. The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes ... A complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ... . hen, for we must confess that after a sliceor two of the meat, as usually served at the eat-ing stations of the railroads, from which weescape with danger to our front teeth, and unsat-isfied stomachs, we can only exclaim distancelends enchantment. However tough the meat,if served on the table when first killed, yet if wmm ^^€iFia wqw^i^w. 25 kept
. The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes ... A complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ... . hen, for we must confess that after a sliceor two of the meat, as usually served at the eat-ing stations of the railroads, from which weescape with danger to our front teeth, and unsat-isfied stomachs, we can only exclaim distancelends enchantment. However tough the meat,if served on the table when first killed, yet if wmm ^^€iFia wqw^i^w. 25 kept till it grows gradually more tender, there isa Avild, spicy flavor, whicli make them vei-y agree-able eating. Buffalo meat and prairie hens arenot altogether reliable as viands of the railroaddining stations, still every one must try for him-self, with here and there a chance of findingsweet tender morsels. good an illustration as any, of the rapid growthof some of the western towns and counties. Thecounty was organized in the sjiring of 1800, twoyears after the railroad had passed through it,—with Schuyler as the county-seat, hi the spi-ingof the present year, 1870, it has an assessed valu-ation of nearly f 1, Evidences of sul)-. HUNT1>G PRAIKIE HENS. Ames—At present simply a side track, from Omaha, and feet above the was foimerly called Ketchum; but bears itspresent name from Oliver Ames, Esq., one of thebuilders of this railroad. Observe the size ofthe trees in the cotton-wood groves and hedgesnear this place—all planted within the memoryof the oldest inhabitant. North Bend— miles from the ea4ernterminus of the road, and 1,259 feet in elevation,a little loss than the preceding station. This isa thriving little town, with several stores, hotel,lumber-yard, grain elevator, etc. It is soon tohave a bridge across the Platte River, which willmaterially increase its tiade with SaundersCounty on the south. The opening of many fanis
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