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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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of great benefit to the manufactur-ers who are making good use of their excellent water-power in the paper and woollen mills. Soon after my arrival, several citizens came into thehotel to learn tlie particulars of my journey, but beforeI had time to register. Postmaster Stafford made him-self known and introduced me to several of his friendsand acquaintances, among them General Curtis andMajor Lintner. A laughable story was related whichafforded considerable amusement soon after I rodeinto town. It seems that a credulous old ladyfrom the country had been led to believe that agentleman would ride through the place last nighton the horse which General Washington rode duringthe Revolution. A story suggested, no doubt, by thesubject of my lecture. She had come in to sell herfirkin of butter and had waited until long after darkfor the rider and his ancient steed, while the objectsof her misguided interest were resting in Saint Johns-ville unconscious of the disappointment they werecausing.
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ALBANY TO SYRACUSE. 143 (Ttoentn-first Dan. 12 Cornelia Street, Utic A , N EW York, May Twenty-ninlh. After considerable trouble In fiiulintj^a saddle blaid<etfor PauJy to take the place of the saddle cloth useduntil we reached I^ittle Falls, I started from thatromantic town at nine oclock, halting at I lion fordinner. This village, well known through the firm ofthe Remingtons, is on the south bank of the Mohawk,twelve miles from Utica. From here the famousRemington machines and rifles are sent all over theworld. Farrington met me two miles east of Utica andescorted me back to the city, conducting Colonel Finleyand myself to rooms which had been engaged for usthrough the hospitality of J. C. Bates. Left my pleasant quarters here to make a few obser-vations about town, and found much to arrest myattention. A century ago Utica was known as^ OldFort Schuyler from a small stockade of that name,built on the site in 1750. As the country grew morepeaceful, and the life of the future city

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