THE ROAD OF A
THOUSAND WONDERS
The Coast Line-Shasta Route of the SouthernPacific Company from Los Angeles ThroughSan Francisco, to Portland, a Journey ofOver One Thousand Three Hundred Miles
These Pages Picture and Tell of This Region and Its
Wonders, of the Varied Charms of Sea and Sky, of
Mountain and Valley, Field and Forest and of
Climatic Features Which Make Pleasant
All the Year; of Numberless Resorts
Attractive for Health-Seeking
Idling Enjoyment, and
All Out-of-Door
Recreation
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT
SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
1907
Sunset, the Magazine that Pictures the Westand stimulates interest in all things beyondthe Rockies, here points the way of touristtravelers to a most attractive and instructivefeature in Far Western sight-seeing—the WondrousRail Highway Along the Pacific, joining Californiaand Oregon, skirting spectacular Shasta, and over thesightly Siskiyous to the fast-flowing Columbia, throughthousands of acres of roses and sweet peas, orangesand walnuts, wheat and hops, apples and apricots,with new things to see at every turn, and everycomfort all the way. And don’t forget that you’llfind a continuation of this story, and will find otherstories and pictures that will prove as interesting,in Sunset Magazine every month, in every year.
And now—
Shake hands! Kiss hands in haste to the sea
Where the sun comes in, and mount with me
The matchless steed of the strong New World
As he champs and chafes with a strength untold—
And away to the West, where the waves are curl’d,
As they kiss white palms to the capes of gold!
—Joaquin Miller.
A thousand wonders? The man who gave that as a result of his countevidently dodged his task. If he’d counted all the things that set onewondering—things God-made and hand-made, things of sky and sea, of cañonand mountain, and field and forest—along this thirteen hundred miles ofhighway he would never have stopped at a mere thousand. Ten thousandwould have been something like it,but modesty is a decent and not over-worked virtue, and ought to becheered wherever seen. Let it go at a thousandand see if the glory of these wonders may beimpressed upon you. The climate is first, of course.You cannot overlook the novel joy of a region whereon New Year’s day, they battle with rosesinstead of snowballs. In the country around Los Angeles they dothat sort of thing as a fixed festival, but the same floral ammunition,and the blue sky and soft air are the winter characteristics of a hundredother places along this road that joins Los Angeles to Portland,passing through San Francisco—this Coast Line and Shasta Route.
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