|
Sherman, Wyoming
Territory, is the highest point attained by the Pacific Railway on
its whole course from ocean to ocean. Fifteen months ago nothing but
bare hills and crags marked the spot. Now there is a little town,
containing a large machine-shop, a "Wells Fargo’s express
office," newspaper shops, and even a millinery store. Its two
hotels, of shingle, are of a rough kind, but good meals are to be
obtained in them. Our illustration of Sherman is the first that has
been published of the place in this country. Wyoming is to include
parts of Dacotah, Utah, Colorado, etc. The embryo town of Sherman is
8262 feet above the sea, yet the ascent to it from the Missouri
River, a distance of 549 miles, is made with the greatest ease. The
grades never exceed 90 feet to the mile, while for the larger part
of the distance it is not over 30 feet to the mile. |
|
|