Identifier: overrangetogolde00wood (find matches)
Title: Over the range to the Golden Gate : a complete tourist's guide to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound and the great North-west
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Wood, Stanley
Subjects: West (U.S.) -- Guidebooks Pacific States -- Guidebooks
Publisher: Chicago : R.R. Donnelley & Sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ties go there everyyear. At Sisson, camping and hunting parties can be provided with complete out-fits at moderate cost. As has been said, Sisson is situated at the foot of MountShasta, and is noted for its magnificent scenic attractions. From Redding north-ward the California & Oregon road is the scenic route of California ; and at Sisson,at the base of Mount Shasta, 80 miles north of Redding, the acme of interest isreached. While there are many places in California replete with beauty andgrandeur, there are none which, for infinite variety of scenery, wildness andabundance of everything to delight the sportsman, artist and tourist, can comparewith the region about Sisson. (Population, 250. Distance from San Francisco,338 miles. Elevation, 3,555 feet.) Mllirs Peak. After leaving Sisson we circle the base of Muirs Peak,locally known as Black Butte, which rises to a perpendicular height of 3,00cfeet above our heads. It is black, bare and desolate,—an extinct volcano, with jngHf ,
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TO THE GOLDEN GATE. 247 half a dozen craters in plain view. We are now among the mountains, and passin succession the stations of Igerna, Edgewood, Gazelle, Grenada, Montague,Snowden, Ager, Hornbrook. Zuleka and Coles. The State Line. Two miles beyond Coies station we cross the Stateline, and, entering Oregon, begin the ascent of the Siskiyou Mountains. Thisascent is a wonder of railway engineering. The statistical facts concerning thisachievement may be condensed as follows: Elevation at State Line 2,859 feet Coles Springs 3.775 Tunnel No. 13 3,108 Tunnel No. 15 3 710 Tunnel No. 16. 2,977 Length of Tunnel No. 13 4,160 The mathematician has the advantage here. He can tell exactly the fr<*ts concerning this great work; but the descriptive writer strives in vain to convey to thereader the beauty and grandeur of the scene. The southern slope of the rangeis denuded of trees, while the northern side is covered with a dense growth ofpine. Siskiyou Station. This is the summit of the range

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