File:Appletons' illustrated hand-book of American travel. A full and reliable guide to the United States and the British provinces. With careful maps of all parts of the country, and pictures of famous (14782659004).jpg

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Title: Appletons' illustrated hand-book of American travel. A full and reliable guide ... to ... the United States and the British provinces. With careful maps of all parts of the country, and pictures of famous places and scenes, from original drawings by the author and other artists
Year: 1857 (1850s)
Authors: T. Addison Richards
Subjects: United States--Guidebooks Canada--Guidebooks
Publisher: D. Appleton
Contributing Library: Thoreau Society Collections at the Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods
Digitizing Sponsor: Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

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reet; the American Theatre, on San-som street; the Minstrels, on Washing-ton street; Musical Hall, and the GermanTurn Verein Hall, on Bush street, withseveral other minor places of amuse-ment. A visit to the Mission, some four milessouth-west of the city, would interestthe stranger. Two or three lines ofomnibuses are running over the fineplank road to the latter place; the racecourse, and many fine gardens, are inthe vicinity. Also the Orphan Asylum,a fine institution. A half-hourly line of omnibuses alsoruns to the Presidio, which is situatedsome three miles toward the GoldenGate ; a walk or ride to Fort Point andPoint Lobos, passing on to the SealRock House, and Ocean House, affordsmany fine scenes of the entrance to theBay and of the sea shore. The view of the Bay from TelegraphHill is also very fine, embracing thecity, with the distant contra coast range.The view of the city from Rincon Pointis, perhaps, the best, certainly the mostpicturesque. Daily lines of stages leave the city
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The Golden Gate, San Francisco, Califurnu CALIFORNIA. 371 Visit to the Interior and along the Coast. for San Jose: one line by the westernside of the bay; the other is taken bycrossing over to Oakland, 12 miles bysteamer, and then by stage along theeastern side of the bay to San Jose.The distance by either line is about 50miles; time, 7 hours; fare, generally,$3. These lines also have connectionsat San Jose for Monterey, 126 milesfrom San Francisco, and the New Al-maden Quicksilver Mines, 12 miles southof San Jos6. Besides the beauty of thevalley of San Jose, and its climate ofperpetual spring, the gardens and Arte-sian Wells, many places in the vicinityare worthy of a visit, especially theQuicksilver Mines and the Missions ofSanta Clara and San Jose. Returning to San Francisco by steameror stage, we make our arrangementsfor a trip to the interior. Steamers leave daily for SacramentoCity, Stockton, Marysville, and manyother points upon the waters of theBay—Petaluma, Sonoma, Napa, &a

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