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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at Oakland pier,where he takes the Southern Pacific train for Los Angeles. Doubling on our Track. From Oakland to Port Costa we follow thesame line as that upon which we entered San Francisco, therefore, it is not neces-sary to make mention of the intervening stations. Passing Port Costa, the linehas the Sacramento River on its left, and rolling hills on its right. Beyond theriver can be seen the town of Benicia nestling among the coves of the Suscal Hills.Martinez. A pleasant village among the hills. Fruit trees and vinesabound, and the inhabitants of the towns and surrounding country are mainlyengaged in horticulture. Martinez is the county seat of Contra Costa County,and is a most quiet and charming place of residence. Citrus fruit, grapes of allvarieties, and deciduous fruits flourish without irrigation, and the climate is somild that semi-tropical plants grow out of doors without any special protection.(Population, 1,500. Distance from San Francisco, 35 miles. Elevation 10 feet.)
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ON WHEELS, THROUGH GOLDEN GATE PARK. 178 TO THE GOLDEN1 GATE. 179 Avon, Bay Point and Cornwall are small intermediate stations.Coal Mines. About six miles south of Cornwall are large coal mines, thetramways for the conveying of the product of these mines pass over our track, anddeliver the coal at Pittsburgh Landing on the river, whence it is carried by water todestination. From Martinez to Antioch the road passes through a hill country on ourright, with the river to the left. Many deep cuts occur, and numerous small tribu-taries flow down the gulches, into the river. Up these gulches we catchglimpses of neat farm houses, surrounded by well cultivated fields and orchards.Mount Diablo rises to the south, and reaches an elevation of 3,896 feet.Among the foot hills of this mountain are the mining towns of Stewartville,Empire, Nortonville and Somerville. At Cornwall to our left lies Suisun Bay,and here the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers have their junction. Antioch. A shipping point fo

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