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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 Fifty-seventh Day_--Leave Des Moines with Pleasant
    Reflections--Reach Adel--Dallas County--Raccoon River--_One
    Hundred and Fifty-eighth Day_--Ride through Redfield--Reach
    Dale City--Talk Politics with Farmers--_One Hundred and
    Fifty-ninth Day_--A Night with Coyotes--Re-enforced by a Friendly
    Dog--_One Hundred and Sixtieth Day_--Cold Winds from the
    Northwest--All Day on the Prairies--_One Hundred and Sixty-first
    Day_--Halt at Avoca--_One Hundred and Sixty-second Day_--Riding
    in the Rain--Reach Neola--_One Hundred and Sixty-third
    Day_--Roads in Bad Condition--Ride through Council Bluffs--Arrive
    at Omaha                                                   401

  CHAPTER XXIV.

  A HALT AT OMAHA.

  The Metropolis of Nebraska--First Impressions--Peculiarity of the
    Streets--Hanscom Park--Poor House Farm--Prospect Cemetery--Douglas
    County Fair Grounds--Omaha Driving Park--Fort
    Omaha--Creighton College--Father Marquette--The Mormons--"Winter
    Quarters"--Lone Tree Ferry--Nebraska Ferry Company--Old
    State House--First Territorial Legislature--Governor
    Cummings--Omaha in the Civil War--Rapid Development of the
    "Gate City"                                                409

  CHAPTER XXV.

  OMAHA TO CHEYENNE.

  Leave _Paul_ in Omaha--Purchase a Mustang--Use Mexican Saddle--Over
    the Great Plains--Surface of Nebraska--Extensive Beds of
    Peat--Salt Basins--The Platte River--High Winds--Dry Climate--Fertile
    Soil--Lincoln--Nebraska City--Fremont--Grand Island--Plum
    Creek--McPherson--Sheep Raising--Elk Horn River--In
    Wyoming Territory--Reach Cheyenne--Description of Wyoming
    "Magic City"--Vigilance Committee--Rocky Mountains--Laramie
    Plains--Union Pacific Railroad                             420

  CHAPTER XXVI.

  CAPTURED BY INDIANS.

  Leave Cheyenne--Arrange to Journey with Herders--Additional
    Notes on Territory--Yellowstone National Park--Sherman--Skull
    Rocks--Laramie Plains--Encounter Indians--Friendly
    Signals--Surrounded by Arrapahoes--One Indian Killed--Taken
    Prisoners--Carried toward Deadwood--Indians Propose to Kill
    their Captives--Herder Tortured at the Stake--Move toward
    Black Hills--Escape from Guards--Pursued by the Arrapahoes--Take
    Refuge in a Gulch--Reach a Cattle Ranch--Secure a
    Mustang and Continue Journey                               435

  CHAPTER XXVII.

  AMONG THE MORMONS.

  Ride Across Utah--Chief Occupation of the People--Description of
    Territory--Great Salt Lake--Mormon Settlements--Brigham
    Young--Peculiar Views of the Latter Day Saints--"Celestial
    Marriages"--Joseph Smith, the Founder of Mormonism--The Book
    of Mormon--City of Ogden--Pioneer History--Peter Skeen Ogden--Weber
    and Ogden Rivers--Heber C. Kimball--Echo Canyon--Enterprise
    of the Mormons--Rapid Development of the Territory         446

  CHAPTER XXVIII.

  OVER THE SIERRAS.

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