Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-18
From SEA TO SEA.
|rdp over the Far-Famed
Santa Fe Rouet
EMERY FOUND EN- ROUTE
,,,,Isr Glimpse Of the Lovely ArbuckIe
Mountains.
AZ. Alongside The Tawny WashIla
nwuQh Kansas and Her Prai-
res-Iho Line in Missouri
and Illinois.
EMERY FOUND EN- ROUTE.

go vrbo has never been north over
Y esn,a Fe route there viii be found a
,sni succession Of surprises and es-
.ns 4 this 80 In passing through the
& tssaw nation where the road runs
a riles aud miles through fields Of
lpg grain.
,r,s Nearly in the morning when the
! W train rolled across the bridge
galveston and. pausing a moment
irsnia Point for orders. the flight 20
q northward began. For hours the
4 through as lovely country as one
q ,yiah 10 see, mile after mile Of
ka, rolling prairie stretching away on
!, sac with fine, comfortable farm
= appearing Ia every direction.
"a Of waving corn; fields with the
In wheat I'm shock or the steam
hers are nc work; fields whore short
a mi and sleek are grazing; fields
y the cotton glistens IN long green
fields of broom corn; fields Of
Iss. VINEYARDS with their glossy vines
N promise Of u fruitful season: or
n, OF peaches, pears and upricots;
ehes Of woodland where the live
& MYERS above the other trees Of the
and long festoons Of Spanish moss
IKE festoOns Of lace from branch
"o5eh. forming cool and silent lenfy
s. ways that seem 10 dwell In sort of
suel twilight; across rolling prairies
" whose hills thousands Of cattle are
ag: past hamlet and village aud
"A and city bnsking In the golden
ner sunlight. whose shimmering
h waves over hill and valley and
he horizon hazy, tremulous APP
tnce
M leaving Temple the country be-
5 more rugged and the rich farms
to give way TO the ranch. though
nile after mile there are still 10 be
well cultivated farms.
nn after leaving Temple the train
s the Cotton Belt at McGregor
begins 10 enter the brakes of Bos-
. AT Valley Mills one Is fairly In the
Dos BosQue mountains, and from this
Il until we cross the mountains nc
bel the scenery is wild and grandly
l|rsQue, browning cliffs Of granite
. basalt glover upon the train wind
+ N and out around their bases rs
ID wrath that their majestic dignity
u be disturbed by this machine OF
and iron snortiug along It's wind
way, with bustling activity that
d entirely foreign 10 the surround
Il Is such spots as these that
VI the triumph of mind over matter.
+ long lines of glittering steel lie
g the hills and enduring monument
be brain and skin Of the engineers
!. found practical route for a rail-
/. through the lofty naves Of natures
II, The train darts along In sun
and shadow, the golden patches
trhllght being broken by the dark
lows Of some beetling cliff
new chair cars are models OF
oft and the traveller can lie at his
: h the purlor car and view the fly
kaleidoscope Of natures beauties with
8ueh comfort as he could view some
~ landscape In the parlors of his
F home.
u an angry snort Of the whistle,
N rattle and n roar the train whirls
the hne bridge over the BRACES
begins to climb the divide leading 20
Y pLng pruiries of Northern Texas.
lgm one is fairly up the divide and
ne route lies across the long, roll
bills 20 Cleburne, the division point
lhe Intersection of the WeathertOrd
Paris branches of the Santa Fe
Leaving Cleburne the sun Is sink
behind the western horizon, broad
OF scarlet and gold flashing
All the deep blue dome as though
ed OF day was bestowing parting
hcnOn upon the Lone Star state,
art 70 leave her broad bosom 10 be
md by the ypii Of NIGHT
ivy the shadows deepen, and as
draws her sable drnperies down
~ pms them with n star the bright
I3nc lights of Fort Worth come into
0 Past the hospital, standing upon
T 81 elevation, lights flashing from It's
I've Tor nearly Il mile through a
plg vista Of incandcscent and are
~ handsome residences and snug
,sss' the train finally rolls into the
IM Worth depot and the hungry crowd
NE cheerful call, Fort Worth
ia minutes for supper Learning
snere was n morning train out OF
az worth which would afford an OppOr-
Of seeing the beautiful Indian
lofy and fair Oklahoma by day
~ our party concluded TO pass the
N the Panther City and resume
vugAey In the morning
4lelers TO the north over the Santa
w only have the pleasure Of riding
road bed, great portion of which
ballusted and comparatively
~ but have the advantage Of even
nous equipment and charming and
iaWo scenery Leaving torl
on the morning train the mrs.
lhes OF the journey rs across the
y green prairies Of Texas, upon
ierdant bosom nestles prosperou.
towns all bearing the evidence Of
Ihough showing IL was the al
Y me road which first brought thelt
snsleaee. The first division poinl
slllle, a prettily located aud love
city well known 20 oil residents
SAas AZ this point the Henriett'
OF the Missouri, Kansas an'
n crossed. The yards OF uh
" and tile division shops AMI
mouse are located In the northern
oi the city on a level tract o
Across which the cool breezes from
iuN plays freely and renders the 10
4. sAfdmen comparatively pleas
,sw miles beyond Gainesville TN
Osses the ruddy flood OF Red rive
W traveller enters the fertile lana
Nhicknsaw nation. This sectlol
81 wv heavily tiiubered. and the trail
through deadw0cd openings b
are growing magnificent fields o
u sFeen corn, the dead trees loOmin
s'lolg the dark green blades Of n
mute monuments to the ndyane
,,,nAation among the remnants Of
rfNefful tribe of red men. Nil
~ flashes away beneath the toll
W. and yistas of tiiaberland an
n negs Of growing corn and shock
NV wheat, which attests ...e Chick
Hin nave abundant crops Alon
b,i Wy numerous villages, the
~ saiied hamlets. clustered aroun
s The most important tow
N' section Of the line is Ard
below Dougherty the line crosse
" nood Of the Washita, and f.
i-Ne4 Tie line runs along %
stream After crossing %
ttf'i. r"h Wunges into the Arbucsl