Chapter I: Foreword: Chapter

I. AUF WIEDERSEHEN 1

II. PLENTY OF ROOM 34

III. OFF FOR ALASKA 46

IV. FIRST VIEWS 59

V. FURTHER GLIMPSES 72

VI. GOLD FIELDS 85

VII. MUIR GLACIER 91

VIII. SITKA 103

IX. ALASKA 116

X. FAREWELL TO SKAGWAY 129

XI. WASHINGTON AND OREGON 137

XII. OFF FOR CALIFORNIA 160

XIII. SAN FRANCISCO 173

XIV. CALIFORNIA FARMS AND VINEYARDS 187

XV. YOSEMITE 191

XVI. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 210

XVII. HERE AND THERE ON THE COAST 217

XVIII. WALLA WALLA VALLEY 224

XIX. HISTORICAL REFERENCES 228

XX. YELLOWSTONE PARK 236

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Junction of the Mississippi and Black Rivers 9

Falls of Saint Anthony 11

Falls of Minnehaha 13

Old Fort Snelling 15

Roadway, Soldiers’ Barracks, Fort Snelling 17

Entering the Cascade Range 35

Lava Beds in Washington 37

Tangle of Wild Fern in a Washington Forest 39

Mount Rainier 41

Street in Tacoma, Washington 45

Parliament House, Victoria 51

Gorge of Homathco 53

Light House, Point Robert 55

Fjords of Alaska 57

Fishing Hamlet of Ketchikan 59

Fort Wrangel, Alaska 63

Chief Shake’s House, Fort Wrangel 67

Entering Wrangel Narrows 71

Douglas Island, Looking Toward Juneau 73

Silver Bow Cañon, Juneau. (_By permission of F.
Laroche, photographer, Seattle, Washington_) 75

Old Russian Court House, Juneau 77

Street in Juneau 79

Greek Church, Juneau 81

Indian Chief’s House, Juneau 83

Summit of the Selkirk Range, at Head of Yukon River.
Old Glory Waves Beside the British Flag 85

The Skagway Enchantress 89

Skagway, Showing White Pass 91

Muir Glacier (section of) 93

Greek Church, Killisnoo 99

Kitchnatti 101

Sitka--Soldiers’ Barracks, Old Russian Warehouse and
Greek Church on the right, Indian Village on the
left, Russian Blockhouses Beyond, and Mission
Schools in the Distance. (_By permission of
F. Laroche, photographer, Seattle, Washington_) 103

Indian Avenue, Sitka 105

Blockhouse on Bank of Indian River, Sitka, Alaska 107

Rapids, Indian River, Sitka 113

Where Whales and Porpoises Poke Their Noses Up
Through the Brine 119

Steamer Queen Leaving Juneau 133

Alps of America 135

Government Locks on the Columbia River 143

Rapids, Columbia River 145

Farm on the Bank of the Columbia River, Below the
Dalles, Oregon 147

Scene on an Oregon Farm in the Willamette Valley 151

Roadway in Oregon 153

Climbing the Shasta Range 163

The Highest Trestle in the World, near Muir’s Peak,
Shasta Range 165

Mount Shasta. (_By permission of F. Laroche,
photographer, Seattle, Washington_) 167

Street Scene in Chinatown, San Francisco 177

Museum in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 181

Early Morning, Yosemite Valley 189

Wawona Valley 191

Oldest Log Cabin in the Sequoia Grove, Mariposa
County, California. Old Columbia in the Foreground 193

Half Dome and Merced River 195

Merced River, Yosemite Valley 197

Yosemite Falls 199

El Capitan 201

Bridal Veil Falls and the Three Brothers (solid rock) 203

Mirror Lake, Sleeping Water 205

Yosemite Falls, Showing Floor of the Valley 207

Sunrise in Yosemite Valley 209

Entering Hell Gate Cañon 233

Liberty Cap and Old Fort Yellowstone 235

Hotel Mammoth, Hot Springs, Yellowstone Park 237

Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone Park, Just Before
an Eruption 239

Yellowstone Lake 241

Camping on the Shore of Lake Yellowstone 243

Paint Pots on Shore of Yellowstone Lake 245

Grand Cañon of the Yellowstone 247

Gibbon River Falls 249

Micky and Annie Rooney 251

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A Pacific Coast Vacation