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Salt Lake City visit and western rail journey notes
A letter recounts travel from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City, then through Minturn to Salida and Colorado Springs. It notes Salt Lake City hotels, scenery, Mormon influence, and Brigham Young’s temple, plus mountains, tunnels, and the D and R G railroad. Stops include Denver and Topeka with remarks on Wheat and corn, and ending with a return plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Fred Rete
Sto Francisco
Fred
Salt
Cos
Vaturg
Pennsylvania
Salt Lake City
Bing Young
Salt Lake
R. G
Minturn
Great Divide
Tennessee Pass
United States
Mount Albert
Salida
Col
Lawrence County
John C. Patterson
Tterson
Seventh Ward
Hla
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
A. R. Mornes