The Falls City tribune., 1910-03-18
Journey to the Great Northwest
AS Described by Mrs. c. ! Crook

me my Il1p Of last summer and
asked for a description IN detail, that
by the Kindness Of the editor of
The Tribune l can give them, and
others, olso, descriptions which might
help someone else contemplating a
trp of hat kind.
| had long desired 10 see the great
West. its plains and rivers. valleys
and mountains. and the great Pacific
ocean | had relatives in the north
and the west and added 10 these
reasons. and greater than alto re
cuperate my health. So | was hidden
by my better half 10 90 to the west
AMONG our folks and stay where and
rs long as / wished. only to get we'll.
Though ! did not find the fountain
of perpetual youth ] found several
such fountains Of health. and Of
course good health brings back HE
youth To some extent.
NJ ticket was over the Burlington
from Falls city TO Billings. Montana
from Billings to Seattle over the
Northern Pacific; from Seattle to Los
Angeles over the Southern Pacific,
from Los Angeles 10 salt
Lake City over the Salt Lake Route,
San Pedro. Los Angeles and salt.
Lake railroad. from Salt Lake to.
Denver over The Denver and Rio.
Grand System. and from Denver to
Falls City over the grand old Burling
ton again. Though there was good
service and kind treatment on all
the railroad lines over which | travel
cd, my preference is for the Burl
inston.
Well. | left our town about 1910.
O'Clock p. m. June IS. We only had
a few minutes in Lincoln and no
change of cars.
When l walked up next morning We
were in the beautiful valley of the
Big Blue. over 100 miles from Lin
coin.
Our state is surely in the garden
spot of the world. for beautiful scenes
were ON every hand Fine farms,
beautiful homes, good stock, etc.
Later We crossed the Platte river and
came to the city of Grand Island
still beautiful farms with all the grow
ing grains aud different varieties Of
hay Of our great state.
Then We struck the valley of the
Loup river and crossed sherman
county, whore SO many OF onr friends
and neighhors settled about 20 years
ago. IT'S a beautiful county and the
towns and villages all show signs of
enterprise and thrift. Then Custer
county. where more of our friends
have beautiful homes and health and
wealth. If my relatives ahead had
not been appraised of my coming
should have stopped off at i.itohfield
or Merna and visited with the old
friends and neighbors. But We went
on and on. over beautiful farming
and grazing country, until at l.3O
We arrived at Alliance. Neb. II is
suite a city and has one of the finest
Sepots which we saw while away.
There was "a Herdmen's convention
in session there and a prominent
speaker was aboard our train. 50 a
committee met him, accompanied by
the band, and things were lively for
sauna tuaptv. m6,utDe Tb,r ~, ,-,rt
ON our way over the hills aud 10y
beautiful small streams. until between
four and five o'clock, when We came
to the Nebraska Bad Lands first a
succession of forests or stunted
pines and eedars, cut up by very
deep canyons. then n gradual ris
mg OF the hills into queer shapes
and a lessening OF vegetation. unit
they seemed to be pure sandstou,
and trail nj that They looked like
houses with the outhuildings and
fences tumbied down With others
it seemed like old ruined castles
with turrots aud chimncya topping
over, then YOU would see one away
in the distance which looked SO per
feet that o almost looked for the
smoke from the ehimueys or a light
from the windows. | was told that
the action of the winds upon them
kept them constantly changing in
size aud shapes. They were won.
serfud and wereid in the extreme.
extending for some twenty or thirty
miles along the northwestern bound.
sry of Nebraska and into South
Bakota.
Soon We We're in Wyoming aud il
was "a surprise 10 me to see sueh a
well watored, nice looking country
with nice ranch houses, barns and
sheds. But soon it grow TOO darl