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Franklin McMillan Diary, 1923 & 1924

Frank McMillan 1923 & 1924 72.pdf

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Canyon. the scenery is fine. railroad curves out and in between hills and through tunnels must have gone through ten. the hills are all rocks, of different colors some straight up the sides for hundreds of feet. the porter says the road was all washed out in 1910. we sat out on the back platform for a while as we are in the observation car. we are handy, to get out. took a snap of a tunnel also one of the hills. do not know whether they will be any good taken while train was going arrived at Caliente Nev at 8.35. got off train and took a couple of snaps. the scenery is grand here. with hills all around the elevation is 4396. feet. but is only a small place pop. 595 we put our watches on one hour here and left at 945 after staying 10 minutes. after leaving here we begin to climb through the Nevada Canyons till we arrive at Crestline, (the last 26 miles all through Canyons) elevation 5992 feet elevation. at 1030 we began to see

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