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Title: 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 ..
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Glazier, Willard W., 1841-1905
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Publisher: Philadelphia, Hubbard publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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g to the average Tiffinite, but it made meand the parson drowsy and I retired to dream of hogsand fat bacon until awakened by the daylight. ®iu I5wi^*^^*f>^ ^^^^ Jifhvfiret Sag. Grand Paci/ic Hotel, Marengo, Iowa, October Ninth. In ray journey from Tiffin I found it necessary todismount several times and walk in order to driveaway the sensation of cold. Reached Marengo in theevening and registered at the Grand Pacific Hotel.Winter seemed to be approaching with rapid strides atthis time and I was warned that it was necessary to loseas little time as possible at the different resting-points. Marengo is eighty-five miles from Davenport.There is a good bridge crossing the Iowa River here,which adds much to the facilities for doing business.A thriving community of farmers occupy the sur-rounding land. Among the most important villagesand towns in this and adjoining counties, are Newton,Grinnell, Montezuma and Millersburg, all growing insize and importance. Marengo is the county-seat of
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DAVENPORT TO DES MOINES. Al\ Iowa County, and contains a population of nearly twothousand. The State of Iowa, taken ivs a whole, is one of themost fertile in the United States. The native prairiesare fields almost ready-made for the farmers hands;their rich black soil returning him reward for his labora hundred fold. ®nc Cjuubreb anb JTiftn-seconb Daij. Skinner House, Brooklyn, Iowa, October Tenth. My ride to-day from Marengo has been over fineprairie land with occasionally a farm in the distancelike an oasis in the desert. Brooklyn is one hundredmiles from Davenport and, as some evidence of itsprosperous condition, has four hotels. I was fortunatein selecting the Skinner House, the proprietor of whichknows how to make his guests comfortable. Paulalso seemed happy to-night when I shut him in aclean and well-appointed stable with his supper, J^rooklyn is a village of over twelve hundred in-habitants, and wears the impress of success. Thereare several grain elevators, foundries, flour

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