. 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 .. . ked back from the road I could see her wavingher handkerchief as a parting salute. Jiftg-SUtl) JDag. Farm House,Near Wickliffe, Ohio, July Fifth. Starting rather late from Painesville, a town justbeyond Mr. Lees, and riding leisurely during theday, I found it necessary to keep to the road untildark, in order to place myself as near to Clevelanda
. 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 .. . ked back from the road I could see her wavingher handkerchief as a parting salute. Jiftg-SUtl) JDag. Farm House,Near Wickliffe, Ohio, July Fifth. Starting rather late from Painesville, a town justbeyond Mr. Lees, and riding leisurely during theday, I found it necessary to keep to the road untildark, in order to place myself as near to Clevelandas possible, before halting. Reached Willoughby, theseat of a Methodist College, nineteen miles east ofCleveland, just before sundown, where I was temptedto stay over night, knowing that to ride farther wouldbe gloomy and uninteresting, but in my eagerness toreach the Forest City, towards which I had lookedfor several days, I pressed forward. As there was no hotel at Wickliffe, I passed throughthe little hamlet of that name and secured lodgingsat the farm house of Thomas Lloyd, an old settler ofLake County, and a very large land-owner. He toldme the history of his pioneer life in this section ofOhio, and of his start in the pursuit of a fortune,. BUFFALO TO CLEVELAND. 227 which gave me a bit of the early history of Ohiofrom another standpoint. Tt may seem odd that dur-ing the ^*fiying visits which I sometimes paid tothese small j)laees, there was opportunity to hear any-thing about them, but country folk are accustomed toearly rising, and as I learned the art, years ago, ofwaking with the birds, \ very often joined my host,and had a chat witli him before breakfast. The set-tlement near whicrli I stayed overnight is six mileswest of Willoughby, which brought me within thir-teen miles of Cleveland. It boasts of nothing morethan the necessary blacksmith shop and store, and looks up to its big neighbor with due lies in the fertile county of Lake, a northeasterncorner of
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