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primitive mammals of earlier epochs were succeeded by a groat 

 variety of forms, some of which are the ancestors of animals now 

 livine:, though others seem to haye left no descendants. Two of the 



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mmon forms are illustrated in Plate XX (p. 80), 



Bryan, the home of 3,000 people during the construction of the 



more 



Bryan, 



Elevation 6,173 feet. 



may be seen 



summit 



Omaha 837 'miles. archs of the Uinta Mountains^ rismg 13,422 feet 



above sea level, named after G. K. Gilbert, one of 

 e original members of the United States Geological Survey. 

 At Granger the Oregon Short Lme branches off to the right from 



the Union Pacific, turniner northward un Hams Fork. 



Granger. w 



Elevation 6,279 feet. 

 Omaha 854 miles. 



toward, the east, so that the westbound traveler 



passes 



Hampton some 



m 



the northwest, and the rugged, snowy peaks of the 

 Hampton. Uinta Mountains on the left, far away to the south. 



omSatra'Sie?'" The hill south of the railroad, half a mde west of the 



)er3 of fossil shells. One 



um 



laA'cr of rock here, about 4 feet thick, consists almost whollv of coiled 



um 



ous clamshells in an almost perfect state of preservation. 

 Carter consists of only a few houses but is the center < 



sive sheep-raising industry. Dur 



» 



Carter. sheep are pastured on the distant mountains, but 



n!^It''>S^'^lf ' ^^h^^ the snow falls they are chiven down to the 



ams 



West of Carter the red sandstone and shale of the W 



(Tertiary) group are again reached. 



ks 



much 



o 



3 sm^i 

 mater 



River. Tliis chano-e in character become: 



ocks 



glomeratic. Farther west, near the Wasatch Mountains, they are 

 made up largely of a still coarser red puddingstone. 



Between Carter and Bridger is Antelope station, at which the 

 traveler will be nearlv lialfwav from Omaha to San Francisco. 



