... general good order, considering the population attracted; the capacity shown for growing grain and fruit; the great valley of the Yosemite the mountains ; the railway construction and steamship connections the substantial nature of the rapid progress, and ...

... Sheep Pasture.—Probably the largest and highest rock in the known world is the South Dome the Yosemite (says Virginia paper). Standing at the fork of the upper valley, it rears itself, solid rocky loaf, 6,000 feet above the ground. A powerful hand than that ...