Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1892 — OUR SCENIC ATTRACTIONS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OUR SCENIC ATTRACTIONS.

Ueuuty Endless In Variety frem Ocean to Ocean. It is the pride of this country that she is great in everything. She is great in the extent of her seacoast, in her cities, her lakes, her rivers, her

plains, her forests, her resources, and In the Intelligence of her people. Great is she, too, in her scenery, in the manifold attractions which nature lias scattered over her bosom from ocean to Ocean and from the Gulf to the great lakes. Only during the last few years, says that admirably illustrated weekly, the Chicago Graphic, speaking of the scenic attractions of the trans-Missouri country, have Mw>y begun to be appreciated and even now they are only faintly realized by the people of the United States. In 1844 Illinois was really the frontier of civilization. Then came the discovery of gold in California, the rush to the Pike’s Peak country, the projection and completion of the Union Pacific Railroad and the building of other iron highways in every State and Territory, and naturally the attractions us different localities became better known. Colorado, Idaho. Utah, the Yellowstone region, abound in beauties of mountains, canyons, waterfalls and springs unequaled in the world. Idaho has goo, 000 acres of lakes and there are the • Shoshone and* Bridal Veil Falls, whose charms h&vd not been marred by the artificiality of civilization. The height of the Shoshone Falls is 82 feet the first descent and 210 feet the second, with width of 050 feet. The chasm above und below the falls varies in height

for a length of 18 miles from 1,050 to 1,200 feet.' Bridal Veil Fulls has a width of 125 feet. The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone Park Is the most magnillcent in the world. It is only one of the many beauties comprised in the mv tional park, which abounds in attractions that are endless In variety. The Pillars of Hercules on the famed Columbia River and on the line of the Union Pacific Road are as picturesque formations of nature as exist. A large pine tree grows in a crevice on top of onic of the pillars.

YELLOWSTONE CANYON.

PILLAIIS OF HERCULES, COLUMBIA RIVER.