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... 1850 that a company of these backwoodsmen at Last came upon the valley of which am about to speak, and which had proved so effectual a ® stealings the Indians. . llwj *osemite (Bear) Valley is situated in the beautuui range of the Sierra Nevada, about ...
... meet Shukopeare their engagements. Sweat travellers in OaUremia have discovered in the range of the Siena Nevada, the Yosemite Valley. It is enclosed by perpendicular walls of granite in some places 4,884 feet, or nearly a mile, sheer down. It has waterfalls ...
... lower bridge, though smaller, is equally- wonderful and beautiful. Mr. Hutchinga then ! bids us accompany bim to the Yo-Semite i Valley, one of the moat sublime scenes in Cali- i fornia. He gives a tedious and confused descrip- | tion of the discovery ...
... and mountain, and than down into the awful valley, with its frowning, lurid Illasess of (contorted, erupted stone and its ter must be an experience of tr avel not easily targetless ; and the ride up the valley, through the tremolo= defiles, with the towering ...
... before us; notably the groves, caves, and natural bridges of Calaveras County, the Mammoth trees of Mariposa, and the Yo-Semite Valley. The author commences his task by detailing the route from San Francisco to the Calaveras Groves, noticing all objects ...
... the book is at p. 89, depicting a string ...
... the hook is at p. 89, depicting a string of mules and passengers zigzagging down the steep side of a mountain into the Yosemite Valley, and looking as if every step would send them headlong over the precipice. Bitter Sweets . a Love Story. In Three Vols ...
... thegloriooa cliffe which tower three tbou—-n the aenith eboee, not unlike a firmament rock. There is general view of the Yo-Semite Valley at page 138. One chapter of the volume (Chapter VT-) tfi devoted descriptions of the quicksilver mines of New Almaden ...
... foot of the English traveller will soon be imprinted on the slopes and valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Few have seen the romantic beauty and grandeur of the Great Falls of the Yosemite, or its dell of matchless cliffs and cascades, where water bounds over ...
... foot of the English traveller will soon be imprinted on the slopes and valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Few have seen the romantic beauty and grandeur of the Great Falls of the Yosemite, or its dell of matchless cliffs and cascades, where water bounds over ...
... Mammoth trees, the largest being 30 feet in diameter and 300 feet in height. These are found about 20 miles from the Yosemite Valley, and about 4,500 feet high on the western slope of Nevada. Here in Nevada we enter a wonderful district of silver. It ...
... Mammoth trees, the largest being 30 feet in diameter and 300 feet in height. These are found about 20 miles from the Yosemite Valley, and about 4,500 feet high on the western slope of Nevada. Here in Nevada we enter a wonderful district of silver. It ...