SCENIC EXCURSIONS 



going up the river and an afternoon steamer trip 

 coming down; or by automobile over the recently 

 completed Columbia River Highway. 



In western Oregon the Tillamook and Newport 

 branches of the Southern Pacific Railway to the 

 coast cross the Coast Range Mountains, passing 

 through dense stands of timber, "Oregon pine" 

 (Pseudotsuga taxi folia). From Medford in the 

 Rogue River Valley to the Crater Lake National 

 Park a tri-weekly motor stage is operated, con- 

 necting with a second motor stage from Crater 

 Lake to Chiloquin, which is near the terminus of 

 the Klamath branch of the Southern Pacific, which 

 in turn joins the main line at Weed. The stage 

 fare from Medford to Chiloquin via Crater Lake is 

 $15.00 After crossing the summit of the Siskiyou 

 range the Shasta Route affords ever-changing views 

 of Mt. Shasta (elevation 14,162 feet) for 150 miles, 

 descending to the central valley of California 

 through the picturesque canon of the Sacramento 

 River. Lassen Peak (elevation 10,437 feet), at 

 present the only active volcano in the United States, 

 is in plain view from the train. 



CENTRAL TRANSCONTINENTAL ROUTES. The Den- 

 ver & Rio Grande Route through Colorado affords 

 magnificent scenery in the Grand Canon of the 

 Arkansas River and on either the Leadville Pass 

 (elevation 10,000 feet) or the Marshall Pass (ele- 

 vation 10,858 feet) over the Rocky Mountains. 



In Salt Lake City the Mormon Temple, the ex- 

 hibit in the Chamber of Commerce Building, the 

 Tabernacle and Assembly Hall are well worth see- 

 ing. A public organ recital in the tabernacle is 

 given at noon on week days. The Great Salt Lake 

 may be reached by steam railway at the bathing 

 resort called Saltair, eighteen miles from Salt Lake 

 City. At Garfield, fourteen miles west of Salt Lake 

 City, is situated the smelting plant of the American 

 Smelting & Refining Company, with a capacity of 

 10,000 tons of ore per day. 



The Western Pacific Railway, the "Feather 

 River Route," forms with the Denver & Rio Grande 

 Route the newest transcontinental line entering 

 California. In Utah the Western Pacific line crosses 

 the southern portion of the Great Salt Lake. From 

 the summit of the Toano Range, a good view is 

 obtained of Salt Lake Basin. In Nevada this route 

 follows the famous old trail of the overland emi- 

 grants along the Humboldt River through Nevada's 

 mining and ranching country. Crossing the Sierra 

 Nevada by the Beckwith Pass, elevation 5118 feet, 

 the route into California traverses the Feather River 



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