, 1877-03-28
A Comparison Of the Journey Now with
Ono Made Nine Years Ago.
AmazinE Progress In tle Settlement aud
Development OF tho Country.
The Platte Valley Being Rapidly Clothed
with Trees and Growing Grain.
iThlIc the Great Plaius Cite Free Ilauge 10 lnnu.
m.ruble Cattle and Sheep.
Fortunes In Stock-Farning---
Ilirf, "The Cattle-KIng."

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=, 1so.' tne. w ~ 49, es 49,. 80. .,s,'. 49,.
Eastern Journa!, tifBt trosseu the PLAINS, my
instructions being to follow closely in the trail
Of tic Union Pacific, fast stretcitn. It's way
st,n. ,,sa., III. ,,trs. nn,ertsIIng ,rh;, wos
'iae upoh en's .sns5 ~, "as ....,,c, 49,
claiming the attehllon Of t4e W!ole clFulxcu
world. It l,as not bcen 20 long gone by that
io3i, fct of cnrtncc,i,,r. mr. yct The will rect.
,,r. ,,.t,,u,, ,a.,,o, IT, ,,s,,,..,
less, nuse"t9sous aiie "hsu !haFnea ~ utoI.ses
westward. Happily Inc experiment Of oalldIhK
a railroad oycr 9,UQ0 miles Of unsnhatltcd
mountains .au.i plains Is no longer MI expert
,,a.t ~, e., ,,,t I,orr11v +on fho o,rortu-.
"s. s,,,aS', =. ,,,,,,,t;s,, ,'n~. J.aa,,saso1
esa VINO ao4n'"eo "s uuAu'ak ''a'c o'e.pPsa'cu'
Still. 1t must 1c confessed, there was the char'n
OF novelty about this strange life which relieved
/, to rrent cxtcnt Of Tia rorhuess md II IL mi
~ ae,,,,,t ~, f,,,r hi. ~, ,is ,.o,,th.
t''!s aeeout't tnat ! 'ook oack oh tne moatns
spent III the construction camps anu " Fcu.hot"
mushroom cities Of the plains, evcn wtb all their
o,.,,v In meat Interesting mn, tu.trr,t,ye of
49,. ,,,.' nv ~ ;n,,r,,o,,-,,o "-,,",tar..
ny "o@su ,s''ts .....s. ~ .''s," s,.. T.;
character Of the towns and villages alouE it,
cuursc. but .p the whole country through which
w., +,;,,1 rn.s.. w.,t romcmhcr hou.. In Tho
;-, Nv 49, t .a,,ss.s. ~ .,t. ,.,t,....s.,
Intervals OF 3es. an sopettcss " '''ss migratory
body, Il What, In ttu economy VI NATURE, tltla
country wlls ever created furi nl1t y What usu
It cs,uid be put to!' Thu answers wcre usually
anything hut complimentary tu tte country, and
few int1rcl wcre bull cl,ough to ycnturc the opu
lon thut it would ever hi brought ttstu use tor
uurposrs of agriculture. True, til. minority If
tllt,su tnterprlaing pioneers wcru hcttcr it,
formed III thu tnysseres Ut fafo thun Of ugr,.
value of pur IT jacks than ot tho prurcss Ut
rafslg corn. Their researches lla.l not bern cx-
te:,lci to tho chemical properties Of the soil,
nor to tic climatic changes going o, about
TAR behind tle taurc reflective minority. Ap-
pcaranccs wcEc certainly aguinst the country,
an, It required more than ordinary credulity IL
believe
nbout the wonderful protiuctyeness Of tho soil
anil It's nuptabllltcs to 1ll tic cereals aud csrll-
lents 0f thu temperate xutlc, But | a1u lsrc-
pared tu believe lit "Lfg stories'' Of the ranch
sn qg 4 H. S .s. n1 sn . a st , Il @
dieilre tu your instructions, las becn rcycla.
lutIo1t Ut surll nulazing development thai I cal,
credit almost tic widest prediction for tho fu-
ture.
did not extend further than ab.Iut tlity u,tlea
west uf Vn,nt,u, rxccpt aluug thu ltuc oil TIC
railroad aud overland stuyu rul,tc, where &C.
raa,al settlements llal sprung ut,, a,,l arolluu
which gusllu littlu attention llad [Yen given tu
Isl ,njlrs from the Missouri, wus tic limit, be-
yUul which the country wus popu!nrly believed
10 be a desert, At that time tirunu island was
o1lc 1t tlu extreme oat'osts ol civilization. Dc.
farnls were few alM fur between, cunilnci III
layt 10 the scattering stations w!iss', for con-
yais of tn Or dozen ll,fles. Fur tic most part
Of the distance vest OF Fremont, le eyu wt.,,-
lrretl nyrr Wild, tsce!css pia!n syl,cre, except
at tnv station. 1c,,tionc, yuu lntsiit trpyel {ur
miles without sccIng u lIyiug object.
Snw nj thia il
cutsoxu 1xro PICTURE or 1,yn
an1 thrifty hi1HlIat,tirr Hpttlurs have rune #,
i,y ht,1,.,rss. YES tjlGtlsands. n taken IN fhusr
rleli a,s, built l.uu.cs, and. encouraged BY tio
wIu,c lac" ii Naluro ~ 20 chasr,l tint s,,.lI
j,arIly rccoguizc It us lilo salua saw Iuss lia,,
t",, ysnts mn. From Umnha 10 t;ran,l i.inn,i
thcrS il culstaut surccesIou Ut beautiful fartng.
lis univ cxccptiut,s being whcre tIv l,Iucls nru
hu,rl,t i'm i,v s,tn,.resklents Tor sneruIatlyu tr.
t~,s:s Ths 1J,un Pmtii,: Ralirus.i G,,I.1,s,,y.
whss t,ra,,t a,t,t.I,tin, 10 ,yrr Il lin 9il arrss!
,,'vrrs avery nliernaia section twenty niirs OF
st,,'sr s;,in' ~ IL" frucls md "1f"9.ic ~"
t.,Ii t.rtytf, ~ rI,n ,u, h,s a,I,l Ia Tin H.,
.ate AZ * = isa,t ~ 80 r. .s..,t 49, ... ~ 49,