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.

BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF CALIFORNIA.
paper credit extended during our late war, unparalleled in the annals of the human race. The great
fact was before the people, that untold treasure of
gold and silver was laid away until called for in our
Pacific land, on the surface and beneath the ground,
which gave hope when all seemed lost, by the convulsions of cruel war. But as time passes, government
credit grows stronger; the Old Ship moves on steadily to her moorings again, because she is balasted
with gold. The discovery of gold in California gave
a stimulous to every department of business, advanced civilization at home and abroad, and stirred up
oid nations to seek more comfortable homes, by having more profitable employment.
An overruling Providence has a time for all things.
The discovery of the valuable metals on the Pacific
Coast seems so timely-just when mankind could be
made richer without becoming vain-just when the
world needed more coin the most; when people
could have everything better; when they could have
eilver dishes, and not be as proud as our ancestors
were with their shining pewter.
After the before unknown treasures of the Pacific
part of the Continent were made known, the world
seemed to rise up for a new race in human progress;
the foundation of human comforts and enjoyments
were largely extended, and the world moved ahead
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