Bits of Travel at Home (1878) by Helen Hunt Jackson Helen H. Jackson Copyright, By Roberts Brothers. 1878. Bits of Travel at Home (1878) by Helen Hunt Jackson Table of Contents Bits of Travel at Home (1878) by Helen Hunt Jackson...................................................................................1 Ahwahnechee Place Names.....................................................................................................................1 About the Author.....................................................................................................................................2 Bibliographical Information.....................................................................................................................3 BITS OF TRAVEL AT HOME.........................................................................................................................5 By H. H.,.................................................................................................................................................5 CONTENTS.............................................................................................................................................5 CALIFORNIA.........................................................................................................................................6 BITS OF TRAVEL AT HOME.........................................................................................................................7 FROM CHICAGO TO OGDEN..............................................................................................................7 SALT LAKE CITY................................................................................................................................13 FROM OGDEN TO SAN FRANCISCO..............................................................................................18 THE GEYSERS.....................................................................................................................................23 HOLY CROSS VILLAGE AND MRS. POPE’S..................................................................................28 THE CHINESE EMPIRE......................................................................................................................32 SAN FRANCISCO................................................................................................................................38 THE WAY TO AH-WAH-NE...............................................................................................................43 THE DESCENT INTO AH-WAH-NE..................................................................................................48 AH-WAH-NE DAYS............................................................................................................................51 PI-WY-ACK AND YO-WI-HE.............................................................................................................55 PATILLIMA AND LOYA....................................................................................................................60 POHONO...............................................................................................................................................64 FROM BIG OAK FLAT TO MURPHY’S............................................................................................67 LAKE TAHOE......................................................................................................................................70 MY DAY IN THE WILDERNESS.......................................................................................................74 NEW ENGLAND..................................................................................................................................82 HIDE-AND-SEEK TOWN....................................................................................................................82 A ROAD-SIDE...............................................................................................................................88 THE MIRACLE PLAY OF 1870, IN BETHLEHEM, NEW HAMPSHIRE........................................89 A GLIMPSE OF COUNTRY WINTER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE........................................................92 A MORNING IN A VERMONT GRAVEYARD.................................................................................94 COLORADO.........................................................................................................................................98 A SYMPHONY IN YELLOW AND RED...........................................................................................98 COLORADO SPRINGS......................................................................................................................104 CHEYENNE CANYON......................................................................................................................108 A COLORADO WEEK.......................................................................................................................111 A STUDY OF RED CANYON...........................................................................................................124 CENTRAL CITY AND BOB TAIL TUNNEL...................................................................................126 GEORGETOWN AND THE “TERRIBLE MINE”............................................................................131 BOWLDER CANYON........................................................................................................................137 THE CRADLE OF PEACE.................................................................................................................141 A WINTER MORNING AT COLORADO SPRINGS.......................................................................144 GRAND CANYON OF THE ARKANSAS........................................................................................146 OUR NEW ROAD...............................................................................................................................150 NORTH CHEYENNE CANYON.......................................................................................................156 WA-HA-TOY-A; OR, BEFORE THE GRADERS.............................................................................158 i Bits of Travel at Home (1878) by Helen Hunt Jackson Table of Contents BITS OF TRAVEL AT HOME. THE PROCESSION OF FLOWERS IN COLORADO......................................................................163 LITTLE ROSE AND THE HOUSE OF THE SNOWY RANGE.......................................................169 A NEW ANVIL CHORUS..................................................................................................................173 A CALENDAR OF SUNRISES IN COLORADO.............................................................................183 BITS OF TRAVEL..............................................................................................................................186 BITS OF TALK...................................................................................................................................187 ABOUT HOME MATTERS.........................................................................................................187 VERSES...............................................................................................................................................188 WIT AND WISDOM...........................................................................................................................189 GEORGE ELIOT.........................................................................................................................189 ii Bits of Travel at Home (1878) by Helen Hunt Jackson • Title Page • Contents • California ♦ From Chicago to Ogden ♦ Salt Lake City ♦ From Ogden to San Francisco ♦ The Geysers ♦ Holy Cross Village and Mrs. Pope’s ♦ The Chinese Empire ♦ San Francisco ♦ The Way to Ah-wah-ne ♦ The Descent into Ah-wah-ne • Colorado ♦ Ah-wah-ne Days ♦ A Symphony in Yellow and Red ♦ Pi-wy-ack* and Yo-wi-he ♦ Colorado Springs ♦ Patillima and Loya ♦ Cheyenne Canyon ♦ Pohono ♦ A Colorado Week ♦ From Big Oak Flat to Murphy’s ♦ A Study of Red Canyon ♦ Lake Tahoe ♦ Central City and Bob-Tail ♦ My Day in the Wilderness Tunnel ♦ Georgetown and the “Terrible • New England Mine” ♦ Hide-and-Seek Town ♦ Bowlder Canyon ♦ The Miracle Play of 1870, in ♦ The Cradle of Peace Bethlehem, N.H. ♦ A Winter Morning at Colorado ♦ A Glimpse of Country Winter in Springs New Hampshire ♦ Grand Canyon of the Arkansas ♦ A Morning in a Vermont ♦ Our New Road Graveyard ♦ North Cheyenne Canyon ♦ Wa-ha-toy-a; or, Before the Graders ♦ The Procession of Flowers in Colorado ♦ Little Rose and the House of the Snowy Range ♦ A New Anvil Chorus ♦ A Calendar of Sunrises in Colorado • Ads Ahwahnechee Place Names The following Yosemite Valley place names are mentioned in Bits of Travel at Home. The Ahwahnechee place name (using the author’s spelling) is followed by the European place name. Bits of Travel at Home (1878) by Helen Hunt Jackson 1 Bits of Travel at Home (1878) by Helen Hunt Jackson Ah-wah-ne Yosemite Valley Ah-wah-ne-chee Yosemite Valley people Tis-sa-ack Half Dome (South Dome) Loya Sentinel Rock Tutocanula or Tu-tock-ah-nu-lah El Capitan Ah-wi-yah Mirror Lake Patillima or Er-na-ting Law-oo-too Glacier Point Pohono Bridalveil Fall Pi-wy-ack* Vernal Fall* Yo-wi-he Nevada Fall Mah-tah Liberty Cap —— *The correct Ahwahneechee name for Vernal Fall is Yan-o-pah. Pi-wy-ack