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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
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vaporation gets the best of them.North-west of IVIud Lake, over in California, isHoney Lake, another remarkable body of water,it is sometimes dry so that teams can be drivenacross its bed, and then again it is on the ram-page. Its waters resemble soap-suds, and aieadmirably adapted for washing purposes. \Mienlashed by the winds, its watei-s become a rollingmass of foam, and afford a magnificent specta-cle to the b(4iokler. If it only had permanentwater of the character alluded to, it would be anexcellent location for a huge laundry. Staf/e lioiites to L,ahe Tahoe.—A favoriteroute to Lake Tahoe is via Carson City. It maybe more easily reached and seen on the west-ward tour, than to wait and include it on theeastward return. After a visit to Virginia City, the tourist willreturn to Carson City, remain over night at agood comfortable hotel, the Ormsby House,—whose proprietor considers it ihe hiffhest tonedhotel in Nevada, and next morning, at 8.30 A.M., take Bentons Staare for Tahoe.
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216 wmm ^m^iwm w@wMiBw. To visit and make the circuit of the lake, andretuin to Carson will require at least 18 hours,but most tourists will find it desirable to stoj) atthe little hotel on the opposite side of the lake,and return via Truckee, thus seeing greatervariety of scenery. Tourists by this route to Virginia City, Carsonand Tahoe, will be obliged to leave the OverlandWestern train at Reno, about 11.40 p. m., and acomfortable nights rest can be enjoyed at theRailroad Hotel. In the morning a train leavesat 6.15 A.M., and arrives at Carson at 7.30; aftertaking one hour for breakfast, the tourist caneither proceed to Virginia City and spend theday, or take immediate departure for Lake Tahoe,Private team or sjiecial stage can be engaged atBentons by any party, for a ride to the Lake atany special time. On this route there is the best known of allCalifornia stage-drivers, who have reined kyuseor mustang horses,—the modest Hank Monk.His first fame was not on the platform ofFaneuil

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