. The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes ... A complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ... . _^^52ir^-^-^:^:r4 V- BUSTED. Pikes Peak or Bust.—This expression hasbecome widely known, and received its origin as. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. wmm ^m€iFm Towmim. 23 follows:—At the time of the opening of thePikes Peak excitement in gold diggings, twopioneers made themselves conspicuous by paint-ing in large letters on the s
. The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes ... A complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ... . _^^52ir^-^-^:^:r4 V- BUSTED. Pikes Peak or Bust.—This expression hasbecome widely known, and received its origin as. REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. wmm ^m€iFm Towmim. 23 follows:—At the time of the opening of thePikes Peak excitement in gold diggings, twopioneers made themselves conspicuous by paint-ing in large letters on the side of tlieir wagoncover :—• Pikes Peat or Bust. In their haste toreach this, the newly discovered Eldorado, theyscorned all safety and protection offered by thetrain and traveled alone, and on their ownhook. For days and weeks they escaped the dangersattending their folly, and passed unharmed untilthey reactied the roving ground of the bloodySioux. Here they were surrounded and cruellyand wantonly murdered; their bodies were driventiirough with arrows, and pinned to the eartli,and left to the sunshine and storms of theskies. ^ Fremont—is miles from Omaha, andhas an elevation of 1,170 feet. It is the county-s-iat of Dodge County, and has a population offull 3,000. In the year 1875, over ,^100,000 wereexpended in buildings in this growing youn
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