Morris tribune., 1895-11-27
FINE SCENERY,
Described by F. w. Smith, from
Norris to Redlands. Gal.

Norris to Redlands, Gal.
I'VE herewith print an interesting
sketch of the travels OF Frank W
Smith, formerly of this city, from
Morris to Redlands, Cal, via the
Northern Pacific Our readers viii
find it very interesting as he depicts
the fine scenery along the line.- Ed.
WEDNESDAY.
Arrived here at Little Falls, at :3O
~ M, and are to leave at 8:l5 p. m.
The place is quite city. The Mis-
sissippi river flows through it. The
c;ty reminds me much of Minneapo-
lis, probably on account OF the river,
mills. lumber and logs. There are
streets and streets of great piles OF
lumber. Alarge lumber mill with a
huge chimney and high dome stands
on the edge of the river. just be-
fore we arrived here we passed three
or four large brick yards, quite near
together. There must be a great
quantity of good clay for brick there.
There are three large bridges across
the river. The falls at the lower end
of town are about six feet high.
THURSDAY
We left Mandan at about $50 a. m.
as we were leaving we set our watches
back an hour so as to make them
with mountain time. We took the
Portland bound train at Little Falls
at $50 last evening. When | awoke
this morning we were crossing a
dreary. barren stretch of prairie IN
the central part of North Dakota.
Bismark is smaller than | supposed;
d PES not appear larger than Morrls,
although it is the capitol of n. D. 1t
has nicer huildingsl though. Just
west of Bismark we crossed the Mis-
souri, river, it has very muddy, murky
water: in it are great sand bars,
which, some one said, are OF quick
sand. There is long steel bridge
across the river here. From here on
the hills begin to appear more rug
ged and mountainous. Mandan is
but a few miles west of Bismark and
is about as large. There is an In
dian bazaar near the depot and while
the train stopped a great many pas
sengers, myself included, took look
in it. There were many kinds of
Indian relics and curiosities, mostly |
1aodern; also stuffed animals and
heads of many kinds, but especially
deer and antelope. We are going at
high speed now to make up little
lost time. Our train is composed Of
fourteen day, free colonist, sleeping,
palace sleeping, reclining chair, and
dining cars and two engines, for it is
up grade and we have a heavy load.
Just before Medora we enter the
noted bad lands, this country has
been eat up and carved out by the
action OF water, in all directions,
shapes, sizes and fantastic forms;
there are bluffs, buttes, peaks and
blocks of what appears to be lime
stone, which shows its qualification
plainly. Some of these buttes, etc.,
are capped with red rock, others have
layers of it, and still others have
powders, which resemble heads or
faces of people and animals protrud-
ing from their sides or perched on
their tops We travelled nearly an
hour through this curious geological
study. 1t was evident why it had
the name bad lands, for, while pass
ing through we did not see particle
OF water, flora or fauna, except at
Aledora, small town on the Little
Missouri.
We left the Bad Lands just before
we entered Montana, but the country
still continued broken. Soon we en-.
tered sort of valley or canon with
no river in it. We followed this to
Glendiye where we struck the Vel
lowstone river. The Yellowstone
flows through wide canon with vel
1owish cliffs of rock on either side.
The water has a very yellow color
and suppose this with the yellow
stone cliffs gave the river its name.
Before shutdown we passed through
Miles City and mile or two farther
on stopped at Fort Keogh, where we
saw great many soldiers, all in uni
form, and many with their rifles.
Some were having a game of base
ball.
FRIDAY.
Got up at 5 O'Clock. in Bozaman