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Title: Crofutt's new overland tourist and Pacific coast guide : containing a condensed and authentic description of over one thousand two hundred cities, towns, villages, stations, government fort and camps, mountains, lakes, rivers, sulphur, soda and hot springs, scenery, watering places, and summer resorts : where to look for and hunt the buffalo, antelope, deer and other game; trout fishing, etc., etc. In fact, to tell you what is worth seeing--where to see it--where to go--how to go--and whom to stop with while passing over the Union, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage, from sunrise to sunset, and part the way back, through Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, California and Arizona
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Crofutt, George A
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Publisher: Chicago, Ill., The Overland Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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, were removed toNorth Platte and Sid-ney, on the Union Pa-cific railroad, 291 and412 miles, respective-ly, west from Omaha,and the post abandon-ed. The remains of thedead bodies of soldiers,buried at Kearny, weretaken up and re-inter-ed in the NationalCemetery, at Fort Mc-Pherson. Two miles above thefort, on the south bank,is Kearny City, in theearly days more com-monly called DobeyTown. This was oncea great point with theold Overland StageCompany, and at thattime contained about500 inhabitants, thegreater portion ofwhich left upon theabandonment of theline and the south-sideroute of travel. Butwe are told settlers are coming in, and itwill soon regain its old time figures. Returning to Kearny Junction, 5 9-10miles brings us to ISteveiison—a side-track—unimpor-tant. Again, 10 3-10 miles west is £liii Creek:—a small place of severalstores and a few dwellings. Soon after leaving the station, we crossElm Creek, a small, deep, and quite lengthystream. It was well wooded before the
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CROSSING THE SANGRE DE-CHRISTO MOUNTAINS Altitude, 9,c feet. Denver and Rio Grande Pailroad. advent of the railroad, the timber consist-ing almost entirely of red elm, rarelyfound elsewhere in this part of thecountry.From Elm Creek station it is 9 miles toOverton—This is another small sta-tion of a few buildings. It is situated on abranch of Elm Creek. The Platte Valley along here, and for thelast fifty miles, is very broad; nearly allthe best land has been taken up, or pur- 36 CROFUTTS NEW OVERLAND TOURIST chased, but only^ a small portion is undercultivation. Passing on, 4 miles brings us to Josselyn—a side-track station, namedafter the paymaster of the road, a muchmore important person to the employesthan the station, as trains do not alwaysstop here, but roll on five miles further to Plum Creek.—the county seat ofDawson county. It contains a populationof about 500, has a fine, brick court-house,two churches, a school-house, several ho-tels, four stores, a bridge across the P

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