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.
ues fi'om two to five miles wide, until its junction
with the Big Blackfoot, at Hell Gate; after w1i.'.~.it
widens out to unite with the valley of the Bitter
Root. On this part of it there are at least one hundred and fifty square miles of fine arable land, and
as much grazing prairie on the adjoininig hills. *
"Passing from the Hell-Gate to the Flathead River, we cross over this spur by a low divide, going
through the Coriacan defile, and coming upon the
waters of the Jocko River. The height of this divide, above the Hell Gate, is 560 feet; and above
the Flathead River, at the mouth of the Jocko, is
650() feet. From this divide, a view of surpassing
beauty, looking northward, is presented to the beholder. He sees before him an extraordinarily wellgrassed, well-watered and inviting country. On the
east are the divides, clothed with pine, separating
the Jocko and its tributaries from the streams running into the Big Blackfoot, and into Flathead Lake.
To the North, the Flathead Lake, twenty-five miles
long and six miles wide, is spread open before you
with extensive prairies beyond; and on the West,
sloping back from the banks of the Flathead River,
a mingled prairie and forest country is seen. Here,
in a compact body, is one of the most promising
countries in this whole region, having -t least 2,000
square miles of arable land.
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