Identifier: pacifictouristad1881shea (find matches)
Title: The Pacific tourist : Adams & Bishop's illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes across the continent, all pleasure resorts and places of most noted scenery in the Far West, also of all cities, towns, villages, U.S. forts, springs, lakes, mountains, routes of summer travel, best localities for hunting, fishing, sporting, and enjoyment, with all needful information for the pleasure traveler, miner, settler, or business man : a complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads, and all points of business or pleasure travel to California, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Montana, the mines and mining of the Territories, the lands of the Pacific Coast, the wonders of the Rocky Mountains, the scenery of the Sierra Nevadas, the Colorado Mountains, the big trees, the geysers, the Yosemite, and the Yellowstone
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Shearer, Frederick E Williams, Henry T
Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company Central Pacific Railroad Company
Publisher: New York : Adams & Bishop
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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Theroute leads through beautiful villages, some ofwhich have been selected for the residence, most,if not all the year, of wealthy gentlemen of SanFrancisco. San Jose will be reached in seasonfor a walk or ride about the city. The AuzeraisHouse is a first-class hotel, and carriages can beobtained there at reasonable rates. The Court-Ilouse and State Normal School are the chiefpublic buildings. General Naglees grounds, whichare open to visitors, except on Sunday, are wellworth a visit. If time allows, one may, by taking a privatecarriage, go to the New Almaden QuicksilverMines, enjoy a fine ride, gaze upon a wide-spread-ing view upon the summit of the hill, in whichthe mines are situated, see the whole under-ground process of mining, provided the superin-tendent will grant a permit to enter them, whichis not likely, and return to San Jose the sameday, or if not able to afford time for this, can goover to Santa Clara by horse-car, through theshady Alameda, three miles long, laid out and
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