. Crofutt's trans-continental tourist's guide : containing a full and authentic description of over five hundred cities, towns, villages, stations, government forts and camps, mountains, lakes, rivers, sulphur, soda and hot springs, scenery, watering places, summer resorts; where to look for and hunt the buffalo, antelope, deer, and other games; trout fishing, etc., etc. In fact, to tell you what is worth seeing - where to see it - where to go - how to go - and whom to stop with while passing over the Union Pacific Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad of Cal., their branches and connections by s
. Crofutt's trans-continental tourist's guide : containing a full and authentic description of over five hundred cities, towns, villages, stations, government forts and camps, mountains, lakes, rivers, sulphur, soda and hot springs, scenery, watering places, summer resorts; where to look for and hunt the buffalo, antelope, deer, and other games; trout fishing, etc., etc. In fact, to tell you what is worth seeing - where to see it - where to go - how to go - and whom to stop with while passing over the Union Pacific Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad of Cal., their branches and connections by stage and water, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Illustrated .. . thatregiment. It is under command of Bre-vet Major-General John Gibbon, postcommander; Surgeon W. C. Spencer,U. S. A., present post surgeon; W. Haskins, post chaplain; Zabriskie, post trader. SKETCH OF BBIGHAn ¥OC?k^G. Erigham Young, President andPropiiet, of the Mormon Church, or*(.hurch of the Latter Day Saints*(whose portrait will be found on an-other page,) stands prominently for-ward as one of the most remarkablemen of the I9th century. He was bornin Whittingbain, Wiridham county,Vermont, on the 1st day of June, fa!.her, John Young, was a revolu-tionary veteran, and served in threecampaigns under Washington. Thefamily consisted of six daughters andtive sons, of whom Brigham was thefourth. In early life he was connectedwith tbe Methodists, and at this time;he followed the occupation of carpenterand joiner, painter and glazier. He wasfirst married in 1824, and in the springof 1S80 first saw the Book of Mor- CROFUTrs TRANS-CONTINKNTAT, TOURTSTs (;i:iDE. 105. BRIGSAJI YOUNOS RESIDENCE. mon, of wliich he afterwards bccfiraeso firm a believer and prominent sup-porter. In April, 1833, he was baptizeda member of the ChuroU of JesusChrist of Latter Day Saints. During theprevious January he had visited Colum-bia, Pennsylvania, where there was abranch of the church—making a lengthysta
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