Improvement Era, Vol. 17

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Excerpt from Improvement Era, Vol. 17: August, 1914Approach the Uintah Range from whatever quarter of the compass we may, 'we cannot fail to be pleased with its bold and commanding forms. That trinity of peaks, La Motte, the Bald Mountain and Mount Agassiz (commonly called Reed's Peak), form the center of a thousand magnificent views. Not long ago, considering the age of mountains, this whole region was covered with creeping glaciers. Their ice fronts rested upon causeways of huge, round boulders which they themselves had brought down and piled at the mouth of every canon. We yet see the evidences of erosion on every hand, deep canons plowed out of mountains of solid rock, cliffs and mountain sides ¿uted, as it were, by the sharp corners of stones held in the grip of the icy masses, exten sive amphitheatres and glacial valleys in which rest now the cold, crystal waters of innumerable lakes.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.