What to see in America . that goldwas discovered in California until the completion of therailroad the Overland Trail was in full tide of life. Onehundred thousand travelers passed over it yearly. .TheLincoln Highway, from New York to San Francisco, which isdesigned as a memorial to the martyr President, followsthe same trail. This improved thoroughfare is 3389 mileslong, and traverses thirteen states. While the Union Pacific Railroad was being built, all theIndian tribes on the plains united their forces for the avowedpurpose of exterminating the whites, and they devotedespecial attention to
What to see in America . that goldwas discovered in California until the completion of therailroad the Overland Trail was in full tide of life. Onehundred thousand travelers passed over it yearly. .TheLincoln Highway, from New York to San Francisco, which isdesigned as a memorial to the martyr President, followsthe same trail. This improved thoroughfare is 3389 mileslong, and traverses thirteen states. While the Union Pacific Railroad was being built, all theIndian tribes on the plains united their forces for the avowedpurpose of exterminating the whites, and they devotedespecial attention to the railroad. At first they did notknow what tomake of the loco- f motive, but they ^ soon gained cour-age to try to . I Hi jistop a train by ^^^feM^^JBBH|H|||across ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^1the a lar- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Hiat held by thirty ^^^^^^^^^^^S^^^^^^^^^^Hbraves on each Hb^^^^^^K IHI^^^^I^^hside. This was a ^^^^^^^^^B ^^V^^^^^^Hdisastrous holdup HJHHHUi^^BiHiHjBHHHfor the red men. Crow Butte 324 What to See in America. Jail and Courthoi Near the end of the track was a community of something like three thousand persons hving in tents and shacks. The town was moved for-ward at frequent in-tervals, and becauseof this and its gen-eral character wasknown as Hell on* Wheels. Aside from the railroad employ-ees and a few store--^ keepers the popula-tion consisted mainly of gamblers and desperadoes and the very worst class of women. The chief article of commerce was vile was the territorial capital of Nebraska, but with the investure of statehood in 1867 a seat of government was carved anew on the virgin prairie fifty miles to the southwest and christened Lincoln. Eighty-four miles up the Platte from Omaha is Columbus. In 1864 it was urged that this place, which was then a straggling frontier settlement, be made the capital of the United States, because it was exactly halfway between the east and west coasts on the main transcontinental route. Beyond Columbus is a perfe
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