The Union Pacific Tourist: Illustrated sketches of the principal health and pleasure resorts of the great West and Northwest, embracing Yellowstone Park, Shoshone Falls and Yosemite and the chief points of interest in the Rocky Mountain region, all most easily reached via the Union Pacific Railway

Buffalo, New York: Printing House of Matthews, Northrup & Co., Office of the Buffalo Morning Express, 1884. 4to (10.5" x 8.25"), chromolithographic wrappers. 61, [3] pp., numerous illus., 3 maps, one printed inside front wrapper, one inside back wrapper (9" x 6.5", plus margins), and inset map at page 41 (5" x 6.5"). Agent's stamp at title page, "M. T. Dennis. New England Agent 290 Washington St., Boston, Mass." CONDITION: Good, .25" loss of paper at head of spine, a few other small losses, 1.5" separation of front wrapper along foot of spine; contents bright and clean.

An unusually attractive, extensively illustrated pamphlet describing the various sites and destinations accessible via the Union Pacific Railway in the 1880s.

Following an overview of the railroad and its main line, the text offers descriptions of Denver, Clear Creek Canyon, Platte Canyon, Gunnison, Colorado parks, Salt Lake City and vicinity, Yellowstone National Park, California's Golden Coast, etc. Other topic covered include how to hunt; climate and health in the American West; facts about mining and "Elements of Western Life." The illustrations picture towns and cities, bodies of water, mountains, falls, canyons, geysers, valleys, mills, bridges, hotels, rock formations, etc. Specific views show "Alice Mine And Mill, Butte City," the "Bridge Across Snake River," "Ogden And The Wasatch Range," "Palace butte, In Yellowstone," "Green River City And Buttes," and so on. The two larger maps, entitled "Tourists Map of Colorado Issued by the Union Pacific Railway" and "Map of the Union Pacific Ry & Connections," show the railway and its connections spanning, in the first map, the American West, and in the second, Colorado and Wyoming. The smaller map depicts rail and stage routes to Yosemite, the Big Trees, and the geysers, with an inset of Monterey. The appendix provides elevations of principal mountain cities, peaks, and passes; the Union Pacific Passenger Department's personnel, and facts about train service and sleeping cars. The front wrapper includes a view of Salt Lake City and the back shows Alpine Pass.