History of Washington, the evergreen state, from early dawn to daylight; With portraits and biographies . lley ofthe Hell Gate River, near the mouth of Gold Creek. What wasthe idle ceremony of the wedding of the Adriatic by the VenetianDoge cojupared with the impressive rites which celebrated this farmore important union of these last connecting links ; There issomething suggestive in the very names of the localities wherethey met. The Northern Pacific Road had indeed come througha Hell Gate of trials, and received its final refinement in the fierycrucibles of hope deferred and obstacles both
History of Washington, the evergreen state, from early dawn to daylight; With portraits and biographies . lley ofthe Hell Gate River, near the mouth of Gold Creek. What wasthe idle ceremony of the wedding of the Adriatic by the VenetianDoge cojupared with the impressive rites which celebrated this farmore important union of these last connecting links ; There issomething suggestive in the very names of the localities wherethey met. The Northern Pacific Road had indeed come througha Hell Gate of trials, and received its final refinement in the fierycrucibles of hope deferred and obstacles both natural andpecimiary ; but with Henry Villard as its standard-bearer it hadescaped from these thraldoms and achieved success at last. Thetorrents of Gold Creek might also serve to typify the auriferousstream which, in the fulness of time, was destined to pour itsgold into the treasurj of that long-struggling and sometimesalmost stranded corporation, the Northern Pacific Railroad. This victory of peace, one of the most important the nine-teenth century has seen, was celebrated with such impressive and.
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