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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... miles from Atchison . Here we took tea in quite an ambitious frame tavern , and our eyes lay lingeringly on the shingle of Civili- zation's last justice of the peace . There was a tin- shop in Seneca ; I think a lawyer's office ; and ...
... miles from Atchison . Here we took tea in quite an ambitious frame tavern , and our eyes lay lingeringly on the shingle of Civili- zation's last justice of the peace . There was a tin- shop in Seneca ; I think a lawyer's office ; and ...
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... Mile Point , " one hundred and eleven miles from Atchison , and the last station this side of Nebraska . The stations on the Overland Road , between the Missouri and Denver , generally consist of a single wooden house , with stables ...
... Mile Point , " one hundred and eleven miles from Atchison , and the last station this side of Nebraska . The stations on the Overland Road , between the Missouri and Denver , generally consist of a single wooden house , with stables ...
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... miles to pick up the droppings . Though the prai- rie - fowl diminished , the plovers and doves were still abundant . At Virginia City , one hundred and thirty miles from Atchison , the stage stopped for dinner about noon ; but our ...
... miles to pick up the droppings . Though the prai- rie - fowl diminished , the plovers and doves were still abundant . At Virginia City , one hundred and thirty miles from Atchison , the stage stopped for dinner about noon ; but our ...
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... miles from the inky surface , hang- ing with torn fringes of leaden vapor just above our head , up through the tremendous chasms flecked along their wall , with dying gold and purple color , with won- derful light and shadows , and ...
... miles from the inky surface , hang- ing with torn fringes of leaden vapor just above our head , up through the tremendous chasms flecked along their wall , with dying gold and purple color , with won- derful light and shadows , and ...
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... is the glory of the fertile plains in May and early June , and we afterward found it extending for miles among the barren sand- dunes beyond Fort Kearney , encroaching upon the ter- ritory 36 THE HEART OF THE CONTINENT .
... is the glory of the fertile plains in May and early June , and we afterward found it extending for miles among the barren sand- dunes beyond Fort Kearney , encroaching upon the ter- ritory 36 THE HEART OF THE CONTINENT .
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