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Identifier: marvelsofnewwest1889thay (find matches)
Title: Marvels of the new West : a vivid portrayal of the stupendous marvels in the vast wonderland west of the Missouri River : comprising marvels of nature, marvels of race, marvels of enterprise, marvels of mining, marvels of stock-raising, and marvels of agriculture, graphically and truthfully described
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Thayer, William Makepeace, 1820-1898
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Publisher: Norwich, Conn. : Henry Bill Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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The above cut shows the marvellous railroading over Marshall Pass. The Pass is entered almost im-perceptibly from Poncha Pass, and the whole wonderful ascent might very readily be imagined as one andthe same. The summit is almost eleven thousand feet above the sea, and the tortuous method by whichthe daring engineers of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad have achieved this summit can best he un-derstood by studying this cut, which illustrates the alignment of the track. 282 MARVELS OF THE NEW WEST.
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Cristo Range looms up in the distance, wearing a crown of snow thatglistens in the distance, while the great San Luis Park, larger thanthe State of Connecticut, stretches out at its base. Westward themountain peaks are less towering, but the scene is no less inspiring. MARVELS OF ENTERPRISE. 283 Looking down into the Tomichi Valley, two thousand feet, perhaps,the railway track is seen doubling back and forth in its zigzag courseto Gunnison City. The vision is unobstructed, and the travellerbegins to comprehend what a joy it is to stand upon the Conti-nental Divide, and survey creation round. How is it possible forthe railroad train to reach the valley below in safety, turning sharpcurves, rounding abrupt headlands, and gliding along the verge ofawful precipices ) But it does ; and when the delighted passengerlooks backward and upward from the valley to the cold, bleak, be-wildering height from which he has descended, he wonders still morehow it was done. This route is embraced in what

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