. The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes across the continent, all pleasure resorts and places of most noted scenery in the far West, also of all cities, towns, villages, Forts, springs, lakes, mountains, routes of summer travel, best localities for hunting, fishing, sporting, and enjoyment, with all needful information for the pleasure traveler, miner, settler, or business man : a complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads and all poin
. The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes across the continent, all pleasure resorts and places of most noted scenery in the far West, also of all cities, towns, villages, Forts, springs, lakes, mountains, routes of summer travel, best localities for hunting, fishing, sporting, and enjoyment, with all needful information for the pleasure traveler, miner, settler, or business man : a complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads and all points of business or pleasure travel to California, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Montana, the mines and mining of the territories, the lands of the Pacific Coast, the wonders of the Rocky Mountains, the scenery of the Sierra Nevadas, the Colorado mountains, the big trees, the geysers, the Yosemite, and the Yellowstone . that were soon to bear the ironhorse were laid past the town on the 9th day ofMay, 1868, and on the day following, the firsttrain arrived and discharged its freight. Lara-mie maintained the character of all these west- who were respectable, and who desired to do alegitimate business could not endure for a longtime, the presence and rascalities of these bordercharacters. There being no law in force, thenext best thing was a resort to lynch was the experience of Laramie. Laramie is now an orderly, well-governed city,where the rights of person and property are re-spected, and forcibly reminds one of the quiettowns in the East. All saloons and other placesof like character, are closed on the Sabbath, thechurches are well attended, and the schools are lib-erally patronized. It is one of the most attrac-tive towns on the line of the Union Pacificroad, and offers many advantages to those whodesire, for any reason, a change of location. In addition to other public institutions else-. EARLY MORNING SCENE ON THE LARAMIE PLAINS. ern towns in the early d
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