The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-05-27
A TRIP TO THE PACIFIC.

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mighty mountain barriers To the land OF
promise and gold, a journey which required
months OF toll and privatl0n and the con
/ fronting OF innumerable dangers. WIN
IN period of time go brief that many now
/ living made this journey I'M the early days
TO the wonderful West, what marvellous
changes have been wrought IN methods OF
I transportation. 0day, surrounded by
every luxury and comfort of modern eX
istence, making II vertable holiday OF
| pleasure, the journey Is a delight rather
1 than a task, and as one u swiftly carried IA
I palace sleeping ears through 10 destination
/ little thought is given TO the labor, effort
I and privation attending such a journey IN
4 days gone by.
The Chicago, Union Pacific & North
/ Western Line comprises the Chicago
/ North-Western, Union Pacific, and South
ern Pacific railways-the direct through
car route every day in the year between
Chicago and the Pacific Coast.
The Chicago a. North-M estern Railway
was the pioneer line west of Chicago, and
i the first engine run over It's rails was
named the Pioneer. The Union Pacific
Railroad from Council Bluffs 70 Ogden was
/ the pioneer railway from the Missouri River
across the plains aud the Rocky Mountains,
while the Central Pacific, from Ogden TO
\ San Francisco, was the pioneer line from
/ he Pacific Coast across the fertile SacTn-
mento Valley and Sierra Nevada Noun
!
! continental trains is virtually the same as
that travelled by the thousands OF pioneers,
who rode or tramped over prairie ana
mountain.
That part Of the country traversed by
| the trans-continental trains OF the Chicago,
| Union Pacific & North Western Line i'm
medately after leaving Chicago, is the Mis-
sisslppi Valley, an ideal agricultural region,
/ with evidences OF prosperity on every hand.
After leaving Illinois, the trains cross the
Mississippi River to Clinton, Iowa, the gate
way 10 the "Hawkeye" state. The entire
! distance across the boundless prairies lying
between the Mississippi and Missouri Riv.
ers is a succession of fertile helds, pros
| porous cities and thriving towns. Between
Council Bluffs and Omaha, the overland
trains cross the Missouri River. which sep.
arates the states OF Iowa and Nebraska.
1t is 475 miles from Omaha TO the state
| hne Of Wyoming, the route being through
Nebraska all the way except for the di.
version az 4 few miles into Colorado TO
i reach Julesburg, and the direct gateway to
i Denver. All the way the traveller sees
country rich IN ts production Of wheat,
corn aud cattle North Platte, near where
/ Colonel w f. Cody. Buffalo Bill, has his
famous ranch. rs the center OF district
4 from which great quantities OF live stock
are shipped and from North Platte west
/ ward cattle raising predomnates, crops
i gradually giving way TO grazing until, when
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4 IN the way OF diversified farming while
cattle, horses and sheep are everywhere.
Cheyenne the capital on Wyoming. is
i eity worthy of more than passing glance,
and from here as we'll as from Julesburg,
i one can make dctour TO Denver, Colorado
I Springs Pueblo and other Colorado points,
Il The first important town west OF Cheyenne
4 Is Laramie, with G,50O people, and the
\ next Is Rawlins, thirty miles west of which
I the train crosses the Continental DIVIDE.
\ The purity and rarity Of the atmosphere
4 IS stimulating ana refreshing, and mountain
Il ranges hundreds of miles away deceive
\ the vision bY their seeming ncarness-the
i Swcctwatcr Mountains. Mind River Noun
tains aud Rocky Mountains all being IN
4 sight. Evanston. Wyoming, Is halfway be.
i tween Omaha aud san Francisco, and from
here nearly all the way 70 Ogden the
4 traveller may see a succession OF scenery
marking the grand AZ well as the curious
I ard grotcsque IN nature. The tram gides
! swiftly through Echo Canyon and past Cas-
tie Rock Steamboat Rock Great Eastern,
Giants Teapot and Pulpit Rock, into Web
or Canon, where Witch Rocks, Devil
Slide, 100 Mile Tree and Devil's Gate are
points of interest eagerly watched Tor by
travellers; then, almost before the transi
ton can lie realized, the mountains are
lett behind and the train speeds through
a fertile valley with farms and orchards
on every side, and shortly comes 70 stop
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ond city in Importance IN | tab, and the
junction point OF the Union Pacific and the
Southern Pacific lines. salt Lake City, the
Zion of the Mormons, IL but thirty six miles
TO the south, with frequent train service,
and i the principal city Of Utah.
From Ogden TO San Francisco the Journey
IL one Of notable contrasts Immediately
after leaving Ogden the route lies through
a valley made productive by irrigation
Next. the traveller obtains splendid view
OF Great salt Lake. and afterward coma
the Sierra Nevada Mountains with variec
scenery unrivaled for picturcsqueness.
West OF Reno, Nevada, where the United
States experiment station * located, TIN
steady climb of the mountain continues
and a few miles west Of Verdi the state linz
between Nevada and California is crossed
1ruckee i the first important station IN Ca
iforuia and Is q starting point for beautiful
Lake Tahoe and Bonner Lake, which lac
hidden IN the mountains short distance
away. Fourteen miles west Of lruckee IS
Summit Station, the highest point reached
by the train IN the Sierra Nevada Noun
tains, and after most enjoyable ride
around Cape Horn where the train is
thousand feet above the smiling valley
beneath, the descent is rapidly made TO
Coliax Leaving Coliax the route lies
through the fertile Sacramento Valley, and
no region can surpass the wheat fields and
fruit orc hards TO be seen. Sacramento, the
rich region, and It is a journey OF but nine.
ty miles 10 San Francisco. From Sacra.
mento, Los Angeles and all OF delightful
Southern California are reached 10y the
Southern Pacific Railway.
EXcursionists desiring TO return via Port.
land aud the northern routes can have
choice of the Shasta route of the Southern
Pacific. which Is renowned Tor its marvel.
Gus scenery through the Shasta Mountains,
or nm ocean voyage between san Francisco
and Portland. on the magnificent steamers
OF the Oregon Railway a Navigation Com
pany. Portland Is delightfully."- situated. and
is the chief city Of the north Pacific coast.
From Portland all points OF local interest,
which are many, a. well as those of the
Puget Sound country can be easily reached.
From Portland 10 Chicago, the Chicago,
Union Pacific & Western Line, which
includes the Oregon Railroad & Navigation
Co. and the Oregon Short Line, * the only
line running soid trains OF chair cars,
coaches and standard aud tourist sleeping
cars every day in the year.
Tickets via this route are optional be.
tween Portland aud the Dalles via rail or
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