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Ocean to Ocean on Horseback: Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Development of Cities and Towns Along the Route; and Regions Traversed Beyond the Mississippi; Together with Incidents, Anecdotes and Adventures of the JourneyGlazier, Willard W.

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Ocean to Ocean on Horseback: Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Development of Cities and Towns Along the Route; and Regions Traversed Beyond the Mississippi; Together with Incidents, Anecdotes and Adventures of the Journey

Name: Ocean to Ocean on Horseback: Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Development of Cities and Towns Along the Route; and Regions Traversed Beyond the Mississippi; Together with Incidents, Anecdotes and Adventures of the Journey
Author: Glazier, Willard W.

Glazier, Willard W.

United States -- Description and travel

It was the intention of the writer to publish a narrative descriptive of
his overland tour from the Atlantic to the Pacific soon after returning
from California in 1876, and his excuse for the delay in publication is
that a variety of circumstances compelled him to postpone for a time the
duty of arranging the contents of his journal until other pressing
matters had been satisfactorily attended to. Again, considerable
unfinished literary work, set aside when he began preparation for
crossing the Continent, had to be resumed, and for these reasons the
story of his journey from "OCEAN TO OCEAN ON HORSEBACK" is only now
ready for the printer. In view of this delay in going to press, the
author will endeavor to show a due regard for the changes time has
wrought along his line of march, and while noting the incidents of his
long ride from day to day, it has been his aim so far as possible to
discuss the regions traversed, the growth of cities and the development
of their industries from the standpoint of the present.

[Illustration: Signature]

Millard Glazier
ALBANY, NEW YORK,

  _August 22, 1895_.




CONTENTS.


  CHAPTER I.

  INTRODUCTORY.

  Boyhood Longings--Confronted by Obstacles--Trapping Along the
    Oswegatchie--Enter Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary--Appointed
    to State Normal College--Straitened Circumstances--Teach School
    in Rensselaer County--War of the Rebellion--Enlist in a Cavalry
    Regiment--Taken Prisoner--Fourteen Months in Southern
    Prisons--Escape from Columbia--Recaptured--Escape from Sylvania,
    Georgia--Re-enter the Army--Close of the War--Publish
    "Capture, Prison-Pen and Escape" and Other Books--Decide to
    Cross the Continent--Preparation for Journey--Ocean to Ocean on
    Horseback                                                  25

  CHAPTER II.
  BOSTON AND ITS ENVIRONS.

  Early History and Development--Situation of the Metropolis
    of New England--Boston Harbor--The Cradle of Liberty--Old
    South Church--Migrations of the Post Office--Patriots of
    the Revolution--The Boston Tea Party--Bunker Hill Monument--Visit
    of Lafayette--The Public Library--House where Franklin
    was Born--The Back Bay--Public Gardens--Streets of Boston--Soldiers'
    Monument--The Old Elm--Commonwealth Avenue--State
    Capitol--Tremont Temple--Edward Everett--Wendell
    Phillips--William Loyd Garrison--Phillips Brooks--Harvard
    University--Wellesley College--Holmes, Parkman--Prescott,
    Lowell, Longfellow--Boston's Claims to Greatness            32

  CHAPTER III.
  LECTURE AT TREMONT TEMPLE.

  Subject of Lecture--Objects Contemplated--Grand Army of the
    Republic--Introduction by Captain Theodore L. Kelly--Reference
    to Army and Prison Experiences--Newspaper Comment--Proceeds
    of Lecture Given to Posts 7 and 15--Letter to Adjutant-General
    of Department                                               70

  CHAPTER IV.
  BOSTON TO ALBANY.

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