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Identifier: pacifictourist1876will (find matches)
Title: The Pacific tourist
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Williams, Henry T Shearer, Frederick E
Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company Central Pacific Railroad Company Railroad travel Railroad travel Railroad travel
Publisher: New York : H.T. Williams
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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ASCENDING THE GLACIERS OF MT. HAYDEK.
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LOWER FALLS OF THE YELLOWSTONE. above the Lower Falls. Between them, theriver is in a canon whose depth is from 100 to300 feet. Near the Lower Falls it is a succes-sion of rapids. The two falls are very unlike,but equally interestin.c, the Upper perhaps notpossessing as much of grandeur as the Lower.The height of the former is 140 feet. The river above is broken into rapids, and, reaching theedo-e the entire volume of water seems to behurled ofe the precipice with terrific force sothat the mass is broken into most beautitulsnow-white drops, presenting, at a distance, theappearance of snowy foam. Midway in itsdescent a ledge of rock is met with, which car- wmm ^m€iFia wqw^ibw. 285 ries it away from the vertical base of the preci-pice. The water has worn a circular basin inthe hard rock. From any point, the view isstriking and pictiiresciue. What it lacks in sub-limity is compensated for by its beauty. Vrater Hills and Mud Joleanoes.—Leaving the falls, the trail leads us up the rive

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  • bookyear:1876
  • bookdecade:1870
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Williams__Henry_T
  • bookauthor:Shearer__Frederick_E
  • booksubject:Union_Pacific_Railroad_Company
  • booksubject:Central_Pacific_Railroad_Company
  • booksubject:Railroad_travel
  • bookpublisher:New_York___H_T__Williams
  • bookcontributor:San_Francisco_Public_Library
  • booksponsor:San_Francisco_Public_Library
  • bookleafnumber:287
  • bookcollection:americana
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