Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-04-20

bout one huadrsd ard txehty Gxe miisa
from its searas no Esassraa dswn ~
salley, leaving the HeTa Moaasains 81
our right aad she Wind Risss Mpanlaina
On the lsft. Leaving the riser sfses si.ssr
days tEayeI We pass ossr sha spars 81 sbe
/ Wind River raage and cross saeeas4istl y
/ tbs StinkipE Water, Clarke Fork, tor
! Reese Bads4 Ne Pere-s and other smaller
streama, striking the fellewstoes abans
100 hundred miles above It's mouth aai .
short distance hsiow EhereIs eanss ont
Ipf cannon 10 the mouatains, napr xhish
sarn5 of our Iewa folks are located.
Or. Hull and son. Keith. and pshers, are
On What is called Emigsapl Gaieh. Laax-
Ing the Esliowsione We cross shs Bsls
Mountains, passing through rocky esss-
nan, some 50 miles in length and energe
iasp The yalIsy ef lha Gslsskia Rixsxs =
baat so miles above is jaaeaioa wisA sks
/ Madison & JeFsrsonforks, the thFes nai-
ting and forlaing ths M.ssoari River. The
tialiasin valleys nbens which shall have
more to sag hereafter. u : raaguifceus
one. We cams Aeross the asst seetie-.
nents here va bad seen since leaving the
Platte. Our road leads direetly across
frem the valley ot the GalIatin to The
Madison Q re beautiful streams erass.
iHg this and passing up the rsliey we
sfrike mountain rapge, o. divide, oyer.
which our road leads and we approach
yirzinia City by an eaey descent, senisg
In from The East-:thp old road q mes in
from tbs West We hsppened "a arrive
On Sunday, the bssiess day in the week,
here, during the mining season. The
CRY was dcnseIy crowded with people,
lt.pfIgritus" and miners; auetianeers were
bellowisg on every corner, or gaIlopiag
maaiy up and down the main street !;
heavily loaded teams and fragmentarg
ftrains were vending their way through
the crowded atreets PACK trains wese
loading for mining districts farther
ur ID the monltains; while indaurs tbe
saloons were tbrorged with thirsty n1insrs
who are beavv 's patrons Of the bar" ara
the gambling hsasas in fall blast; alto
Eathrs presenting a scene Of 4he widest
and naisiess confession I ever witnessed.
It Il har,lly to be wondered at that the
amii aud s'sbey ofisttie fai,he sb9aId be-
eotns frightened amid such a seeming
chaos Of humanity and begin 10 make
thsty preparations for = speedy re-
ttu-n home.
| Virgir'a cisy-tbe Capital I the Ter
ritorv-ia located upon Alier Creek
Galeh. about IL miles from tss msuhtaEa
summit, and abost or S anIlrs fshm
/ where the eaich opens out into the
xatiey ef tho Stihiina svassT. thal Isxend
Of the Sinking Water I sill give In "a.
tare letter. This guleh, wbieh ii consia
cred one Of the riehast ever discovered,
was discovered in June, 1863, and tIe
FIRST buildings erected in Virginia Ctr.
we're commenced sOon after, 50 that the
city Is about twenty months old but bov
magical has heen its growth Now W
have q resilient popalatiou Of fsom three
TO S 600, and a foatihz population almost
a. large. Main Street il comraetgy buiIs
ap for distance Of about three quartegs
Of mills. When Il FIRST arrived hsrs
there WAS isnt ere store building in ihe
plaee, anil buefes frame ones, nov we
hare nafAbcr Of fne stone business
houses and ona very handsome ssoae
| block, the pioneers in The srretioa oI
which we're Msssrs cfeighten & Co., 81
Omaha; besides 4 lnga number Of eie
1 CANT snd eurainodiaas frame bHildiags
we hsye eight hotels, and in addiiion .
large aunbar OF boarding. h0asea and ras-
sAaranis. The pTies cg board rassss
from twrEve esshteea dollars per
week, in ssdust - We have two gosd
church buildings one Methodiss and ase
Union, I. 9. free to ail aanominatious i,
one printing osHcs, and another one 70 on
The Mas, which will dispense better poll
nesi) fear er Eve confBoa schools /; .
tasty little theatre, wassh i veil eoadesxs
edaad patfonised six billiard saleoas.
aasaosfaag N all s'shseea tables J sar
bowling alley; four or 6se lFst ciass
g"inslias heasesi three dance hoasef; ;
any aasaasF Of saIsnns ana whisky shops;
two sell orgaaiEca fire eampanlics. wish
sprsrssas, under she sistasian 81 sbs
Gaief kasipeer ef tha Firs Derartsasntf ]