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Title: Crofutt's new overland tourist and Pacific coast guide : containing a condensed and authentic description of over one thousand two hundred cities, towns, villages, stations, government fort and camps, mountains, lakes, rivers, sulphur, soda and hot springs, scenery, watering places, and summer resorts : where to look for and hunt the buffalo, antelope, deer and other game; trout fishing, etc., etc. In fact, to tell you what is worth seeing--where to see it--where to go--how to go--and whom to stop with while passing over the Union, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage, from sunrise to sunset, and part the way back, through Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, California and Arizona
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Crofutt, George A
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Publisher: Chicago, Ill., The Overland Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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-lic and private schools. The OrphanAsylum, a fine structure, stands on an ele-vation to the east of the town, and can beseen for a great distance. There are somevery large warehouses here, and a great many vessels are loaded here with grainfor Liverpool and other foreign ports. Itis also the southern terminus of the Cali-fornia Pacific railroad, which connects herewith the steamers for San Francisco, 26miles distant. But we must return once more to Sacra-mento, and this time take our old seat inthe cars of the Trans-Continental railroad,bound for Frisco or the Bay, as thecity of San Francisco is called by the older Pilgrims, so good-by, Sacramento. The Overland Route—from Sac-ramento is along the eastern bank of theSacramento River, when leaving the city,and on through well-cultivated gardens,orchards and vineyards, 5.7 miles to Brighton—Here we learn that thecars of the Sacramento Yalley railroad,managed by the Central Pacific Company,run down on the same track as the * Central,
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SUMMIT SIERRA NEVADAS, DONNER LAKE, SNOW SHEDS AND TUNNELS, (See Annex No. 42.^ (14.; CROFUTT S NEW OVERLAND TOURIST 193 to this station, where they branch off. Letus step into them, and see where they go.Pattersons is live miles; Salsburys sixmiles; Alder Creek, three miles, and threemiles more brings us to FoLSOM—twenty-five miles east fromSacramento, in Sacramento county, on thesouth bank of the American River popu-lation about 2,000 The Telegraph is pub-lished here, weekly Vine culture is animportant industry. Some of the finestvineyards in the State are near here, in-cluding the Natoma, which is celebratedfor its fine quality of raisins and wine. Tothe north and east of the town, placermining is the principal business; to thesouth and west, farming and grazing. There are extensive granite quarries inthe vicinity. From the bed of the river,near this point, large quantities of cobble-stones have been obtained, taken to Sacra-mento, and used in strengthening the leveesaround the C

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