Westward by Rail: The New Route to the EastLongmans, Green, and Company, 1870 - 391 páginas |
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... slope , I had to ascer- tain various particulars as to the route . There was no difficulty in purchasing a through ticket . In most of the hotels and in numerous shops the tickets of any railway in the United States can be bought ...
... slope , I had to ascer- tain various particulars as to the route . There was no difficulty in purchasing a through ticket . In most of the hotels and in numerous shops the tickets of any railway in the United States can be bought ...
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... slope and as States and Territories of vast impor- tance were being founded beyond the Rocky Mountains , it became a national necessity to obtain easy means of communication between the East and the West . That many men of weight and ...
... slope and as States and Territories of vast impor- tance were being founded beyond the Rocky Mountains , it became a national necessity to obtain easy means of communication between the East and the West . That many men of weight and ...
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... slopes are beautiful tufts of a red shrub , and in the clefts of the rocks are a few stunted trees , but with these exceptions the whole scene is wild and barren . Not far from the tree just mentioned is the Devil's Slide . This ...
... slopes are beautiful tufts of a red shrub , and in the clefts of the rocks are a few stunted trees , but with these exceptions the whole scene is wild and barren . Not far from the tree just mentioned is the Devil's Slide . This ...
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... slopes were masses of a dwarf maple . As the maple leaves were brilliant with the autumnal tints , the appear- ance of the variegated mass was at once picturesque and charming . Several farms are visible from the road , and the fields ...
... slopes were masses of a dwarf maple . As the maple leaves were brilliant with the autumnal tints , the appear- ance of the variegated mass was at once picturesque and charming . Several farms are visible from the road , and the fields ...
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... slope at their feet , and beheld the Great Lake towards which hundreds of streams meandered through the pleasant fields , they were so overcome with the unwonted sight as to fall on their knees in an ecstacy of admiration and shed tears ...
... slope at their feet , and beheld the Great Lake towards which hundreds of streams meandered through the pleasant fields , they were so overcome with the unwonted sight as to fall on their knees in an ecstacy of admiration and shed tears ...
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