To California And Back.

C.A. HIGGINS

Publication: Passenger Department Santa Fe Route, 1893, Chicago

First edition. 12mo. 7 1/2" x 5" printed wrappers, 152 pp., illustrated, map. One or two sketched illustrations on most pages by J. T. McCutcheon. Romanticized description of a train trip via the Santa Fe Route from Chicago through Arizona, New Mexico, southern California, up the coast via the Southern Pacific, thence by Central Pacific & Denver & Rio Grande to Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. Places visited include in New Mexico - Las Vegas Hot Springs, Santa Fe, and pueblos; in Arizona - Chalcedony Park, Flagstaff, Canon Diablo, Grand Canon, and cliff and cave dwellings; in South California - San Diego, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Santa Monica, various missions and Santa Barbara were visited; the Northern California section has a detailed description of San Francisco's Chinatown, accompanied by four full page illustrations of a street in Chinatown, an opium smoker, a Chinese restaurant, and the balcony of a Joss House; in Nevada and Utah - Ogden, Salt Lake City and the Great Salt Lake were visited; and in Colorado - Glenwood Springs, Seven Castles, Leadville, Granite Canon, Cripple Creek, Pikes Peak, Manitou, Colorado Springs and Denver were visited. Good descriptions of all the stops along the way. Front cover has a light vertical crease else a near fine copy. A beautiful presentation.