. The Pacific tourist . t little over threemiles away. Here isa deep cut throughthe hill, and beyondit you strike MudCreek Valley witha down grade for afew miles. Thiscreek and the roadrun south on a linenearly parallel with,and about two anda half miles from,the Missouri Riveruntil the next sta-tion is reached. Gil more.—It miles from Oma-ha, with only 10 feetdifference in eleva-tion—976 feet. Thevalley is quite thick-ly settled, and as you look out on the left G°OI> side of the cars, about four miles from Omaha,you will see a saloon called Half-Way lb his,..At about this point you l
. The Pacific tourist . t little over threemiles away. Here isa deep cut throughthe hill, and beyondit you strike MudCreek Valley witha down grade for afew miles. Thiscreek and the roadrun south on a linenearly parallel with,and about two anda half miles from,the Missouri Riveruntil the next sta-tion is reached. Gil more.—It miles from Oma-ha, with only 10 feetdifference in eleva-tion—976 feet. Thevalley is quite thick-ly settled, and as you look out on the left G°OI> side of the cars, about four miles from Omaha,you will see a saloon called Half-Way lb his,..At about this point you leave Douglas Countyand enter Sarpy County. Gilmore was namedafter an old resident of that locality, now you are some nine miles south of Omaha,but only about three west of the MissouriRiver. Here you will first see what are calledthe bottom lands of Nebraska. They are asrich as any lands on this Continent, as the re-markable crops raised thereon fully this station you turn nearly due west, and. pass over the lower circle of what is called theox-bow. JPapifioii,— miles from Omaha; eleva-tion 972 feet, is the next station, and is a thriv-ing little town (pronounced Pa-pil-yo). It derivesits name from the creek on whose banks it is situ-ated. This creek was named by Lewis and Clarkin their expedition to Oregon, in 1804, and isderived from a Latin word which means butter-fly. The main branch was crossed a little westof Gilmore. It emp-ties into the Mis-souri River aboutone mile north ofthe Platte River. Itis reported that theearly explorersnamed, saw an im-mense number ofbutterflies in themuddy and wetplaces near itsmouth, and hencethe name. Thesegentlemen exploredthis stream to itssource, near the Elk-horn River. Thetown was laid outin the fall of 1869by Dr. Beadle, andis the permanentcounty-seat of Sar-py County. It hasa fine brick court-house, and a brickschool-house, hotels,flouring mills and agrain ware-house; islocated as are allthe towns on
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