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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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many instances, with moredurable material than before. GOVERNMENT FORTS AND CAMPS. Fort D. A. Russell—This post was es-tablished July 31, 1867, by General Auger,and intended to accommodate sixteen com-panies. It is three mile^ from Cheyenne,on Crow Creek, which washes two sidesof the enclosure. Latitude 41 deg. 08 min.;longitude 10- deg 45 min. It is connected byside-track with the Union Pacific railroadat Cheyenne. The quarter-masters depart-ment—12 store-houses—is located betweenthe fort and the town, at Camp Carling.Several million pounds of Governmentstores are gathered here, from which theforts to the northwest draw their supplies.The reservation on which the fort is situ-ated was declared by the President, June28th, 1869, and contains 4,512 acres. Fort Laramie—This fort was estab-lished August 12th, 1869, by Major W. F.Sanderson, Mounted Rifles. The place,once a trading post of the NorthwesternFur Company, was purchased by the Gov-ernment, through Brice Husband, the com-
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DOWN THE WEBER RIVER, NEAR MORGAN CITY 48 CROFUTTS NEW OVERLAND TOURIST panys agent, for the site of a military post.It was at one time the winter quarters ofmany trappers and hunters. It is alsonoted as being the place where severaltreaties have been made between the sava-ges and whites—many of the former livingaround the fort, fed by Government,and stealing its stock in return. The res-ervation, declared by the President on the28th of June, 1869, consists of 54 squaremiles. It is situated 89 miles from Chey-enne—the nearest railroad station—on theleft bank of the Laramie, about two milesfrom its junction with the North Platte,and on the Overland road to Oregon andCalifornia. Latitude 42 deg. 12 min. 38sec.; longitude 104 deg. 31 min. 26 sec. FortFetterman—This post was namedin honor of Brevet Lieutenant. Col. Wm JFetterman, Captain 18th Infantry, killedat the Fort Phil. Kearny massacre, December 21st, 1866; established July 19th, 1864,by four companies of the Fourth Infantry

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