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Title: Sword and pen : or, Ventures and adventures of Willard Glazier in war and literature ...
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Owens, John Algernon Glazier, Willard W., 1841-1905
Subjects: Glazier, Willard W., 1841-1905 United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives
Publisher: Philadelphia : P.W. Ziegler
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ruckee River, andgazed with delightful sensations upon the trees, thegreen meadows, comfortable farm-houses and well-tilledfields of the ranches, as he rode forward. He had now crossed the boundary line that dividesNevada from California, and Truckee was the firstplace he halted at. This is a flourishing little city offifteen hundred inhabitants, one-third of whom, areChinese, and is two hundred and fifty-nine miles fromSan Francisco. A large number of good stores wereseen here, and a considerable trade is carried on. He next reached Summit (California). From thispoint the road descends rapidly to the Valley of theSacramento. Several intermediate places having been stopped at,in which our traveler obtained accommodation for anight, we hasten on with him to Sacramento, where, onNovember twenty-first, he found himself again sur-rounded with all the appliances of civilization. Sac-ramento has a population of twenty-five thousand. Thebroad streets are shaded by heavy foliage. It is a city
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MflT ^ OCEAN TO OCEAN ON HORSEBACK. 429 of beautiful homes. Lovely cottages are surroundedby flowers, fruits and vines; while some of the mostelegant mansions in the State are in the midst of grassylawns, or gardens filled with the rarest flowers. Here isthe State capitol, a building that cost nearly $2,500,000for its erection. Sacramento is an important railroadcentre, second only to San Francisco. Brighton was one hundred and thirty-four milesfrom the termination of his ride. At the farm-housesalong the road numerous wind-mills were seen. Theseare used to fill reservoirs for household wants, and arecommon in all the valleys and plains of California. A halt was made at Stockton, twenty-one miles fromdestination. This city has a population of about fifteenthousand, and is only twenty-three feet above the levelof the sea. It was named to commemorate CommodoreStocktons part in the conquest of California. Using all despatch, Captain Glazier pushed on toSan Francisco, and entered the city

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