Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 299, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1911 — Scenic Wonders of Alaska [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Scenic Wonders of Alaska

l*kn.r»t«*.< special train hiW,.*wr, #»e klUw gl»cler t * .f dnAWHI todM but ifthr ; aatefiTrt* &efcO tfttWhd' Prihi* W* liamaOOhd; Resurrection bey and the stdnwriprtaptWP Copper .River railway one*attiuW baCviidmlt thattbeseenery, *» apportion ,IV to . Stops are made at Retchikan, Juneau, Cordova, Wflmltf, Cktbucbe! 5 1 ¥alddk and BewanLTxrtfi going north and re-north-bound trip a~*peeial train will beitta up utlw Odppen river forfifity) mites, without addiponal eweqee- m, , fWJod, .trpm f. jcealc standpoint, M.m#t beautiful water courses in the world. The latdTß: fT.-warrimiui aegiaivd it ui tie ■•esting and heaua. aWg^§^ ?roba p™Bll starting-jcnas Day ikb^B|BhP sen around^Mj^BE stnßHßp w hi chjEflßaiifc: then j&uml Mm|

widespread delta of the lower Copper riser. Otth* day, can be seen thwboeaniwad 'to the left thejinajlarfiil radm nr tun frynfr»,, range, with Sheridan glacier in the foWgTUUUu.'- ■gnww m« R isian trading post, is full of lnteree , as several of block bouses 3 nSReSBT to Oie Childs glacier, undoubtedly the m it remarkable and beautiful living *1 der in the world. It Is from 800.il bO i feet high and three miles long, a ea Id BuMßotglpaintau ice, the white w m ments, wiJffltfe n< se, great masses of the Ice fall in o the Copper river and send the w ves rusMng across the stream 1,200 ft t j&«a»akc*> : tWd'MaWiZW' ai ractive glacier in the world, and for tl it reason is already frCß&Dfe' a entlon of tourists' and scientists f! mall OTftT the counts so that In d e time it wflT Take prededeHCTTW s 8 gla^r r a*qj jet, Becneenmtanidwp sMuciera dtka Gop-t : p sr being protected by a steel-ribbed c nqcelfiJse, breaker to deflect the Ice c ttflnronrTHiWiM do an man -near , £« « ■ oiwbtu hm fMWtW’bitaMiMiiH, t ree miles the Copper, river becomes • tu*Hileb<> ' ihhrt

th4T water 1 flails over the rOcks and lava to reach' the levels below. At, about Mile Post 53 the water becomes placid and the train enters AbercromTJUre&nyon. Thence on the 1 roaß Tb“ ■%om«w’wuwi-gwww«nuuiii imii mi yon and Wood canyon, forming one most pictueesque sc|hic roads fewisiSw ranges, with small gmders, nlgn waterfalls clear mountain streams and trees. The whole tour is one presentiug a new picture with every mile m^B„sJ?Q!Up§m STO^^U'ig.BSSg has been cut through with a side Ml where a shelf fit solid m&Permit? of tb* railmad construction, end so on to the M&let£ oWbifeCi*D*iy’ ; 'iuoakha trestles, steel bridges and permanent 1 -structures-too numerous to mention make " the line as perfect hs modern can accomplish.;, , | All the way to Ch tlna, at Mile Post £ 152, .t)#) canyon scei ery continues, but ®CT£.te&: h L® Wrangell In !&U its 1 eauty can be diemer, the lheuotat i top will ho wreathed In smoke, for'Wrangell has Tfßar Iff constant eruption for some past tu-;<s At Chltina the railroad crossew the QoPiW,.,fiver, on i long temporary trMtla ' l! Juit befcre crossing the mdgeHenUJ dust loo!: across the river a'K,®! 1 %rbsitng' the ‘Oeppc r rail- 11

road turns to the left, fblloWiiig the 1 Kotslns rite# for sOnte distance, and the* turns to the right and follow* the Chltina for a short .time., Its then strikes easterly to cross tba iKuskuriver on .the hish bridge, which Is ope qf the mpst notable engineering feats on the railroad. This section of the country |a very dry and warm tn supppor and. Ip ling ahd trout and the nearby hills pi^' 1 duce any amount of game. I,M 'T s At Mile Pont' lbt-the ttcnnicßtt river--la-gmaaed to the Urft one sees the face of Kennicott glacier. »Xhat It underlying the jftt faceJs%gparenStaa from thlc^i“»t Hole,” out of winch is formed the Kennicett_ river. It has no other source underground waterspout rfcm the dead glacier, but within a hundred yards of the geyser the river ever, moves to Mile Post 197, where Is pwnK range ments for the improved southwreatam eicuratan burineeg. It is eenfldently expected that this tour of Alaska will become the popular: tourist trip and just as many will view the scenlb wonders : of Prince' William ■souwd and the OOppex; River/valleff M have in the paat enjeyed tthp. totem « s] f Columbia glacier, seen on the r wiy to lk one of tiWtnost picturesque of all Alaska’s glaciers.! Back Of Valdes is still another* Ellaipar Is rfißched through a beautiful bay, and are hUed wKh scenes of interest The railroad ( trip from Sewartf Into the interior is well entirely new flight Alt) lo iiiOO foi. illlill Ai(?«ILAT >,fh