The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-06-29
LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA


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Ina.r,.d m. rain IN. mornlns Of the 18Th O
NJ. .,p....,.,. NJ s,om which We wen
.,n,h go, ri. when we rot aboard the X
~ 90 n I'll, ,ho, co;pv nor,b up the Mis-
sn,r, r,,.r w.,.,.i ,h,onah ss nice a esun
,rr ...,.r v.s s,i,I,a,ed. I'm this bcau,im
,nu., ,r.,,i ,,,,, near evening. when W,
.a,,. a.. ,.,,..,, p,,n. This c,ty IA situate,
.,n,, r.. ILL Ann IN. Missouri river. a, IN,
ooo, a, IN. ,,,,n, ~. change cars here 70,
o,n... T,.n.x, ,,,,v US poiicc is the bridge
wh,.h ,a,.,,. .,,,c,pr. one.bslfa mile 4,
,.nn,. Ao.rw. ora. m. river VIC stem IL
! om,h, liar. NJ. s,,v all pirht. Tn, next da,
81, -, -, aud eniox ,b,s ulrssan
.,,. om... h.. ,.rv wide streets. and Ia yer,
,,..s.,, Asw. leave Omaha We mass through
. ,o.n,,o,, ,,rn,,,c country. There Is beauty OF
.r.,v h.r, win large fields of grain of al
.;ni. NJ. ,.ss along ,bout twenty miles, wher
~. cam. IN rilh,rp. This station is situated OF
h...., ,.nt az rilhorn river. The course a
,h,. .,.a.rn 80, or o,,h Tn. eopntry around
rIlhor, !. ,ou,rr andi settled with t;ermaus
Asvo ,..x. rllhorp the next place we notice 1.
rnonon, ,ho .ou,,x s.at or i,o,rr cs,unty. situ.
.,,d ,hou, ,bree miles from Platte river, Her,
IN. stony civ and Pacific r, r., connect, will
The II p N. We leave Fremont and pass uI
the plan, river. and for many miles we pss.
.,o:. 10 he ,or,b ban.. Broad p,sius are IN,
ur;pclnle features. ,kir,ed with abrurt hills
Tn. newt station we notice Is SCHUYLER, the coun.
,v seat M Colfax county, IL hss fine churches,
coprt house and iail. The country for miles |:
Level and sandy. but Is cultivated. We eros,
Loon Fork river on a fine wooden bridge. Thu.
stream runs through a fine farming country un.
IN Il unltcs with the Platte. We pass along Ia
Grand Island. the county sea, of Hall county.
The bridge over the Platte to the south, and the
one over Loop Fork to the north has the tenden-
CIV TO center a large amount Of trade ut this point
Along We 70 until we come to Kcarney junction.
This Is an important station. Here the Bur
llngton aud Missouri r. r., and Denver and st.
joseph r. r., form a junction, with the Union
Pacific coming in from the south on the same
track, crossing q bridge over the Platte abou,
two miles distant. We pass along, when we
CONT to Platte City. the county seat OF Lincoln
county, and one OF the best locations fol a large
town, on tho whole line Of the Railroad dis
tanoe from Omaha. a9l miles. We leave Platte
city, and travel several miles, when we strike
the .Alkali Belt, which extends about IS miles.
Here the Bluffs are very high and sandy. The
Big Springs is next noticed. II derived its name
from a large spring which makes out ofthe
blun opposite the station, and can We seen pl ain
from the cars. We next pass a series of ranges
of bluffs, cut by narrow ravines, gorses, SC.
Al points the road runs 80 near the river bark
the water seems to be under US. We pass
out orNebraska into Wyoming Territory, when
We come to the city of Cheyenne, this is the lar
-
from Omaha SIG miles, just half the distance of
the L. =. Il. Il. 1t is situated on a broad plain,
with Crow Greek winding around two sides Of
it. The soil is composed OF u gravelly forma-
nation. We pass along for several miles when
we come In sight of the Rocky Mountains. We
started from Omaha on the 10th, and OH the 10th,
we found ourselr ascending the Mountains. II
was surprising to me to see 81 much snow and
rock piled nj in piles from two to three hundred
feet high. Ihad heard much about the Rocky
Mountains, but found them quite different from
what I expected. They are as barren as the
plains of Nebraska. All that Is visable, is rocks
and sage brush. Deep gulches and rocks and
snow sheds. As we pass over the gulches and
hills, we come to a piece Of beautiful scenery
Dale Greek Bridge. This bridge looks to be
about $50 feet long and l2j feet high; spanning
Dale Creek from bank to bank. From the bridge
the beautiful little stream looks like a silver
thread below us. The sun glistens the sul .acc
with a thousand flashes of sil,ery iignt. 4 few
hundred yards above the bridge can be seen a
solitary house, like q lone sentinel in front of a
deserted camp. We pass along up the Noun
tains, when we come to the highest point reach
ed by the Railroad. This station is sherman .
b.r,a n., l. a "a s.,t -. n. I...l - a. -
1t is named in honor Of General sherman, it is
$40 miles from Omaha and ] ,SJ from San Fran
cisco. Seventy miles to the southwest is Longs
Peak, and l6j miles south Is Pixies Peak, both
plainly visible. Il was sn)wing when We let;
here, that was the slst of May. Here We start
down the Mountains. II Is impossible to des-
cribe all OF the stations on the road, but l will
give you n few names between Dale Creek aud
Port Frcdstecl: Howell, Wyoming, Cooper
Lake, Look out, Miscr Station, Medicine Bow,
Simpson, and others, all 81 (which IRE small rail
road towns. Here We ZONE to Fort Frcd,tccl
this station ia situated among the hills and rocks
which are very broken; TO the south Is "A long,
high ridge Of gray granite called the Hogs Back
This ridge runs parallel with the rond for about
Ii miles. On the north Of this ridge is a small
narrow valley, of which the soil Is very sandy,
while on the other side Il Il fine gazing valley
pass along to Crestun sage brush and alkaIi
are the rule now. We are now near the great
backbone Of the continent. the Rocky Mountains.
We pass along two and a half miles and see q
flag, which is said to have been planted by IN,
wife OF Captaln CLAYTON. near the track. 10 mari
the summit, 100 feet aboy. the level of the s,a
On, on, we 20. over "A ulain n bout 10, miles. IN
which we see notb,ur lint sago brusb. when "a,
come to Green River. This ci,v Ia the couni,
seat of swcct Winter county wyomi,, Tsrr;tory
The bluG, near This stat ION risc for hurlreds :,
f,et. They orc or . gr,yi.h hrr cnIor w,
leave Green River and nass olor, ,nro,,h =
rougb. brot.,, cour,rv in 10, non,, 80 uoI.
of Echo Coror uo,,ua nnI a. -, 80
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