The Yosemite, Alaska, and the Yellowstone (1893) (14755786416)

Identifier: yosemitealaskaye01wile (find matches)
Title: The Yosemite, Alaska, and the Yellowstone
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Wiley, William Halsted, 1842-1925 Wiley, Sara King, 1871-1909
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Publisher: London, Offices of "Engineering" New York, J. Wiley & sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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10 The Yosemite, Alaska, and the Yellowstone. a boat tied to his fence, and in another yard the bedraggled chickens wereassembled in a mournful group on the wood pile, apparently reflecting as towhen the Ark and Capt. Noah might be expected. One of the great attractions on the Chicago and Grand Trunk line,which we next entered upon, and which was advertised as a cogent reasonfor taking it, was the wonderful St. Clair Tunnel, that great triumph ofengineering skill, that subjection of the forces of nature, &e. Whetherit was not on exhibition just then, or was out of humour, or what not, it isimpossible to say, but we passed through during the hours of the night;however, the writers were bound to see it, and although it can hardly be saidtruthfully that they really saw it, they were wide awake enough to makeaffidavit that they heard it, and that we rushed through it at a good fairspeed. Nothing of note occurred on this part of the trip, and in due time,after a most excellent breakfas