The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 6, July 1902 - April, 1903 Page: 136
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136 lTexas Historical Association Quarterly.
had been the improvement in the place since my visit in 49 that
no possible stretch of the imagination could have prepared me for
the change. Instead of a few hundred canvass houses and tents
resembling a miners camp on the diggings-now I meandered the
streets of a city of stone & brick and iron fronts-and many storys
-and paved sidewalks-and every appliance, convenience and
embelishment of the modern emporium-but the history and
praises of San Francisco are too well Known at this day and time
to invite a description of its character & reputation from me[.]
Leaving the shores of California through the "Golden Gate" On
the fine pacific Steamer "Golden city" we had a most pleasant
'trip down the coast to Panama, touching only at Acapulco On the
way- this place affords probably the best harbor on the pacific
coast except San Francisco-a small Mexican town on the Edge
of the Bay just within the entrance to the harbor-is all there is
of Acapulco-except always about a hundred....... .natives male
& female of all ages and sizes that sport in the beautiful waters
like the otters along the Ocean beach.
At Panama. we disembarked from the good ship and entered 'the
cars of the Panama R. R. and in about 3 hours reached Aspinwall
-distance from Ocean to Ocean about 60 miles- Panama is just
a little north of the Equator-and apparently much nearer the
infernal regions. I dont remember the temperature of the istmus
-but the heat was very oppressive. My companions, ever thought-
ful of mans comfort and physical wants-had secured a big bucket
of ice water-and various bottles of the ice cold drinks-palm leaf
Fans, and the indespensable Havana accompanament-and with
the novelty of the trip-the wonderful scenery, the Flora and
Fauna that abounded on all sides and the frolicsome little Apes
that sported among the trees-and the marvellous luxuriance of
this equitorial region-all tended to make this passage across the
continent pleasant & interesting[.]
Aspinwall seemed to be a very neat and considerably American-
ized [town] Only a few hundred population & the business of the
place-as far as I could see was confined the R R and steam-ship
traffic-and the eating houses and saloons that are always present
where people congregate.
The steam ship Potomac-not the good ship Potomac-but the
old & rickety Ship Potomac, was here ready to receive the passen-
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