Show SALT LAKE TO DENVER DENVER Col colorado oratio aug 29 1893 to a great many I 1 von ti bentall I aa travelers celers who while the train la Is la in motion spend anost of their time sleeping Ble or dozing in a pullman a trip irom Salt lake bake city tu to toe the missouri river it at the present time lima void of interest m but to rne me otio selY sat up moin of the time lime larl negm viewing mountain valley gorge und mad plain in the moonlight as the train sheu ou on its ita way toward the last abt the jou journey aney hats baa by no means bee beau tedious yr r dull so go lar far the full lavoo beaming upon the erth earth burough a sky lent jent to every famular object along the road a peculiar enchant med aud and had bad I 1 been a poet my jyre iyre would woula certainly nave received new inspiration and audi tiona eions been madeko made to the poetical compositions of the world tut but an aa it la is I 1 must borrow from a ot of a none WA sea king who in his bis preparations of 1 wrote luna 9 it knoer om Undy endymion i busk og i dale which was true last night on a short mission to the united states during which I 1 also aleo expert to vleit visit the s fair in uhl cago I 1 left salt lake city hobt night light monjay monday aug 28 1898 on the union pacific atlantic ansle express ogden was waa soon oon reached and passing up through weber canyon 81 aiu 0 valley aid echo canyon we 2628 feet and thus reach an altitude above aboe the level of the sea aea of leet joet at wasatch ogden being feet this difference in altitude also makes a striking differ eoe in temperature at ogden one felt uncomfortably warm and every oar car window was kept open in order to A admit as much cool and fresh air as possible at wasat h b the passengers pass eagen were tempted to put on overcoats the of the oars cars were closed close viaud and the porter was soon afterwards requested to make a fire n re inthe in the stove which he did dia and thug that kept the travelers comfortable during the rona remainder slader of the be night from wasatch station elation which is 65 miles east of ogden oden the distance is 11 miles tu evanston Eva naton the county seat seal oi 01 uinta county byomin the boundary line between U utah tab anil and wyoming la Is about midway between the two places evanston Ev auston Is ia a growing city pleasantly situated on the lell bank ui oi bear river at an elevation of feet feel above the level of the sea it aba a population of over 2000 souls mavy many ol of whom are latter day saints saint organ izea izei into a bishops pla ward barj Evan evanston is the home of wealthy cattle men mint aunt obnere merchants and bankers ba the union pacific shops locatta here employ a u n aber of skilled mechanics the state stale insane asylum is ia situated here and also the united states land office lor the evanston district almy about three miles northwest has nearly as many inhabits inh abita ts to as evanston a large portion of whom are latter day saints anti here also exists ft a bisbon bish oia lis ward which together w with ith evanston belongs to the summit stake of zion about one thousand men at as almy are employed in coal mining after crossing bear river riv r a short abort distance east of evanston Evau Evan the railroad pushes through a very hilly and broken country barren and nigh until granger at the junction of hamd chamla tork fork with black tork fork la is reached tula tais alou is 1 the junction point of the oregon short litie line with the main line of th union pacific it to ia miles from ogden and lie its attitude la is thirty miles mil ea east f granger is ia ire gre n river city the county seat seal of county wyoming Wyo it is situated on the left or the east balk of green river about twenty five ve miles below or east of the point where the old emigrant road crosses that famous river 2 so 80 well remembered by the murmon emigrants woo who many years ago crossed the plains with ox teams au aud d handcart hand carts 8 I 1 well remember how a little danion danian boy answering to the name of andreas now andrew forded corded that river on a cold frosty september morning twenty seven years ago and how after breaking the ice with his bare leet feet he be plunged into the current with shivering frame but made mad etheo the opposite p posits bore in safety I 1 have crossed green river many times since then but every time my mind has reverted ted back to my first ac quain tance with it in 1866 prom from green river the railroad follows the general course of bitter creek ou which fifteen miles from the river Is situated rook book springs a coal mining city of about inhabitants the rock bock springs coal is justly celebrated from the pacific ocean to the missouri river the city has a waterworks water works system which cost over by which the water mer to is brought from green river its streets and buildings are lighted with arc and incandescent lights the rho cial mines here furnish employment lor for over fifteen hundred men ol of whom quite a percentage are latter day saints organized into a regular brancu branca of the church in which meetings anti ana sunday schools are hold held every sabbath this is a the border branch of the on the me oust eust outside of missionary organizations it also belongs to lo the su sum in mit stake slake 0 zion ars on our journey we cross the continental divide near the station called separation at an elevation 0 of over feet above sea level and about miles e st at 0 ogden renowned south pass where the old overland wagon road crossed the continental tin tiju divide is distant nearly one hundred miles from this point in a northwesterly direction rawlins the county seat of carbon county a city or neary near y three thousand inhabitants we po 90 0 o u reach laramie Lia ramie city with inhabitants situated on the renowned laramie plain and about seventy five miles south southwest aest of old alki fott fait laramie Li ramie i n the well reme remembered aberer ovi overland irland road ot of years gone by from laramie city we pass on over the black hills on the summit ol of which a colossal stone menu monument ment has bateu erected at a boint near the railway track ot of fe feet et about sea level jove this is the highest point on OD the union pacific railway sherman is the name of the station on the summit Desco descending from the black hills hille also aleo called laralle Ijar amle mountains we find ourselves on the broad plains which extend in ID an almost unbroken sameness lor for a distance of five hundred miles to the Miss missouri outi river east ward A short distance out on these plains stands Chey enLO eDLO the capital of the state of wyom ng n miles from ogden and miles irom from omaha cheyenne is a regularly laid out city handsomely built and cau can boast of a large lare number of handsome and stately bu build I 1 id I 1 inga ages I 1 it t has a an n extensive system of waterworks water works good sewerage system electric and gas light in streets aud buildings ten churches four banks a public 0 park streetcars capitol hu bu id ui I 1 g ete eta fort rul ruesell sell the largest and most moat important military post poat in the department of the platte is situated ou on the plain three miles northwest of cheyenne i the rho state of wyoming has a total area of acres of which vie greater portion is adapted to grazing a u agriculture it is estimated that about acres can be successfully cultivated and that nearly dearly acres are covered with timber but up to the present time only a very little farming has baa been done the comprises nearly one half of the total wealth of the theata stat es iee during the day I 1 have conversed with a number of fellow pas as on dil different topics among them a Chiist lan who believed in no hereafter a prot pro essed lessed atheist who believed that god was just and j a republican who defended the administration of president cleveland a democrat who believed that the next ao ministration auld be republican Republic ab in D pa politics lipics a young lady who said that all who had voted for downing silver ought to 10 be banged aej that the late action on the pan of the house of representatives would yet cause RL BL other civil war in the nation anu finally a gentleman who said I 1 he mor mons were enst not as good if tot iut better than any other people with whom he be had ever associated the trip from cheyenne to denver colorado a distance of miles was uneventful we arrived at denver at 8 p in ANDREW JENSON |