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Title: The official Northern Pacific Railroad guide : for the use of tourists and travelers over the lines of the Northern Pacific Railroad, its branches and allied lines : containing descriptions of states, territories, cities, towns and places along the routes of these allied systems of transportation : and embracing facts relating to the history, resources, population, products and natural features of the great Northwest
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Northern Pacific Railroad Company Riley, W. C. (William C.)
Subjects: Railroad travel
Publisher: St. Paul : W.C. Riley
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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iver, near Fort Custer. At this point the railroad crosses tothe south side of the Yellowstone river, the bridge being knownas the second crossing. Merrill^ 966 miles from St. Paul, isa cattle shipping station. Reed Point and Greycliff^ respect-ively 968 and 984 miles from St. Paul, are unimportant sidetracks. Doniix^ now called Big Timber (998 miles from St. Paul).—This town is lo-cated near the mouth of Big Boulder creek, which flows intothe Yellowstone from the south, and facing the mouth of BigTimber creek, which enters the river from the north. It hasan hotel and a number of stores and shops, and a saw mill.An extensive grazing country in the valleys of the Big Boulder,the Yellowstone and the Big Timber, is tributary to this point. AloJitaiia Division. 220 Piscatorial.—i^he Yellowstone river, beyond its confluencewith the Big Horn, flows with a strong current through avalley of varying breadth, and is fed by many beautifulmountain streams. Here trout are in abundance and give
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I rout Fbhing on the Big Boulder. excellent sport. In passing over several hundred miles of theroute in the autumn of 1882, before the railroad had got veryfar west of the l^ig Horn river, the writer had ample oppor-tunity to indulge in the gentle pastime. The fish were plenti- 230 The NortJicrn Pacific Railroad, ful at every place of bivouac. On one occasion the Big Boulderriver, a broad, clear, rushing stream, was reached half an hourin advance of the main party. Hastily putting a rod together,a cast of the fly was made, and the fish were found to bevoracious. In forty minutes there were landed no less thanseventeen beauties, several of which weighed two pounds each.This was done with due regard to sport. The tackle was deli-cate, and each fish had the chance to fight fairly for his liberty.Moreover, the fisherman was compelled to wade far out overthe rough boulders in the river bed to reach his victims intheir favorite haunt in a deep pool near the opposite shelvingbank. This made

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