Frame of snow covering, 90 miles from Sacramento |
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Hieroglyphic Rocks, on the Yuba River, near Crystal Lake |
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Hornet Hill Cut, west of Gold Run. 50 feet deep |
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Humboldt Gate, Ten Mile Canyon |
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Hydraulic mining, at Gold Run, Placer County |
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Inside view of snow gallery at summit. Bolting the frame to the rocks |
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James McCloskey |
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Laborers and rocks, near opening of Summit Tunnel |
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Lake Angela, Mount King in the distance. Western summit |
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Lakes in Anderson Valley from Lava Bluff |
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Lakeview Bluff, 350 feet high, from the Wagon Road |
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The last rail - the invocation. Fixing the wire, May 10th, 1869 |
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Lime Point, above Auburn |
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Long Ravine Bridge from the top of Cape Horn |
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Looking across Truckee Meadows, toward Sierra Nevada Mountains, near Camp 37 |
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Lower Cascade Bridge. Above Cisco |
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Melting of a snow bank. Scene on the summits in August |
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Miller's Bluffs, near Crystal Lake. Old Man Mountain in distance |
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Old Man Mountain. Near Meadow Lake, altitude 7,500 |
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Palisades Rocks, with road and teams descending western summit |
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Poetry and prose: Scene at Monument Point, north end of Salt Lake |
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Portrait of the Boyden Children |
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Powder Bluff. West end of 10 Mile Canyon |
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Prospect Hill Cut. Upper slope, 170 feet |
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Railroad around Cape Horn, from the canyon |
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Railroad at Ogden, Wahsatch Range in distance |
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Railroad, below Cisco and Crystal Lake |
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Red Bluffs, lower canyon of Truckee. 178 miles from Sacramento |
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Reno and Washoe Range in the distance. From base of Sierra Nevada Mountains |
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Road east of station, at Auburn |
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Salt Lake from Monument Point. 669 miles from Sacramento |
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Sandstone Cut, near Alta, Placer County |
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Scene near Deeth. Mount Halleck in distance |
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Secret Ravine, Iowa Hill in the distance. 61 miles from Sacramento |
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Secrettown Trestle from the west. Length 1,100 feet |
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Section of big tree 32 feet in diameter, showing auger holes made in felling |
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Shaft house over Summit Tunnel, American Peak in distance |
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Snow gallery around Crested Peak. Timbers 12x14 inches, 20 inches apart |
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Snow plow |
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South Yuba Valley and summit, from Black Butte |
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[Stereograph views of the Central and Union Pacific Railways, California, Illinois, Nebraska, and other locations] |
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Summit of Castle Peak, from the northwest |
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Summit tunnel, before completion. Western summit, altitude 7,042 feet |
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Summit Tunnel - eastern portal. Length 1,660 feet, on the western summit |
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Summit Valley, altitude 6,960 feet. Emigrant Mt. and R.R. pass in the distance |
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Summit Valley, from Emigrant Mount. Alt. 8,200 feet, looking toward Cisco |
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Summits of Sierras, 8,000 to 10,000 feet alt. |
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Taylor's Mills, Wasatch Range |
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The traveler's own book |
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Trestle in Clipper Ravine, near Clipper Gap |
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Truckee River and R.R. at Lime Point. Sierra Nevada Mountains 35 miles distant |
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Truckee River, approaching the eastern summits |
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Truckee River, at Truckee Station. 15 miles from Lake Tahoe |
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Truckee River below Truckee Station, looking west toward Donner Lake |
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Truckee River, near Wadsworth. Lower canyon of Truckee |
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Tunnel No. 12, Strong's Canyon |
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Tunnel No. 15. Looking east, toward Nevada |
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Tunnel No. 15. Near Camp 24 |
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Tunnel No. 3, above Cisco |
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Upper Cisco, Rattlesnake and Yuba Mountains |
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View across river and canyon. From top of Palisades |
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View at Shady Run, 73 miles from Sacramento |
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View from Crested Peak, 8,500 ft alt. Donner Lake 1,500 ft below. Railroad 1,000 ft below |
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View in Bloomer Cut, near Auburn, 63 feet high |
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View in Dutch Ravine, looking west, Placer County |
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View near the state line. Truckee River |
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View on Donner Lake. Altitude 5,964 feet |
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View on the American River, below Cape Horn |
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Water train opposite Humboldt Lake |
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Watkins' Pacific Coast |
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West of Clipper Gap, Placer County |
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Winnemucca town and peak. 334 miles from Sacramento |
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Yuba River, above Cisco, Placer County |
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