Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-18


ss nCSg' by Perpendicular as though tho
sac ~ y. NAN hnd cnt out square uos.
49, ~ The river aud the rtii,eov ,,{f.S,
a ~ mong ~ eastern bank. M r,snl
~ oyoufate granite rise pd,ci0ifst,iy ~
heiEnt OF several hundred fe., .. ~
~ win = noble forest whose in,,,-,,..
sohase cnarms The eye. wilma IL ra.,e
e 49, shadows UPON the trals which
,....l moving through a land Of ~
Z N' ',.a s,W,lhght. Emerging from this pass
shists sweeping curve IN the line
f magnificent cove that s.e,.,s
FORMED by nnture for the picos,,,.,, W
a..1nA,ng' Here quarries are oirnod,
yPvuIN1eu " the company possinc pet,if
y liey, which Is located In the beort ~
tn.s IVuantic region. at paoia. nine miles
vtgohu the line again enters oman e.,,,,,
~ as II drops into the valley AZ ~
,, '.u canadian. About fifteen miles
LvsINu sle train rolls up 10 che soati
tsS on the South Canadian, which
49,. 19ulhWard &C ihis point about six
nuts for nearly three miles tho limo
sNtts this stream, which "a apparently "a
ueu OF red sand with occasional pools az
Waer glowing red from the snnd upon
Nlch " rests when a thriving little citv
comes IN sight aud the train rolls SLOWLY
through strings Of box cars. coacbes
Way-ears aud miles OF side tracks 10 Inc
uegot Oh iuirelL Herr the Gulf. Colo.
lauo shu santa fe ends and the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe berins.
Purcell lies chiefly upon the billv which
form the western boundary of the val
ley Of the South Canadian The Yards
are located on the west bank OF the
| stream. IL Is needless TO say the ynrl.
men and the trhiumen. whotlny over
here have an abundance Of sand in their
| craws.'
Three or four miles beyond Purcell the
me ciOsses the Canadian. and the train
was IN Oklahoma, the beautiful" and
| wen does " deserve the appellntion. A
| continuous vista of rich. rolling fields
/ causes one 70 more fully understand why
| the oklahoma boomers were so anxious
TO settle in the promised land.
| Twenty-Five miles further and the
train stops at Oklahoma City. place
that Is already too large for town and
not large enough for Il city, but where
new houses can be seen going NO on
every hand II is located ON rolling land
on the north side Of the North Canadian.
and has already assumed metropolitan
| airs The people seem 20 be happy
thrifty aud confronted and apparently ns
! law-abidlng aud penccahp as the resi-.
| dents Of any Of the states. Some twenty.
six or twenty-eight miles beyond Is
| Guthrie, the capital which Is already a
| Nu1AllNNt tlAtINllniNNt llflNllt CITY
| At Guthrie n ten-minutc's stop was made
for lunch aud as Il was or O'Clock
In the afternoon, those passengers who
had not provided themselves with food
eagerly rushed for the lunch counter
where a remarkably good lunch for d
railroad eating house was procured nj
reasonable prices.
From Guthrie the line runs almost
north for about twenty miles crossing On,
line between Oklahoma and the Chcro
kee Strip. some miles north of Alfred
From this point the line runs ulthcas
about fifteen miles across thc Chcroeo,
Strip, when It enters the Otoe reserve
ton. At this point IL bends more 90 Oh,
north, though It's general direction 90
10 the Kansas line Is east 10y north,
run Of twelve miles takes the trail
through the Otoe into the ponca resur
walton. the line touching the Arkau,1
valley at ponca a run Of twelve mile
and The train again enters the Cherokee
Strip, and after a run of twCuty.ilrc'
wiles the Kansas line Is reached, and sool
| after the train crosses tho broad an'
sluggish Arkansas. with It's peculiarly
square cut banks, and rolls into ArkanN
| City. where the welcome call of TWEEN
IL minutes for supper c1cctunlly emp
ties each coach IN the train. and n roy
al spread is found awaiting the hungr.