,
agriculturally. and when night has low
cred her shades and the hours of rest
are passed. the grander beauties of the
instinctively prepares himself to drink
in the wonders which nature has strewn
in profligate plenty within touch. al
most. Of the pas: ing train. From Den
yer TO Cheyenne there is spread =
panorama of hills and fields. dashing
rivers land the complaining brooks
that made the meadows green" and
mountains whose snOw-capped tops
seem to reach to the very skies and
mingie their clustering peaks amid the
-sha6owy clouds. The highest point on
this Overland l:outc" across the con-
tinent is SPA. feet. at Sherman: hence
those who fear the results of great al
titudes are relieved of that apprehen-
sion. as very little difficulty is expert
enced. One of the wonders of the
American continent, artificial but in
teresting. is the Ames monument. !
erected In membrance of the work |
done by Mr.. Ames in connection with |
the building of this great east and west !
artery of commerce and which reminds |
one of the Pyramids OF Egypt, aud |
makes one wonder whether they. too,
commemorated ability aud power as
well as served to keep the sacred re- |
mains Of their projectors The Dale |
creek bridge is another magnificent |
specimen Of human skill. and one COM
pares the l,andiwork Of man with that
of nature which al around vies with it.
While the route jus: described has
been through Colorado. Wyoming. Ida
no and the northwest, have not been |
of still another pleasant
journey which every traveller through |
the west should take. viz: Utah. Nevada
and California to Portland. Oregon.
On this trip the crarlento valley is
its entire length much of it
being oaked like an English park and
at certain seasons no Persian tapestry
ian rival its wild flower beauty. The
trip to Redding for eighty miles along
the Upper Sacramento is made con-
slant delight by aromatic conifers,
beautiful wild flowers and the musical
waters of the river: thence passing
Cattle Brags. Soda Springs is soon
reached. where the train stops for a few
minutes that tests may be made Of Ma
lures laboratory skill Bottles andjues
ire here used by experienced travellers
Tor future ceereshmcnt. One of the
most notable features Of this interest
ng route is Mount Shasta. 32S miles
rom San Francisco on the line of the
Southern Pacific Co. connecting San
Francisco with Portland. The sail i.
,ay station ut Sisson stands on one of |
Is buttrcsses and the summit. l4.444
Get above the ocean level, is unveiled.
With nothing to mar its sranscedent
,ision. It is trip which everyone
'hould take varying the climate. the
and general environments Of
business and care, and it can be taken
% comfortably and at such reasonable
expense. in the splendid cars of the
Union Pacific system that it shoold be
lecided upon It once as the one next to
y undertaken Fp RAKER