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98.3 3.3 Fork; bear right downgrade.
98.4 0.1
98.5 0.1 XVlgllV llO-iiVi UlWgUiiM* X A* V.
98.6 0.1 Fork, small brick school on left; keep left. Pass water tank
on right 99.0, crossing RRs just beyond.
99.1 0.5 Swanlake, 4-corners, stores on right. Turn left.
102.6 3.5 Left-hand road just beyond small wooden bridge; turn left
across RR.
102.9 0.3 End of road; turn right.
109.6 6.7 Downey. Straight thru along RR.
110.2 0.6 Fork; bear right along RR. \
114.7 4.5 Virginia. Straight thru, passing sta. on right. Pass Marsh
Valley Sta. on right 117.2. Cross switches 117.5.
119.4 4.7 Arimo, P. O. on left, sta. on right. Straight thru. Cross RR
123.0.
Right at 124.0 leads to Lava Hot Springs.
Cross RR 124.2. Cross small concrete bridge 124.8.
125.5 6.1 End of road ; turn right one block.
125.6 0.1 4-corners, blacksmith shop on right; turn left.
126.1 0.5 McCammon, P. O. and bank on left. Turn right and at end
of road, turn left. Cross RR 126.7. Cross small iron bridge
over Port Neuf river 126.8. Pass Onyx Sta. on left 132.2.
Pass Inkom Sta. on left 137.2. Pass P. O. on left 137.5.
137.7 11.6 Inkom, end of road, store on left. Turn left. Pass Port Neuf
Sta. on left 143.4. Avoid left-hand diagonal road 148.0. Pass
Mountain View Cemetery on right 148.7. Note large “T” on
right for Idaho “Tech.” 148.9. Pass Idaho Technical Insti-
tute on right 149.2—now on 5th Ave.
149.7 12.0 Center St., court house on right; turn left.
Right at 149.7 is Route 699 to Yellowstone.
150.0 0.3 End of road under viaduct; turn right upgrade and then turn
sharp right, crossing long viaduct over RR yards, and de-
scending again onto Center St. at 150.2.
150.2 0.2 POCATELLO, IDAHO,* W. Center & Main Sts., bank on left.
HOTELS—Hotel Bannock, W. Center & Arthur Sts.
GARAGES—Trlst Automobile Co., 630-650 W. Center St.
Note (a) Route 698—Logan to Bear Lake, Utah—45.2 m.
Reverse Note (b) on Route 698.
vin T.oenn eanvon Gravelly dirt road all the way.
A good^mountafn road with no serious grades, but many narrow places , where pass-
ing space is difficult to find. A large fund, however, has been appropriated for grading
qti d wldpninff and "work is to be st8.rt6d shortly. _ _ ..
Leaving Logan we soon enter a beautiful canyon by the same name and ^llow a
rushing stream with many exceptional beauty spots to the summit of a majestic
mountain range. A 6-mile descent brings the tourist to the shores of Bear Lake, a
wonderful body of water, 5,900 feet above sea level and with an area of 140 square
miles. Around the lake are located many resorts catering to the comfort of their
visitors.
0.0 0.0 LOGAN, Center & Main Sts., court house on far left. Go east on Center St.
0 2 Right-hand road at sign; jog right and left away from pavement.
0.2
0.3 0 0 bridge and follow winding road along
0.8 ft ?r™g™a?’4 -'corn";
stream thru beautiful canyon.
6.3
12.5 7.2 Fork,’ firt beyond small wooden bridge; bear left. Caution for sharp right
•Pocatello, Ida. (pop. 20,000, alt. 4,461 ft.), is million dollars, one of the finest irrigation
the seat of Bannock county and the second systems in the west, for the irrigation of a
large tract of land lying adjacent to the city.
largest city in the state. It is situated in the
The Idaho Technical Institute is located in
center of that portion of the Fort Hall Indian
Pocatello; twenty-five miles west of the city
reservation thrown open to public entry in may be seen the American Falls, with its 42
1902. In the early days it was a trading and ft. fall, while to the north are the towns of
fur post. Today the largest wholesale Blackfoot, Sheely and Idaho Falls, known as
dealers of the west have their warehouses the greatest potato producing sections in the
here. It is the railroad terminal for six U. S. To the south are some of the most
divisions, has complete construction and re- valuable springs in the west, among them
pair shops costing over two million dollars being Lava Hot Springs, Heisse Hot springs
and a monthly payroll of nine hundred thou- and S'oda springs, the latter being especially
sand dollars. The government has just well known for its mineral water “Idan-ha,"
recently completed, at a cost of more than a which is marketed all over the states.