Identifier: shoshoneotherwes1888robe (find matches)
Title: Shoshone, and other western wonders
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Roberts, Edwards
Subjects: Mormons Mormon Church
Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
and the wild noise of the falling river fas-cinated and exhilarated. You should see theriver gather itself together for its leap into thelower depths of the canon; should listen tothe roar it makes: should feel the earth tremblewith the shock; should watch the rising mists,ghost-like in the moonlight; should give daysto the isolated place, to know the fascinationsof Shoshone Falls. Telling one how high theFalls are, how deep the canon is, gives no ideaof the place itself, of its coloring, and of itsweirdness. The canon is a world by itself, fullof novelties and strange sights. Night-lovingbats live in the caverns that honeycomb thecliffs; and on the top of a high, slim pinnacleof red rock, rising amid-stream, an eagle hasher nest and rears her brood. There are pointsoverlooking the Falls where, unless strong, youwill feel ill and dizzy; and there are otherswhere you will delight to sit and read. Above the Falls, at the ferry crossing, theriver is wide, deep, and smooth. The cliffs are
Text Appearing After Image:
SHOSHONE. 159 reflected on its surface as clearly as though theSnake were a mirror. It is there that one takeshis daily row, calling for echoes as he glidespast the overhanging ledges, and gaining apoint at last where there is a view up the stream,beyond a series of rapids, to the Twin Falls,light and feathery against their background ofrock. In a meditative mood one seeks thisquieter part of the river for the restfulness itoffers. Bushes and tufts of grass cling to thewaters edge, and there are isolated caves which,deep-set and rock-bound though they are, stillhave their sense of peace and quiet and reposethat is most welcome after the wild tumult ofthe canon below. To meet the demands of the constantly in-creasing number of tourists visiting Shoshone,a rough wagon trail has been constructed downthe north wall of the canon to the level of theriver. The path is long and steep, and com-mands an extended view of the upper canon.At the river-side is a short stretch of sand,occupied by a

Note About Images