Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine.

BEYOND THE WEST.
civilization, which has branched off to some extent
through the country, fnd kept in various ways towards settlement. Thie seed thus planted is growing
up into-the harvest.
TV general surface of the country is uneven,
badly b,()ken. The stupendous Rocky Mountain
ranges tower up in all their cot,tinental magnificence,
cross the territory from north to south, together
with intersecting cross ranges, making some very
interesting parks; the most noted of which is the
San Louis, in the north part, rich in varied beauty
and resources, and many remarkable features not
characteristic of the other great parks further north.
The mountain ranges make also many large and fertile valleys. The most important of these is the
RioGrande,which is the principal stream of the territory, and is navigable in places for a distance of
1..80o miles; starting in a deep canyon, plowed out
of the granite rock on the side of "Mount Lincoln,"
in the eternal snows of the central range, and crossing the whole tet ritory of New Mexico, from lor'tlh
to south.
You will recollect that it was along this river
that the Mexican war commenced with the UnJited
States, by conflicts between the Mexican army, under
the command of General Ampudia and the army
under General Taylor.
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