. Ocean to ocean on horseback; being the story of a tour in the saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with especial reference to the early history and development of cities and towns along the route; and regions traversed beyond the Mississippi .. . ing the Jones House it is but just that Ishould say that I was not more courteously treatedduring my journey than by Messrs. George W. Jonesand Son. Professor Bowen and Captain Conrad withmany others saw me off. The next day a copy of the Des Moines Lcadei 426 OCEAN TO OCEAN ON HORSEBACK. reached me, in which the following notice inse
. Ocean to ocean on horseback; being the story of a tour in the saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with especial reference to the early history and development of cities and towns along the route; and regions traversed beyond the Mississippi .. . ing the Jones House it is but just that Ishould say that I was not more courteously treatedduring my journey than by Messrs. George W. Jonesand Son. Professor Bowen and Captain Conrad withmany others saw me off. The next day a copy of the Des Moines Lcadei 426 OCEAN TO OCEAN ON HORSEBACK. reached me, in which the following notice insert it here as one of many pleasant references tomy journey. Captain Willard Glazier, the horseback traveller across the Con-tinent, took in the Exposition on Saturday evening with intensegratification. He says he has seen no place on his route from Bostonmore promising than Des Moines. Among the calls he received atthe Jones House was one from Captain Conrad, a prominent attorneyfrom Missouri and now settled in his profession in this city, who wasa fellow-captive with Captain Glazier in Libby Prison during theRebellion. The Captain continued his journey westward yesterdaywith the best wishes of the friends he has made during his short CHAPTER XXIIL PES MOINES TO OMAHA. ®ue C)unLircLi aub f lftn-0CDeutl) Oag. Byers House,A D E L, Iowa, Odo6erl5,1876. EFT Des Moines with pleasant tliouglitsof the cordial reception I had met with,and pursuing my way westward over theprairies, reached this village in the even-ing after a twenty-five miles ride over asection of the country strikingly beauti-ful. The soil of the prairie, I am every-where informed, is almost invariably ofthe most productive character. No otherState, in short, has finer facilities for growing all thecereals of the temperate zone than Iowa. Adel is the county-seat of Dallas County, situated onthe Raccoon River—generally called the Coon. Atthe period of my visit the village had a population ofless than one
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