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Title: The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes across the continent, all pleasure resorts and places of most noted scenery in the far West, also of all cities, towns, villages, U.S. Forts, springs, lakes, mountains, routes of summer travel, best localities for hunting, fishing, sporting, and enjoyment, with all needful information for the pleasure traveler, miner, settler, or business man : a complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads and all points of business or pleasure travel to California, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Montana, the mines and mining of the territories, the lands of the Pacific Coast, the wonders of the Rocky Mountains, the scenery of the Sierra Nevadas, the Colorado mountains, the big trees, the geysers, the Yosemite, and the Yellowstone
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Williams, Henry T
Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company Central Pacific Railroad Company
Publisher: New York : H.T. Williams
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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enjoyall the variedcharms. The lake is ofeasy access, andhas on its banksa hotel for tour-ists. The dis-tance to the lakeby the carriageroad is 2 1-2miles, andTruckeejJ miles.The summit di-vides the watersthat flow eastand sink amiddesert sands,from those thatflow west intothe Sacramentoriver. S u m m i tValley,—2 1-2milts long andone mile wide,heads in thehigh peaks,south of the hotel. It has pasturage during thesummer for many cattle, and its springs andabundance of products, fresh from the dairy,make it a delightful place for camping out. Its waters are the source of the South Fork ofthe South Viihu River. The railroad descends to the foot of this val-ley, keeping the divide on the north to the right,then, about three, miles from the summit, crossesthe most southerly branch of the Yuba. A fewyarda before the crossing, is a summer flag sta-tion, or Soda Springs Station—These springs areBituated on the south side of the high ridge thatforms the southern wall of Summit Valley, and
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LAKE ANGELINE. are in the headwaters of the American River.They are numerous, flow abundantly, and arehighly medicinal. Stages run to them bothfrom the summit, and from Soda Station, andthe ride is not surpassed, if equaled, by any inthe Sierras north of Yosemite, in the numberand beauty of the fine views it affords. The hotel at the Springs is not an imposingstructure, but it is kept in first-class style and isa favorite resort. The dividing ridge, which the railroad now follows, is on theleft, and on theright are greatridges and can-ons, which gath-er more waterfor the Yuba.Their extentalone impressesthe beholderWith awe, butthe snow shedsallow no satis-factory view. The first reg-ular stationafter leaving thesummit is 5.8miles west,called Cascade,—239 miles fromSan Francisco.The vertical de-scent from thesummit to thispoint is 498 feet,and nothinghere will checkones readinessto descend far-ther, for it isonly a signalstation, andthere are noneto signal, ex-cept such as are employ

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