"Going to Sea by Rail"
Crossing Great Salt Lake is but one
of many scenic adventures along
Overland Route to California
Fifteen miles west of Ogden
you actually "go to sea by rai
— over Southern Pacific's famous "cut-off"across the mighty
Great Salt Lake.
For nearly 103 miles your "San
Francisco Overland Limited"
skims over this remarkable man-
made pathway. The Wasatch
Mountains of Utah rim this vast dead
sea. The beauty of the great open
spaces, the silence of the desert, the
wheel of seagulls far from their native
oceans, the strange play of sunsets,
make the passage of Great Salt Lake
one of the memorable events of your
journey.
Near Promontory Point,whereyour
Overland first reaches the western
side of Great Salt Lake,frontierhis-
tory has been made. Here, on May
10,1869,the eastward—and westward—pushing lines of America's
first transcontinental railroad met
and linked the nation with a golden
spike. That forever ended the day
of the "covered wagon." The work
The comfortable club-car is afar cry from bullock tragons •which
once slowly creakjJ westward around the shores of this vast lak\e.
of intrepid pioneers was finished.
A fter you leave Great Salt Lake you
speed across Nevada's wide plains,
where snow-capped mountain ranges
back away to half-hide in purple shadows or boldly, in bright relief, return
the yellows and reds of the sun. Then
across the Sierra's summit and past
Donner Lake;—Tahoe, where now
you can go right to the lake's shore
by Southern Pacific trains. Descending via American River
Canyon.—you view another spot
of historic interest and breathtaking alpine beauty.
In a few hours you will be in
Sacramento, the capital of California. It will beworthyourwhile
to tarry there and see Sutter's
Fort, now a museum, with many of
its frontier relics still intact. Oakland and San Francisco are but three
hours beyond.
By means of its four routes to California, all of which follow pioneer
pathways you can see the utmost of
the historic West. Go one way,return
another, and  see the whole Pacific
Coast.Stopoveranywhere.Only Southern Pacific offers choice of four
routes. Only Southern Pacific provides twe/^^trains daily to California.
Please sendyournameand address
to E. W. Clapp, 310 S. Michigan
Blvd., Chicago, for copy of free
illustrated travel booklet: "How
Best to See the Pacific Coast".
Southern Pacific
Four Great Routes
Sunset Route—."Sunset Limited". Golden State Route—"Golden State Limited"
Overland Route—"&» Francisco Overland Limited". Shasta Route—"The Cascade"