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7. The commerce is important. Machinery and other supplies for miners, and articles for home use are brought from the manufacturing states; gold and silver, wool and fish are exported.

8. Cities.—San Francisco is the largest city on the Pacific coast It carries on much of the foreign commerce of this section. It imports silks and tea, and exports wheat, lumber, and the precious metals. We enter the harbor by a passage remarkable for its beauty. It is called the Golden Gate.



Los Angeles is the second city of the state in size and importance. There are many oil wells near, and fruit canning and drying are leading industries.

Sacramento, the capital of California, is noted for its magnificent capitol.

Portland, the largest city in Oregon, is the chief shipping port for the wheat and lumber of this state.

Astoria, at the mouth of the Columbia river, has a large business in canning salmon.



Denver is the great business city of Colorado, and a favorite place of residence. Supplies for the mines, railroads, and ranches are bought here.

Colorado Springs, near the Rocky Mountains, is a health resort. Cripple Creek is noted for gold mines.

Seattle, the largest city of Washington, is an important shipping point. Three great railroads that cross the continent end there.

Tacoma, the second city in size, has a splendid harbor and large lumber mills.



For Recitation.—What can you tell of the climate of this section? What are the chief products? What parts are noted for stock-raising? What are the mineral products? In what parts are lumbering and salmon-fishing important? What are the chief exports? For what is Alaska famed? Describe the chief cities.