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Title: A description of the western resorts for health and pleasure reached via Union Pacific system, "the overland route."
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Union Pacific railroad company. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Chicago, Rand, McNally & co., printers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ssing the turbulent Platte River. In places, the tops of thecaiion almost seem to touch and exclude the sun. The caiion is a geologicalstudy ; the different formations, and the terrific force which has combinedthem, tell their own stories. Dome Rock is like the top of a buried mosque, and is as regular in shapeas if fashioned by the hand of man, except that one side is partly broken away.Cathedral Spires are in sight for miles, despite the winding of the canon, andkeep reappearing long after they are passed. This caiion affords fine opportunities for camping out. There is shade inplenty, trout, game, and bathing, and good board to be had at neighboringhouses. But the best way is to live in a tent, and hire a servant to do thecooking. This is especially commended to the invalid tourist. There are fiftymiles of this varying panorama, and after the train climbs Kenosha Hill, SouthPark is seen stretcliing away, one vast and level picture, as different from the-caiion as night is from day.
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Dome Rock, in Platte Canon, Colorado—on the Union PaLifu R. Cif) FOR HEALTH AND PLEASURE. 39 BOULDER CANON. Boulder Caiion is reached from Denver, via the Colorado Central Branchof the Union Pacific to Boulder. From Boulder, a narrow-gauge road has beenbuilt into Boulder Canon by the Union Pacific. This caiion can favorablycompare with Clear Creek and Platte Canons, yet it does not equal them inlength, massiveness, nor height. In one place, a perfect image of Minnehahacomes dashing down from amid evergreen sides, and this spot has long been arendezvous for picnic excursions. The road, on leaving the town of Boulder, passes through a beautiful grove,and continues on by Baldwin, Four-Mile Canon, and Gold Hill, until it reachesPenns Gulch, now known as Sunset. Just before arriving at Sunset, anupward glance reveals the high range of mountains, but passing that, the ascentis much like that of Kenosha Hill in the South Park, affording, if possible, amuch finer view. Its a glorious mount

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