Crofutt's New Overland Tourist and Pacific Coast Guide ...: Over the Union, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, Their Branches and Connections, by Rail, Water and Stage ... |
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Page 254 - An act [to amend an act entitled an act] to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Page 255 - The cost of the overland service for the whole period — from the acquisition of our Pacific coast possessions down to the completion of the Pacific railroad — was over $8,000,000 per annum, and this cost was constantly increasing. "The cost, since the completion of the road, is the annual interest...
Page 106 - ... making his goal. He pursued his trapping expeditions north to the British possessions, south far into New Mexico and west to the Pacific Ocean, and in this way became acquainted with all the Indian tribes in the country, and by long intercourse with them learned their languages, and became familiar with all their signs. He adopted their habits, conformed to their customs, became imbued with all their superstitions, and at length excelled them in strategy. He was a great favorite with the Crow...
Page 45 - When the railroad reached this point, in 1866, buffalo were numerous. In the spring these animals were wont to cross the Platte from the Arkansas and Republican valleys, where they had wintered, to the northern country, returning again, sleek and fat, late in the fall. Gradually their numbers decreased on this range until 1873, when they disappeared. But at Julesburg, 219 miles farther west, a small band was seen to cross the river as late as 1876.
Page 120 - It is slightly charged with hydro-sulphuric acid gas and with carbonic acid gas, and is a pleasant, saline mineral water, having the valuable properties belonging to saline sulphur springs.
Page 210 - wide berth," as you value your life. ANGEL, ISLAND, three miles north of the city, is a mile and a half in length and three-quarters of a mile wide ; altitude 771 feet. On this island are quarries of brown and blue stone, which are extensively used in the city for building purposes. GOAT ISLAND, or "Yerba Buena," two and a half miles east, nearly round, contains 350 acres ; altitude, 340 feet.