The Heart of the Continent: A Record of Travel Across the Plains and in Oregon, with an Examination of the Mormon PrincipleHurd and Houghton, 1871 - 568 Seiten |
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... Creek , the first of a series of short streams , laid down on the maps as draining a broad plateau south of Denver , and communicating with the river in nearly parallel lines . Bijou , Kiowa , and THE BUFFALO COUNTRY TO THE GOLD MINES .
... Creek , the first of a series of short streams , laid down on the maps as draining a broad plateau south of Denver , and communicating with the river in nearly parallel lines . Bijou , Kiowa , and THE BUFFALO COUNTRY TO THE GOLD MINES .
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... than the chan- nels laid down on the maps as creeks , and , to all ap- pearance , might as well discharge some water from the plateau at longer or shorter intervals ; yet their THE BUFFALO COUNTRY TO THE GOLD MINES . 135.
... than the chan- nels laid down on the maps as creeks , and , to all ap- pearance , might as well discharge some water from the plateau at longer or shorter intervals ; yet their THE BUFFALO COUNTRY TO THE GOLD MINES . 135.
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... plateau at longer or shorter intervals ; yet their thirstiness is a matter of ages , not of years . At Eagle's Nest , a station eleven miles from the Orchard , I observed , for the first time since leaving Cottonwood , a stony outcrop ...
... plateau at longer or shorter intervals ; yet their thirstiness is a matter of ages , not of years . At Eagle's Nest , a station eleven miles from the Orchard , I observed , for the first time since leaving Cottonwood , a stony outcrop ...
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... plateau of the divide to the valley , were curiously channeled into isolated groups and masses , whose form gave every possible scope to one's fancy . The simplest of these formations were mere sinuous galleries . Where the work of ...
... plateau of the divide to the valley , were curiously channeled into isolated groups and masses , whose form gave every possible scope to one's fancy . The simplest of these formations were mere sinuous galleries . Where the work of ...
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... plateau of the embankment , and not far from its edge , stood Windsor Castle . The resemblance was astonishing . Towers , battle- ments , imposing façade , proportions , all were remark- ably imitated . If the bareness about it had been ...
... plateau of the embankment , and not far from its edge , stood Windsor Castle . The resemblance was astonishing . Towers , battle- ments , imposing façade , proportions , all were remark- ably imitated . If the bareness about it had been ...
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