. Crofutt's new Overland tourist, and Pacific Coast guide ... over the Union, Kansas, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage .. . ation. Continuing our descent 5 miles, we reach Papilliosi (Pap-e-o)-Here we are lowest elevation on the whole line,excepting Omaha, which is 6 feet this s aton to Sherman, on theBhick Hills, 535 miles, it will be a grad-ual up-grade, rising in the distance 7,270feet. Papillion is the county seat of Sarpycounty and has the usual county buildings,some of which are fine structures. TheTimes, a
. Crofutt's new Overland tourist, and Pacific Coast guide ... over the Union, Kansas, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage .. . ation. Continuing our descent 5 miles, we reach Papilliosi (Pap-e-o)-Here we are lowest elevation on the whole line,excepting Omaha, which is 6 feet this s aton to Sherman, on theBhick Hills, 535 miles, it will be a grad-ual up-grade, rising in the distance 7,270feet. Papillion is the county seat of Sarpycounty and has the usual county buildings,some of which are fine structures. TheTimes, a weekly paper, is published station is on the east side of PapillionRiver, a narrow stream of some 50 milesin length, which, running southward,empties into Elkhorn River, a few milesbelow the station. The bridge ovtr thestream is a very sulistautial wooden The country about the station hasbeen improved very much within the lastfew years; it has fitlly doubled its popu-lation, which is now about 1,000, and evi-dences of thrift appear on every hand. Soon alter leaving the station, we crossthe Papillion River, and 6 4-10 miles bringsus to 26 PACIFIC COAST ilAXGING ROCK, ECHO CANYOX, UTAU. Millard—au unimportant station to tiietourist, is situated in the midst of a fineagricultural section—two stores, a flouringmill and hotel; population about miles further, we come to Elkhorn—which is on the east bankof Elkhorn River, and of considerable im-Ijortauce as a point for freight traffic—it be-ing the outlet of Elkhorn River valley. River—is a stream of about300 miles in l^ngih. It rises among tiehills of the Divide, near where the head-waters of the Niobrara River rise and wendtheir way toward their final destination,the Missouri. The course of Elkhorncreek, or river, is east of south. It is oneof the fev/ streams in this part suitable formill purposes, and possesses many excel-lent mill sites along its course. The valleyof this
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