From Atchison to Miles Total Remarks Lancaster 9 Settlement, provisions and grass. Muscotah, on 11 20 Settlement, provisions and grass. Grasshopper Eureka 11 31 Settlement, provisions and grass. Ontario, on Elk 10 41 Settlement, provisions and grass. Creek America, on 9 50 Settlement, provisions and grass. Soldiers Creek Vermillion City 25 75 Settlement, entertainment and provisions. Crossing of Big 3 78 Blue Little Blue creek 17 95 Heavy timber and grass. Head of Blue 23 118 Timber and grass. creek Republican Fork 12 130 Wood, water and grass. Republican Fork 2 132 Colonel Fremont describes this section as crossing “affording an excellent road, it being generally over high and level prairies, with numerous streams which are well timbered with ash, elm, and very heavy oak, and abounding in herds of buffalo, elk and antelope.” Branch of 38 170 Solomon’s Fork Leaves Solomon’s 75 245 Fork Branch of 15 260 Republican Fork Following up Rep. 190 450 Heavy timber and grass on course. to its head Beaver Creek 23 473 Wood, grass and buffalo. Bijou Creek 22 495 Wood, grass and buffalo. Kioway Creek 15 510 The route from this point to the mines runs thro’ a country well timbered and watered, with luxuriant grass and plenty of wild game. Cherry Creek and 25 535 Mines From _Freedom’s Champion_, February 12, 1859. [Illustration: Main Entrance to Jackson Park, Atchison, Kansas ] _Freedom’s Champion_: October 30, 1858. A TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF TRAINS Which have left Atchison this season, for Salt Lake City and other Points on the Plains, Together with the Number of Men, Cattle, Mules, Horses and wagons engaged in transporting, and the Amount of the Freight Shipped: