Part 16

The Medicinal and Curative Properties of the Geyser Springs are admitted to be equal, if not superior, to Calistoga, Baden-Baden, Aix-la-Chapel, Wiesbaden, or Homburg. THE SCENERY is wild, picturesque and grand in the extreme, and finer than that of the lower Alps.

THE PLUTON, OR GREAT SULPHUR CREEK, which runs by the Geyser Hotel, is well supplied with mountain trout; and the hills abound with deer and other game.

THE HOTEL

Is a large, two-story building, with spacious verandahs surrounding it, above and below, and has been newly furnished. New steam and sulphur bathhouses have been erected, and a large stable has been built. PRIVATE TEAMS can easily and safely drive over the new road from Calistoga, and at the Geysers will find an abundance of good feed for their horses.

SADDLE HORSES

For ladies and Gentlemen, are always on hand, at reasonable prices.

A GOOD TABLE is kept at the Hotel, and the best of Liquors and Cigars will be found at the bar, The rooms are comfortable, and the beds are all new and provided with spring mattresses.

Board and lodging per day, $3; board and lodging per week, $17.50; single meals, each, $1.50. Baths, 25. Visiting the Geyser Canyons, for each person, $1. Children under ten years of age, half price.

Visitors are requested not to pay the Guides, as they are furnished by the Hotel, free of charge.

Fare from San Francisco to Calistoga, per steamer and cars, $3.50. Stages from there to the Geysers, $6.00 per passage.

J. C. SUSENBETH,

P. S.--For further particulars, inquire at the office of J. S. POLACK, Esq., Room No. 1, N. W. corner of Jackson and Montgomery Sts., San Francisco.

THE SHORTEST AND

_BEST ROUTE TO YOSEMITE_

Via Modesto.

ROSS HOUSE, MODESTO.

_JOS. COLE, Proprietor._

Tourists will find this House conducted in first-class style. Charges moderate, and every attention paid to Guests. Stages leave this House daily for Snelling's, Hornitas, Mariposa, Yosemite, and all points south.

_YOSEMITE STABLES_,

MODESTO, CAL.

_HORSES, CARRIAGES AND SADDLE HORSES_

To let on reasonable terms.

Horses boarded with the best of care, by the day or week.

_Private Teams Furnished at the shortest notice; also Two Four or Six Horse Turnouts furnished for Tourists, with Concord or Kimball Carriages, with careful and experienced Drivers._

_F. H. ROSS, Proprietor._

Modesto is situated at the terminus of the Visalia Division of the C. P. R. R.

The Ross House, also the Yosemite Stables were built by F. H. Ross, almost exclusively for the accommodation of Tourists, and no pains will be spared to make their visit to the House, or transit to the valley comfortable and pleasant.

REVERE HOUSE

JOHN W. SHARP, Proprietor.

Second Street, opposite Court House,

_NAPA CITY_.

ONLY FIRST-CLASS HOUSE IN NAPA CITY.

THIS HOUSE is fitted up in superior style, and is now open for the reception of PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT GUESTS. It is built in modern style, and the rooms are large, airy and pleasant.

THE BAR is well supplied. THE TABLE shall be second to none in the State. The farming community will find at this House the best of accommodations at reasonable prices.

_AMERICAN HOTEL_,

_Main Street, Petaluma_.

MRS. WM. ORDWAY, Proprietress.

This Hotel, first-class in every particular, is the leading house in this city and one of the best hotels on the coast.

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THE ROOMS, single and en-suite, are large, with high ceilings, well ventilated and elegantly furnished.

THE TABLE is supplied with the best the market affords, prepared and served in first-class style.

A LIVERY STABLE is connected with the Hotel. Splendid carriages are furnished upon notice at the office.

OMNIBUSES convey guests to and from the Hotel to cars and steamers, free of charge.

STAGES from the city leave from this Hotel.

Tourists, visiting the city, are shown every courtesy and attention in all departments of the Hotel.

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