Through storyland to sunset seas : what four people saw on a journey through the Southwest to the Pacific coast . rowler. There are some remarkable Indian Remainsofamounds near Fandels saw mill over there. I dont know much about arch- Gibson,aeology, but Dr. Joseph Jones, of New Orleans, has matie an exhaustivestudy of them and finds them of great interest. But look here, Colonel, I said ; you were sidetracked ni your descrip-tion of this section of Louisiana ; there is not much sea inarsli to ht seenfrom here. No, and you wont see any of it from the cars, replied the Colonel,it lies off there
Through storyland to sunset seas : what four people saw on a journey through the Southwest to the Pacific coast . rowler. There are some remarkable Indian Remainsofamounds near Fandels saw mill over there. I dont know much about arch- Gibson,aeology, but Dr. Joseph Jones, of New Orleans, has matie an exhaustivestudy of them and finds them of great interest. But look here, Colonel, I said ; you were sidetracked ni your descrip-tion of this section of Louisiana ; there is not much sea inarsli to ht seenfrom here. No, and you wont see any of it from the cars, replied the Colonel,it lies off there to the south. The Southern Pacific line runs through asuperbly fertile prairie country which, as you will see, deepens into great 20 THROUGH STORYLAND TO SUNSET SEAS. It isnt a desert pine forests Oil the western edge of the state. The farms are given overmeans^^^^ to sugar, cotton and rice, while corn, oats, potatoes, beans, etc., grow lux-uriantly, as do all the semi-tropic and temperate fruits. The resources ofthis country have attracted, of late years, thousands of settlers from theNorth, and tho I have. AN OLD HOME ON BAYOU RAMOS, NEAR MORGAN CITY, LA. Unfortunatelypeople have towork here too. traveled extensively among them, I have yet to find one who is dissatisfiedor who would wish to return to his old home. No profitable crop growshere without labor—I havent yet found the place where it does—but Ibelieve the rewards of well directed industry are larger here, and the life ofthe agriculturist more endurable, than in any other place in the Missis-sippi Valley.
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