Continuous riding over this road does not become monotonous, owing to the variety and constant change of scenery, traversing, as it does, Marin, Sonoma, Russian River, Sanel and Ukiah Valleys. The hand of man, in dotting the country with orchards, vineyards, grain fields, homes, towns and villages, has most beautifully blended the domestic with nature’s wildness. From San Francisco to Ukiah, the terminus of the road, is only 113 miles. The Counties tributary, Marin, Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake, are known as the most fertile on the Pacific Coast. The winds from the Pacific Ocean, tempered by the bordering coast range and redwood forests, produce a mild and salubrious climate so enjoyable to the healthy and refreshing to the weak. The Hotels and Resorts, and the numerous and various mineral springs, afford every opportunity for health and recreation. This section is specially desirable to the home-seeker, owing to the variety and profusion of products which can be raised, and without irrigation; for in this section, renowned for its richness and fertility and wonderful soil products, =there is not one acre under irrigation=. _Ticket Office, 650 Market Street, Chronicle Building._ _General Office, Mutual Life Building, San Francisco._ A. W. FOSTER, Pres. and Gen’l Manager. H. C. WHITING, General Superintendent. R. X. RYAN, Gen’l Pass’r and Frt. Agt. * * * * * [Illustration] * * * * * Transcriber’s Notes: The author is Helen McCowen Carpenter (1839-1917). This pamphlet is not dated, but a review of it appeared in _The San Francisco Call_, Volume 81, Number 163, May 12, 1897, p. 7. Punctuation has been made consistent. The paragraphs beginning “One day, after ...” and “Here the legend ends, ...” have been transposed. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Legend of Dah-nol-yo, Squaw Rock, by Helen McCowen Carpenter