A thrilling and truthful history of the pony express; or, Blazing the westward way, and other sketches and incidents of those stirring times . l rise the mountain kings, where sweep the river (jueens, In majesty unspeakable, and where the forests high hosanna, rolls above its sea of evergreens. Now hers is high prosperity, and happiness, and health. With life that throbs in ecstacy amid the golden gifts;Now the favored land rejoices in blest, God-given wealth. And in thanksgiving, ardently, its grateful voice uplifts. Then Ho! for the land of plenty, under the western sun! And Ho! for
A thrilling and truthful history of the pony express; or, Blazing the westward way, and other sketches and incidents of those stirring times . l rise the mountain kings, where sweep the river (jueens, In majesty unspeakable, and where the forests high hosanna, rolls above its sea of evergreens. Now hers is high prosperity, and happiness, and health. With life that throbs in ecstacy amid the golden gifts;Now the favored land rejoices in blest, God-given wealth. And in thanksgiving, ardently, its grateful voice uplifts. Then Ho! for the land of plenty, under the western sun! And Ho! for the land of flowers, land of the vine and tree!Ho! for the land of grit and gold, the land by heroes won! Ho! for the land of Fortunes home, along the western sea! And shout for the flag—Old Glory! Shout for its waving blaze the crimson tintings of the simsets lustroiis dyes. And gleams the snow of the mountains that reach toward the stars;The bravest flag that ever rose to kiss a nations skies! Twas borne by heroes, valiantly, along the Western Trail, The young republics light and pride, Old Glory, Hail! All hail! W. L. BLAZING THE WESTWARD WAY THE STORY OF THE FAMOUS PONY EXPRESS ACROSS THE PLAINS AND MOUNTAINS CHAPTER I THE GREAT AMERICAN DESERT THE school-boy of half a century,and more, ago was taught by hisgeography that a large area west ofthe Missouri River, and not very farfrom the banks of that dark stream,was the Great American Desert. In somewhat uncertain lines thatarid waste was shown on the map ofthe republic in his atlas, less knownthan the sirocco-swept Sahara. Butbefore this almost unknown territoryhad been eliminated from his books,he began to learn through the every-day sources ofinformationthat this regionwas being en-croached uponby the advanceskirmishers ofcivilization. The boy didnot comprehendit all, but as hestepped along inyears it becameplainer andplainer, and by the time he hadreached manhood and its affairs, hisown progress and that
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