Identifier: pacifictourist1879will (find matches)
Title: The Pacific tourist
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: Williams, Henry T Shearer, Frederick E
Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company Central Pacific Railroad Company Railroad travel Railroad travel Railroad travel
Publisher: New York : H.T. Williams
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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eet. These peculiarlayers, or bands, are quite varied in shades ofcolor. In some of the thin slalxs of shale, arethousand.s of beautiful impressions of fish, some-times a dozen or so within the compass of a ters of the river are of the purest emerald, withl)anks and sand-bars of glistening while. Thepeii)endicular bluff to the left is nearly \JAH) feetalxjve the level i>i the river, and of a bright redand yellow. When illuminated by full sunlight,it is grand, and deserves its full title The Flam-ing (Jorge. It is the entrance to a gateway tothe still greater wonders and grandeurs of thefamous Ked (.anon that cuts its way to a depthof :5,(MM) feet, between this point and its entranceinto lirowns Hole. Leaving Green River the railroad crosses thebridge, turns to the right, and runs along underthe bluffs — the highest l)eing alxjut O) feethigh, and almost over the river in one place—foralx)ut three miles, when it again turns to theleft, passing the <livide where there is an un-
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• i;i.i..N i;i\ I.i; square foot. Impressions of insects and waterplants are also sometimes found. At BurningRock Cut, the road is cut through thin layers ofa-sort of cream-colored, chalky limest^ine, inter-spersed with strata of a dark brown color,saturated with petroleum as to burn freely.The Cut ilerives its name Burning Rocks, fromthe fact that during the building of the roadthe rocks became ignited and burned for somedays, illuminating the labor of the workmen bynight—and filling the valley with dense cloudsof smoke by day. Curious Siene.t nfonf/ the Green Hirer.—At the m<Mith of Henrys Fork there is a viewon (ireen River of great beauty, which derives itsprincipal charm from its vivid colors. The wa- GIA.M » TEA-roT, GKKIJ.V Uni:iC. named side track, and along a hilly, brokencountry. The Sweetwater.—This stream rises in theWind River Mountains, directly north of Pointof Rocks and Salt Wells, in the great SouthPass, discovered by General Fremont, and runs ina general

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