Identifier: ournewwestrecord00bowl (find matches)
Title: Our new West : records of travel between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean ; over the plains--over the mountains--through the great interior basin--over the Sierra Nevadas--to and up and down the Pacific Coast ; with details of the wonderful natural scenery, agriculture, mines, business, social life, progress, and prospects ... including a full description of the Pacific Railroad ; and of the life of the Mormons, Indians, and Chinese ; with map, portraits, and twelve full page illustrations
Year: 1869 (1860s)
Authors: Bowles, Samuel, 1826-1878
Subjects: West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Publisher: Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Publishing Co. New York : J.D. Dennison
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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a sun of fortythousand lens-power concentrated upon us, tired anddirty with a weeks coach-ride: was it wonder thatthe mildest of tempers rebelled ?—transferred to othercarriages, our hosts drove us through the city to thehotel; and then,—bless their Mormon hearts for thethought,—they took us at once to a hot sulphur bath,that nature liberally offers just on the confines of thecity, and there we washed out all remembrance of themorning suffering and all the accumulated grime andfatigue of the journey, and came out baptized in fresh-ness and self-respect. A stream of hot sulphurouswater like a big brook poured into a great basin thathad been prepared for its reception; and swimmingin its luxury of freshness and abundance, with antici-pations of the tens of thousands that the Railroadwill bring; of invalids seeking strength, of the dirtyseeking cleanliness, of connoisseurs in life seekingcomfort, we dedicated Salt Lake City to the use andthe enjoyment of the great American people.
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o <O o o :4 HO < 72 XI. A WEEK IN SALT LAEIE CITY. The Hospitalities of Mormons and Gentiles—What we Saw and whatwe Didnt See—The Beginning and Growth of Utah—The Organ-ization of Labor and Immigration—Character of the Population andof the Rulers—The Close Church and State Government—Education— The Tithings—Brigham Young and his Power—Dining with theTwelTe Apostles—Bathing in Salt Lake—The City and How it isLocated and Built—The Tabernacles and Brighata Youngs Harem—Irrigation and Crops—The Basin Filling Up with Water—Are theMormons to be Drowned Out?—The Productions of the Mormons—The Introduction of Manufactures—Gold and Silver Mining, andBrigham Youngs Views on it—An Evening at the Mormon Theater. We had a week and an extra Sunday in Salt LakeCity, all passed under the most favorable circum-stances for acquiring knowledge of its people, its in-stitutions, and the natural beauties and phenomenaof the neighborhood. Mr. Colfax and his friend

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