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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

_One Hundred and Thirtieth Day_--Followed by Prairie Wolves--Reach
    Joliet, Illinois--Lecture at Werner Hall--_One Hundred
    and Thirty-first Day_--Ride on Tow Path of Michigan Canal--Morris--_One
    Hundred and Thirty-second Day_--Corn and Hogs--Arrive
    at Ottawa--_One Hundred and Thirty-third Day_--Reach
    La Salle--_One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Day_--Colonel Stephens--_One
    Hundred and Thirty-fifth Day_--Visit Peru--_One Hundred
    and Thirty-sixth Day_--Mistaken for a Highwayman--_One Hundred
    and Thirty-seventh Day_--Fine Stock Farms--Wyanet--_One
    Hundred and Thirty-eighth Day_--Annawan--Commendatory
    Letter--_One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Day_--A Woman Farmer--_One
    Hundred and Fortieth Day_--Reach Milan, Illinois           354

  CHAPTER XXI.

  FOUR DAYS AT DAVENPORT.

  Cross the Mississippi--Lecture at Moore's Hall--Colonel Russell--General
    Sanders--Early History of the City--Colonel George
    Davenport--Antoine Le Claire--Griswold College--Rock Island--Fort
    Armstrong--Rock Island Arsenal--General Rodman--Colonel
    Flagler--Rock Island City--Sac and Fox Indians--Black
    Hawk War--Jefferson Davis--Abraham Lincoln--Defeat of Black
    Hawk--Rock River--Indian Legends                           372

  CHAPTER XXII.

  DAVENPORT TO DES MOINES.

  _One Hundred and Forty-fifth Day_--Leave Davenport--Stop over
    Night at Farm House--_One Hundred and Forty-sixth Day_--Reach
    Moscow, Iowa--Rolling Prairies--_One Hundred and Forty-seventh
    Day_--Weather Cold and Stormy--Iowa City--_One Hundred and Forty-eighth
    Day_--Description of City--_One Hundred and Forty-ninth
    Day_--Lectured at Ham's Hall--Hon. G. B. Edmunds--_One
    Hundred and Fiftieth Day_--Reach Tiffin--Guests of the Tiffin
    House--_One Hundred and Fifty-first Day_--Marengo--_One Hundred
    and Fifty-second Day_--Halt for the Night at Brooklyn--_One
    Hundred and Fifty-third Day_--Ride to Kellogg--Stop at a School
    House--Talk with Boys--_One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Day_--Reach
    Colfax--_One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Day_--Arrive at Des
    Moines--Capital of Iowa--Description of City--Professor Bowen--Meet
    an Army Comrade                                            386

  CHAPTER XXIII.

  DES MOINES TO OMAHA.

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