Category: Travel Writing
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Then, in the second afternoon, yet other friends, of yet later knowing, have taken us in hand and have trollied and driven us to see St. Paul's twin sister, Minneapolis. With he...
6. Part 6The Klondike is a large stream, about like Elk River of West Virginia, rising two hundred miles eastward in the Rockies, where the summer's melting snow gives it a large flow of...
9. Part 9Here we are flying due south from Portland, crossing the entire State of Oregon. We have left Portland on the 8:30 morning train--"The Southern Limited"--and shall be in "Frisco...
3. Part 3The Canadian Rockies are the most beautiful and picturesque of any section of the mountain chain from Mexico north. The air is cooler in the far northern latitude, keener, more...
11. Part 11Then we visited the famous Tabernacle beneath whose turtle-shaped roof 10,000 worshipers may sit, and whose acoustic properties are unrivaled in the world. You can hear a whispe...
12. Part 12After leaving Glenwood Springs we wound up the gorge of the Grand River, the castellated, crenelated, serrated, scarped and wind-worn cliffs towering many thousand feet into the...
10. Part 10We slept in Los Angeles with our windows wide open and felt no chill in the dry, balmy air, although a gentle breeze from seaward sifted through the lace curtains all night long...
8. Part 8Yesterday was a "nasty" day, as was the day before. Early, 2 or 3 A. M., we passed through the ugly waters of Millbank Sound, where the sweeping surge of the foam-capped Pacific...
4. Part 4We left Caribou on a little steamer with a big sternwheel--all of which, timber and machinery, had been carried from Skagway over the White Pass on horses' backs, and sledges, d...
5. Part 5We came down through Fifty Mile River, which is the name given to the waters connecting Lake Taggish and Lake Lebarge. The moon hung full and low in the south, giving a light as...
1. Part 1There are numerous photographs included in this text. Each is indicated using captions as [Illustration: Description.]. Italic text is shown using underscore delimiters as _ital...
13. Part 13I do not know whether you have ever been in St. Louis, but if you have, I am sure you have felt the subtle, attractive charm of it. It is an old city. It was founded by the Fren...
7. Part 7We have just passed a little log cabin beneath great firs and amidst a cluster of golden aspen. Its door and solitary window are wide open. No one occupies it, or ever will. Wil...