The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-17

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I'm. The scenery here becomes des-
olate. We are now getting into the
alkali and sage bush country. From
here to Julesburgh, it is one wide
bou2dless sea of sage bush, grease.
wood, and alkali.
We passed Cottonwood Springs" at
1915. Tho northern boundary of
Colorado is only few miles south of
here. at l p. m. We enter the city OF
Julesburgh, Nebraska, 377 miles west
of Omaha; this place was for q long
time the terminus of the road, aud in
the early days of the "Union Pacific"
it had the reputation Of being the
''hardeat place" on the whole route.
For about six months the gamblers,
cut-throats, and thieves "run" the town
until the vigilance committees "run"
them. A telegraph line and stage route
runs from here to Denver City, Color
ado, 200 miles southwest, it is said
that when the road was first completed
to this place, over 1000 persons came
up within three days of its completion
with cloth tents and temporary saloons,
hotels, hurdy-gurdys, lunch houses,
faro-banks, and fortunes were made in
a day; now all is deserted save the rail-
road, telegraph, and stage Offices, and
a few huts built of sod, slabs and stone,
used by the traders and ranchmen.
Julesburgh proper, is about one mile
south of Julesburgh station, just across
the Platte or as it is now called Fort
Sedgewick. It cannot be called q
place at all, only few buildings in a
cluster around the Fort. At jules
burgh We saw company of U. S. In
dian soldiers, Pawnees, l believe they
were, strutting around on their Indian
ponies as big as life and dressed in blue
uniforms; some of their less fortunate,
half-clad, Indian brethren were looking
on with envious eyes at their blue CO.'S
tunes, red blankets, and gay caparisons
for be it remembered q red blanket,
and blue jacket are the highth of an
Indians ambition. They belonged to
the garrison at Fl. Sedgevick, We
leave Julesburgh at Ills strike the
"Platte Hills" south of US, 10 miles
west of Julesburgh, and SIC leave the
"Platte" 25 miles west of Julesburgh,
cross "Lodge Pole" creek and follow
it on the north side all the way to Chey-
enne. 1t rises in the Rocky Mountains
few miles south of Cheyenne and
empties into the Platte, just west Of
Julesburgh. All that portion of the
road from Julesburgh to Cheyenne is
called the lodge Pole" division. We
now begin to ascend the Rocky Noun
tains. The road is upgrade all the
way from here to Cheyenne, very poor.
ly built, very crooked, and very rough,
the cuts are just wide enough to admit
the cars and that is all, and many places
where there are steep grades, the ends
of the ties stick out beyond the grade
some three feet. In many places We
passed over the ties would be so loose
you could see them give, and here then
creak, then you would look down the
steep grades and visions of something
else but happiness danced on my mind
[ can assure you all this was horribly
suggestive to me at least OF "broker
bones" and ''mutilated bodies. The
company's employees seemed to have al
idea On this division that the poorer
the road the more speed; why tell yor
it was absolutely horrible to think of
1t was all you could do to keep your
seat. We had considerable sport Owe
a Dutchmau in our car, who was very
much frightened Whenever the cal
would bounce up foot or two he would
calculate "Mein Got. Mein Got! eff
gifts to Cheyenne alive ront tanks di
road for it. All, Mein frow, Meil
frow." with the perspiration oozin:
out in great beads from his forehead
can confidentially assure the reader
of the Democrat that my trowser
were completely worn through and tina
Burch's Portland Plug Hat was com
pletely "caved in" 1t is really sham
that this portion Of the road shoul
have been accepted by the Govern
ment when every portion of it show
on its face, as having been built in tn
most indecent haste. Passing Lodg
Pole, We arrived at Sidney at 1:30 ?
m. 1O2 miles east of Cheyenne. w
take dinner here. Our band came GU
} again and gave US some nice music
|. One company of U. s. regulars &C