...California : The people living within that portion of the continent lying between the Goose Creek range of mountains on the east, and the Sierra Nevada on the west, the Oregon and Utah line on the north, and the Colorado river on the south, have appointed us their commissioners...

...California : The people living within that portion of the continent lying between the Goose Creek range of mountains on the east, and the Sierra Nevada on the west, the Oregon and Utah line on the north, and the Colorado river on the south, have appointed us their commissioners...

...take a bird's-eye view of the great inland basin of which Salt Lake Valley forms only a part. We shall find that what is termed the Great Basin of the West...vast area inclosed by the Wasatch Mountains on the cast, and the Sierra Nevada on the west, the crest or water divide of the Columbia on the north, and...

...a bird's-eye view of the great inland basin of which Salt Lake. Valley forms only a part. We shall find that what is termed the Great Basin of the West comprises the vast area inclosed by the Watsatch Mountains on the east, and the Sierra Kevada on the west, the crest or water divide of the...

...is known as the basin of the Mississippi and Missouri ; the third is the country between the Rocky Mountains on the east and the Sierra Nevada on the west; the fourth extends from the Sierra Nevada to the Pacific Ocean, and is known as the Pacific slope. The...

...can be divided into three great divisions — the parks, basins and plateau. Lying between the Rocky Mountains on the east and the Sierra Nevada on the west, the transverse chains form great basins, of which that of the Salt Lake is the chief within the bounds...

...find that what is termed the Great Hasin i>f the West comprises the vast area inclosed by the Wasatoh Mountains on the east and the Sierra Nevada on the...also observe that this great region has no visible ontlet ; that it is composed of a multitude of smaller basins or valleys, each of which has its little...

...find that what is termed the Great Basin of the West comprises the vast area enclosed by the Wahsatch Mountains on the east and the Sierra Nevada on the west, the crest or water-divide of the Columbia on the north, and that of the Colorado on the south. We shall also observe...

...find that what is termed the Great Basin of the West comprises the vast area enclosed by the Wahsatch Mountains on the east and the Sierra Nevada on the west ; the crest or water-divide of the Columbia on the north, and that of the Colorado on the south. We shall also observe...

...is as yet unknown, but they certainly number many hundreds. In a cross profile of the region between the Wasatch Mountains on the east and the Sierra Nevada on the west the number of mountain ridges due to faulting is at least a score. The precipitous western border of the...