The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-24

anu tHpilcS lblO tue main ldtle q
North Platte 29l miles west of tn
Missouri Passed Creston at 1915
Bitter Greek rises few miles south o
here, and is Bitter Greek is the farthes
east of any water that empties into tn
Pacific 1t is called Creston or Separa
ton, and is supposed to be the dividing
iue between the waters that flow int,
the Atlantic from those of the Pacific
We pass Percy at1l, and St. Mary,
at l1:l5. My friend Burch said hi
didn't have the most pleasing recollec
tons of this portion of the route, for
in coming to the states last February
he was showed in at Rawlings Springs
30 miles west OF here, was obliged tC
remain there over II days, and then
he In company with some 80 others
were obliged to walk in the snow, over
this route from Rawlings to Laramie
distance Of 49, miles On nearing
Rawlings the scenery becomes wild and
and desolatc in the extrsme. Is miles
east of there we passed through a tun-
mel $50 #. long, the first one on the
route going west. Arrived at Raw
Inns Springs at II:40 Thursday, and
took dinner. Rawlings is quite a
business place, and is 7C9 miles west
IF Omaha. The Rail Road Company
have large Depot and eating house
h ere that would be credit to any eastern
road. 1t was here | saw the first tent
buildings of any kind. The business
street is just back of the tepot and
they are all canvas buildings. There
is no timber here, aud no sod to build
anything with. As one of the Raw
Inns merchants expressed it in giving a
description of the resources of the place
and as every thing was rock giving
them no chance to burrow in the
ground they naturally fell back IN can
vas. These canvas buildings ara very
handy for the wandering and irrespon-
sible class, as they are called here, for
emigrating and keeping up with the
end of the track. [ was Informed that
the city here was built in 4 night and
before three days it had over a thou
sand inhabitants. [ had the pleasure
of seeing several more vigilance com
mittees' notices here war, ing certain
desparadoes to slope or be swung.
Leaving RaWling's at l. III. We crossed
Red Desert, % miles west, which is -
miles long, and the most desolate scope
of country | ever wish to see. 1t is a
red gravel, and nothing grows upon it
even the sage-bush, which has the
name Of being able to grow anywhere,
forsakes it. % miles west, we strike
Bitter Greek, this is appropriately nam-
ed, the water is very red and exceed
ingly brackisi, it emPtles into Green
K yer 40 miles east Of Bridger, Utah.
We arrived at Black Buttes at , p. m.
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Thursday. and Point Of Rocks at 3.
Between Black Buttcs and Bryan, a
distance of 81 miles, Bitter Greek is
bridged % times, Between Point of
Rocks aud Bryan tie scenery is grand
The Black Hills and LARAMIE Noun :
tains are distinctly visab!e to the north
and the Blue River Mountains to the
south; % miles north of here is the
Laramie Pass, where all the wagon
ROADS diverge northwest into the Sweet
Water Country. The pass strikes the
Sweet River Valley 80 miles north of
Bryan; the rocks here, are soft, red
slare stone showing distinctly the ac-
ton ofvolcanic fires in former centuries.
Seams of coal are distinctly visible
in many places and 20 miles east of
Brideer the company have extensive
ccal beds which they are just beg ming
to work. The road runs no Ri tie,
Creek Valley until it strikes Green
River miles east of Bryan, We cross
Green River at AIS, the river cuts its
way through the solid rock making the
banks very steep and almost perpen.
dicular. They are called the palisades;
you can see plenty petriliea rock here.
and the cliffs or pallasad es hundreds OF
feet above your head, show unm istaka-
bly, the action of water in centuries
gone by. The road runs along the
edges Of the palisades next the ri7er
for miles Going west you look down
hundreds of feet to your right end see
the swift and noisy waters of Gresa Riv-
err and to your left hundreds Of feet
above you are the tops of the cliffs.
IF a train should leave the track here