River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-12-09

is the Double Bow Knot" where
the track of the railroad parallels
itself five times within distance of
about 800 feet forming an almost
perfect Double Bow Knot" This
is considered enc of the greatest of
railroad engineering feats. This
trip begins at the Union Ferry De-
pot taking the ferry to Sausalito
which afford one an excellent view
of the many points of interest about
the bay. Telegraph Hill with it's
house clinging to the edge of the
precipitous cliffs. Fort Mason and
the Preside, its military aspect.
The Golden Gate, Beskley shore,
Alcatra Island with its prison and
Notifications Angel Island with its
military post, Lime Point with it's
fog station, and many other points.
At Sausalito a pretty suburban
town we connect with the Northern
Pacific running along Richardson's
Bay to the base of the mountain
six miles arriving at Mill Valley.
The little Switzerland. There
you take the Mountain Railroads,
winding through the beautiful can
yon of Blithedale, along it's ever
flowing creek past numerous pretty
ponds lakes, and marshes. Japan
csc Village crossing the head Of the
Canyon. The road swings back
gradually rising until there are no
trees to obStruct the view. The
canyons are filled with red wood,
oak and laurels.
The road crosses Slide Gulch
through Mckinley cut around Sum
nit Ave into Mill Valley Canyon.
The vast panorama expanding every
minute showing Mt. Oiabolo above
the Coast Range, dark Iona
Prieta fifty miles away, Mt.
Hamilton with its Lick Observatory.
Nearing the end of our journey we
have our first view of the country
to the North, one of the grandest
panoramas of the whole trip. A.
irving at the Tavern of Tamalpais
one beholds view unsurpassed of
the Golden Gate, The Bay of San
Francisco, Mt. Diablo, Mt. Hamil-
ton, the Cliff House, Oakland, Berk-
ley, Alameda, the Farallone Island,
the broad Pacific. and many other
points.
The name Tam al-pi-as-is of in
teresting origin. Years before the
discovery of gold in California the
Golden Gate was inhabited by a
tribe of Indians known as Tam
ais and Pas being Spanish for
country, hence the word.
Oakland Berkeley and Piedmont.
At the ferry we met the Key Troll
ley Trip conducted party for Oak
land Berkeley and other points. I'm
til we reached Piedmont our party
consisted of three. We first had a
delightful boat trip on the bay,
showing the city of San Francisco
and it's hills, it's busy water front
with its ocean lines and men ofwar.
There are many beautiful homes in
all of these places and many fine
public buildings and parks. Oak
land has just completed in the heart
Of its park system magnificent
Municipal Auditorium of granite
seating 1900 people. From the roof
the visitor can look out on seven
counties and twenty-three towr S
and cities. The first woman's Col
lege mills College) on the Pacific
grew from an institution planted
in Oakland when Oakland was
small town. We visited the Uni
versity of California at Berkeley
with its celebrated Greek theatre.
A university which ran second
among the great Universities of the
United States. We went through
the University Library which is
beautiful. We saw the old leconto
oak trees. The football statue, the
Sather memorial, Campanile Tower,
third highest in the world. In Berk-
ley there is church building with
auditorium vestry, study and acces-
sorry rooms for a large congregation
and the whole is built from the
lumber sawed from one California
tree. We went through Claremont
to the beautiful Piedmont Park and
visited the Havens Art Gallery,