Item #4138 Salt Lake City: Where to Go and What to See. E. L. Lomax.

Salt Lake City: Where to Go and What to See.

Omaha: Union Pacific Railroad, 1910. 45pp. Duodecimo [17 cm] Illustrated wrappers. Very good. Item #4138

Short promotional guide from Union Pacific for the prospective tourist to Salt Lake City. Twenty full-page black and white views illustrate the text - includes images of Saltair, the original Public Library (Hansen Planetarium), Beck Hot Springs, Fort Douglas, Temple Block and three views of Ogden Canyon. U.P. route map on final page. Nice descriptions of sights around Salt Lake City, including a lengthy description of the then just completed Commercial Club on Exchange Place.

"From the time that it was a little huddle of wagons in the wilderness, more than three generations ago, Salt Lake City has been almost constantly in the public eye. The beauty of its situation and environment; the charms of its scenery and its proximity to many natural wonders, have given it distinction." - p.15.

Price: $65.00

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