. Crofutt's trans-continental tourist's guide : containing a full and authentic description of over five hundred cities, towns, villages, stations, government forts and camps, mountains, lakes, rivers, sulphur, soda and hot springs, scenery, watering places, summer resorts; where to look for and hunt the buffalo, antelope, deer, and other games; trout fishing, etc., etc. In fact, to tell you what is worth seeing - where to see it - where to go - how to go - and whom to stop with while passing over the Union Pacific Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad of Cal., their branches and connections by s
. Crofutt's trans-continental tourist's guide : containing a full and authentic description of over five hundred cities, towns, villages, stations, government forts and camps, mountains, lakes, rivers, sulphur, soda and hot springs, scenery, watering places, summer resorts; where to look for and hunt the buffalo, antelope, deer, and other games; trout fishing, etc., etc. In fact, to tell you what is worth seeing - where to see it - where to go - how to go - and whom to stop with while passing over the Union Pacific Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad of Cal., their branches and connections by stage and water, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Illustrated .. . pulation about200. Elevation, 1,907 feet. Cmsider-able freight is left here for the Woodriver country, which is rapidly settlingup. GIBBON. At this station, during the last year,48 buildings have been erected, whicliinclude stores, hotels, school-houses, anddwellings. Oh! what changes we haveto record ! Wonderful it is, indeed, howthis country is settling up ! Populationnow over 350, and eighteen months agowe set it down as a email side-trackand flag station, between Wood riverand KEARNEY, As this station will be the junction ofthe Burlington and Missouri River Rail-road and the St. Joseph and Denver CityR. R., it will prove an important one mthe future. The station has an ele-vation of 3,100 feet. It is named afterold Fort Kearney, on the south side ofthe Platte, opposite the station. PORT KEARNEY. This post was first established at FortChilds, Indian Territory, iu 1848, byvolunteers of the Mexican War. Chang-ed to Fort Kearney in Marcli, 1849. In1858 the post was rebuilt by the late. crofutts trans-continental tourists guide. ■dl Brevet Colonel Cbas. Mav, Sd is situated five miles Bouthof KearneyStation, on the soaih bank of the Platte,wbicli is at ibia point three miiea wideand filled with small islands. At hig-hwater it very difficult to cross the riverwith supplies fur the fort, l-rora t
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