The Heart of the Continent: A Record of Travel Across the Plains and in Oregon, with an Examination of the Mormon PrincipleHurd and Houghton, 1870 - 568 Seiten |
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... Overland Journey . Atchison is a small town , but a lively one . We had scarcely touched the ferry - wharf on the Kansas side before we were invited to a hanging . Lynch , C. J. , was to sit that afternoon upon a couple of bushwhack ...
... Overland Journey . Atchison is a small town , but a lively one . We had scarcely touched the ferry - wharf on the Kansas side before we were invited to a hanging . Lynch , C. J. , was to sit that afternoon upon a couple of bushwhack ...
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... overland , we met an agent , whom we had expected to transact with , going over to Leavenworth between two dragoons , to answer before the Brigadier - General of the Department for having violated some freight contract on the stage ...
... overland , we met an agent , whom we had expected to transact with , going over to Leavenworth between two dragoons , to answer before the Brigadier - General of the Department for having violated some freight contract on the stage ...
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... Overland Mail vehicle is of that description known as the Concord wagon , a stout oblong box on springs , painted red , with heavy wheels and axles , having a flat arched roof of water - proof cloth erected on strong posts , like those ...
... Overland Mail vehicle is of that description known as the Concord wagon , a stout oblong box on springs , painted red , with heavy wheels and axles , having a flat arched roof of water - proof cloth erected on strong posts , like those ...
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... Overland Mail travelled night and day . I had known it always , but I never felt it till about twelve o'clock the first night out , when my legs began growing unpleasantly long , and my feet swelled to such a size that they touched all ...
... Overland Mail travelled night and day . I had known it always , but I never felt it till about twelve o'clock the first night out , when my legs began growing unpleasantly long , and my feet swelled to such a size that they touched all ...
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... Overland Road , between the Missouri and Denver , generally consist of a single wooden house , with stables attached , and a large corral , or inclosed yard , just adjacent . Some of the more ambitious station - keepers cultivate ...
... Overland Road , between the Missouri and Denver , generally consist of a single wooden house , with stables attached , and a large corral , or inclosed yard , just adjacent . Some of the more ambitious station - keepers cultivate ...
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