Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1880-06-11
A TRIP TO THE FRONT.
A Country of Magnificent Distances
and WOnde rfuI Capabilities.

| "A country or RaaSnincehC distances
and Wonde rful Capabilities.
Monday party composed of DR.. j. H.
Guild, of Rupert, VT, and brother, J. W.
Guild, an enterprising farmer of Mime
sofa, G.. NJ. Sheldon, of Vermont, Superin-
tendent Taylor: master mechanic Doran
and TRIBUNE man visited the end of the
track on the extension. At Baby Mine
the party were escorted by Mir. Thompson
through the mine and the details Of coal
mining were fully explained. The mine
is in good shape and nearly 100 tons Of
coal per day is now being taken out. All
along the line. the patty were shown the
utmost courtesy by Superintendent Tay-
lor and the trip through the wild, un-
broken prairie was one long to be remem-
bered. The party owe Mr.. Hurts, of the
supply store an abundance Of gratitude
for the manner in which he entertained
them. The accommodations in the way
of meals and lodging were in every way
frst-class and equal to any hotel in the
country. Mr.. Hurts has three cars in use
for his office, store and dining apartments,
and strawberry shortcake, peach preserves,
etc., are none to igh for the constitution
of these pioneers Of civilization. Tues
day morning the party left the supply
camp for the end of the track, which point
was reached about nine o'clock. Here
they were initiated in the art of railroad
building, about two-thirds Of mile of
track being spiked down while the party
remained The country abounds with
good water and sickness is unknown on
the line The railroad passes within half
a mile of Young Mans Butte, from which
elavated point one can see from forty to
eighty miles in every direction It is the
highest point between Bismarck and the
Little Missouri Clusters lookout bluff
is about two miles distant. Here Gen.
Custer was surrounded by the Indians
four days. Young Mans Butte is so
named because of the burial of an Indian
years ago called Young Man, at its base
such remarkable agility and youthful ap-
pCdl dICC, C'Cll W AAlo uCotu. llldC uC was
called by his tribe "Y Dung Man" A SOL
dier is also buried in this bluff. The
scenery from the vicinity of Young Mans
Butte is grand. One can look out from
the car window a distance of fifty miles
over vast rolling prairie, unbroken ex-
cept now and then by some stream, lined
with groves of timber or an abrupt sand
sloneblutf which looks as if it had been
suddenly upheaved and was stranger in
the l:s'a2 The scenery along the entire
linesis grand and romant1cal1y Wild and
uncivilized. 1t is trip through country
which words are inadequate to describe,
passing, as the road does, through the
richest wheat country in the world; it al
so offers superior inducements to the
scientist and pleasure-sceker The North.
ern Pacific passes through the greatest
variety ofscenery ofany road in the world.
The change is SO rapid that there is no
mDnotony. There are no vast sage brush
plains as on the Central Pacific, to greet
the eye for days. Every particle Of the
land is useful either for farming, grazing
OF mineral pursuits. Grand openings for
capital and enterprise at any point. When
completed the road Will in fact be the
greatest transcontinental road in the
world. Tuesday e7ening the party re-
turned, well pleased with the trip and
more than ever impressed with the beau
ties of Dakota and the magnitude of the
North Pacific.