Chapter XVIII: The Grand Cañon of the Colorado (11)

After leaving Peach Spring, east-bound tourists may, if they have time, stop over at several places of interest which will claim a day each,—cliff dwellings, San Francisco Mountains, Pueblo villages, Santa Fé, etc. If they lack time, the car window still affords many pleasant sights which charm, even after the Grand Cañon, including the Cañon Diablo, two hundred and twenty-two feet deep, which the train bridges in the midst of a plain. Beyond Albuquerque the evidence multiplies that water is more abundant, and New Mexico has many picturesque and healthful spots, with wooded hills and green meadows, which only await the arrival of pioneers to be soon converted into populous and flourishing districts. Small pine forests make their appearance, and one readily understands why they are locally known as “parks,” so clear are they of all underbrush and rubbish. In Kansas, bits of local color present themselves in the shape of immense herds of cattle, the three guardian angels of one of which (alias cowboys) race with the train quite successfully for a short distance. But while all these incidents and scenes are apt to be soon forgotten, the Grand Cañon remains stereotyped in the memory, where fresh copies can always be produced at will. “Great as is the fame of the Grand Cañon of the Colorado, the half remains to be told,” as Captain Dutton remarks in his “Tertiary History of the Grand Cañon,” the eighth chapter of which, “The Panorama from Point Sublime,” is one of the most valuable essays on natural æsthetics ever written, and should be read by all who make the Great American Scenic Tour.

INDEX.

Abalone shells, 69.

Alaska, 231–247.

Anaheim, 36.

Astoria, 187.

Avalon, 69.

Banff, 267.

Berkeley, 123.

Berries, Oregon, 179.

Big Trees, 102.

Cable-cars, 108, 111.

Cactus, 37.

California, Preface, 1–154.

Camping, 31.

Canadian National Park, 268–276.

Canadian Pacific Railroad, 248–261.

Carson City, 142.

Cascade Range, 184.

Catalina Island, 45, 58–74.

Cattle-raising, 20.

Chinese in California, 80, 112–120;
in Oregon, 166–171, 186.

Chula Vista, 52.

Clatsop, 176.

Climate, in Southern California, Preface, 7, 25–31, 34, 49, 60, 78;
in San Francisco, 123, 127;
in Oregon, 161;
in Washington, 230.

Coal, in Washington, 221.

Columbia River, 182–202, 258, 266.

Coronado, 49.

Crater Lake, 156.

Dalles, the, 201.

Desert, 3, 80.

Devil’s Head Lake, 271.

Diamond Creek, 303.

Donner Lake, 128.

El Paso, 3.

Elsinore Lake, 47.

Eucalyptus, 9.

Farming, 19.

Ferns, 173, 178.

Fir-trees, 181, 237.

Fishing, Catalina Island, 71;
Tahoe Lake, 137;
Columbia River, salmon, 186;
Devil’s Head Lake, 272;
Yellowstone, 290.

Flowers, in California, 26, 48, 69, 78, 83, 106;
in Oregon, 179.

Foothills, 21.

Forest colors, 266;
fires, 219, 248.

Frazer River, 235.

Fruit, Southern California, 10;
Oregon, 160, 180.

Fullerton, 6.

Glacier Bay, 246;
Glacier House, 259.

Goats, wild, 67.

Grand Cañon, Colorado, 295–305;
Yellowstone, 291.

Grapes, 12.

Hood, Mt., 163, 184, 190, 200, 204–206.

Humming-birds, 64.

Ilwaco, 173.

Indians, Alaskan, 241;
relics, Catalina Islands, 69;
camp at Sisson’s, 153.

Irrigation, 22–25.

Japan Current, 61.

Japanese and Indians, 243.

Juneau, 241.

Klamath Lake, 156.

Laguna, 47.

Limes _versus_ Lemons, 54.

Livingston, 279.

Los Angeles, 2, 4–14, 16, 18.

Lumber in Washington, 220.

Mariposa Grove, 102.

Mariposa lily, 69.

Mexican border, 49.

Mexicans, 79.

Minnewonka Lake, 271.

Mojave Desert, 80.

Mountain forests, 261.

Muir Glacier, 245.

Mustard fields, 55, 58.

National City, 51.

Nevada, 140.

New Orleans, 2.

Oakland, 123.

Olympia, 225.

Olympic mountains, 226.

Opium dens, 116.

Orange, 40.

Oranges, 36–48.

Oregon, Preface, 85, 155–206.

Oregon mountains, 163.

Oregon snow-peaks, 162, 184, 204–206, 230.

Ostrich farm, 11.

Pacific Coast, mountainous character of, 108.

Pampas plumes, 13.

Pasadena, 279.

Peach Spring, 298.

Pelicans, 72.

Pepper-trees, 9.

Portland, 162–171, 184.

Port Townsend, 230.

Prohibition in California, 44.

Puget Sound, 217–230.

Quail, 13, 64.

Rabbit-hunting, 37.

Railroads, transcontinental, Preface, ix;
Southern Pacific, 1;
California Southern, 46;
California Central, 56;
Central Pacific, 127;
Oregon and California, 149;
Northern Pacific, 213, 218, 279;
Canadian Pacific, 248;
Atlantic and Pacific, 294.

Rain, 155.

Rainier, Mt., 210.

Rattlesnakes, 65.

Raymond, 81.

Rivers, 155, 183.

Riverside, 41.

Rocky Mountains, 264.

Rural cities of the future, 31.

St. Elias, Mt., 233.

St. Helens, Mt., 207.

Salem, Oregon, 165.

Salmon-canneries, 186.

Scenery, American, 205.

Selkirk Mountains, 259.

Shoalwater Bay, 173.

Snow-peaks, in Oregon and Washington, 203–216.

Tacoma, 162, 218–223.

Tacoma, Mt., 209–216, 223.

Tahoe Lake, 129–140.

Tia Juana, 52.

Trees, Big, 102.

Truckee, 128.

Vancouver, 249.

Vegetables in California, 10.

Victoria, 249.

Vine disease, 12.

Virginia City, 143.

Washington, 207–230.

Washington snow-peaks, 162, 184, 204–216, 230.

Water-falls, Yosemite, 89, 96, 98;
Columbia River, 194;
Yellowstone, 291.

Wawona, 82, 102.

Whitney, Mt., 150.

Willamette River, 155, 164.

Willamette Valley, 158.

Windmills, 7.

Wine, California, 12.

Winnipeg, 279.

Winter bathing in California, 60.

Yale, 254.

Yellowstone Lake, 289.

Yellowstone Park, 279–293.

Yosemite Valley, 80–107.

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