Sights And Scenes In Utah For Tourists

UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY

Publication: Rand, McNally & Co, Printers, 1888, Chicago

First Edition. 8vo. 21.5 x 10 cm. [8 1/2" x 4"] color pictorial wrappers. 48 pp., illustrated from photographs, fold-out map 'Tourist Map of Union Pacific and Connecting Lines' 20.5 x 59 cm. [8 1/4" x 23 1/2"] present at the rear. The map is in nice condition and provides an excellent panorama of the Union Pacific Railway. Lines in red and run from Kansas City, Atchison, and Omaha to Denver and south to Gunnison or west through Cheyenne, Granger and onto Portland with a spur up to Helena or west through Ogden and onto San Francisco with a spur down to Los Angeles. Blue shaded illustrations surround the lines which include a plowing scene, Union Depot, Salt Lake City, Garfield Beach, a mining scene, Falls of the Yellowstone, a ranching scene, etc. Union Pacific produced guide for the would-be tourist of Salt Lake City including a description of the Mormons and their customs. Illustrated with nine full-page engravings from photographs by C.R. Savage. Also provided are List of Agents. Pullman Palace Car rates. Information on Salt Lake City tours, Salt Lake City and the area surrounding "The Temple City," Beck's Hot Springs, the Great Salt Lake, Giant's Cave at Garfield Beach, Echo Canon, Weber Canon, the Devil's Gate, Ogden, Ogden Canon, etc. Detailed information on 9 different tours touting what the tourist might see and do. Covers lightly used, light wear to fore-edges, else a very good copy.

Inventory Number: 52275