. 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 .. . een taken up and occupied by thriftyfarmers, who are reaping an abundantreward for their labor. The TrUnine and the , bothweekly newspapers, ably represent thisthrifty town. The Si .ux City and Pacific II. R. con-nects hero with the St. John, Iowa, with the C. & N. R., aud it is claimed the roue ja 33niileti shorter to Citicairo than vid Oma-ha. But we do not know of any throughtravel ever going thia route, and judgethe local travel to be its sole support. THE PLATTE RIVER. We are now going up the Platte,and lor many miles we shall ])asscloselyalong its north bank ; at other times, thecoarse of the river can nnly be traced bythelimber growingon lis banks. Br adplains are the principal features, skirtedin places with low abrupt hills, wiiichhere in this level country rise t> thedii>nity f)f bluff-f. It would never do to omit a deRcrip-tion of this famous stream, up the banksof which BO many emiirranig toiled inthe Whoa haw times, from 1850 to. CROFlTT H TKAXS-CONTINENTAL TOURISTS has kept a record of all such expletives;to that authority we refer our readers,who arc fond of figures. Once in awhile, too, the traveler will catch aglimpse of a lone grave, markedby a rude headboard, on theseplains; and has he lime and skilllo decipher the old and time stain-ed hieroglyphi
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