The Road of a Thousand Wonders

The Road of a Thousand Wonders - The Coast Line—Shasta Route of the Southern Pacific Company from Los Angeles Through San Francisco, to Portland, a Journey of Over One Thousand Three Hundred Miles

These Pages Picture and Tell of This Region and Its Wonders, of the Varied Charms of Sea and Sky, of Mountain and Valley, Field and Forest and of Climatic Features Which Make Pleasant All the Year; of Numberless Resorts Attractive for Health-Seeking Idling Enjoyment, and All Out-of-Door Recreation Sunset, the Magazine that Pictures the West and stimulates interest in all things beyond the Rockies, here points the way of tourist travelers to a most attractive and instructive feature in Far Western sight-seeingthe Wondrous Rail Highway Along the Pacific, joining California and Oregon, skirting spectacular Shasta, and over the sightly Siskiyous to the fast-flowing Columbia, through thousands of acres of roses and sweet peas, oranges and walnuts, wheat and hops, apples and apricots, with new things to see at every turn, and every comfort all the way. And dont forget that youll find a continuation of this story, and will find other stories and pictures that will prove as interesting, in Sunset Magazine every month, in every year. A thousand wonders? The man who gave that as a result of his count evidently dodged his task. If hed counted all the things that set one wonderingthings God-made and hand-made, things of sky and sea, of caon and mountain, and field and forestalong this thirteen hundred miles of highway he would never have stopped at a mere thousand. Ten thousand would have been something like it, but modesty is a decent and not over-worked virtue, and ought to be cheered wherever seen. Let it go at a thousand and see if the glory of these wonders may be impressed upon you. The climate is first, of course. You cannot overlook the novel joy of a region where on New Years day, they battle with roses instead of snowballs. In the country around Los Angeles they do that sort of thing as a fixed festival, but the same floral ammunition, and the blue sky and soft air are the winter characteristics of a hundred other places along this road that joins Los Angeles to Portland, passing through San Franciscothis Coast Line and Shasta Route. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 48407
Author: Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Department
Release Date: Mar 5, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English