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Title: Marvels of the new West : a vivid portrayal of the stupendous marvels in the vast wonderland west of the Missouri River : comprising marvels of nature, marvels of race, marvels of enterprise, marvels of mining, marvels of stock-raising, and marvels of agriculture, graphically and truthfully described
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Thayer, William Makepeace, 1820-1898
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Publisher: Norwich, Conn. : Henry Bill Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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iscellaneous character of travellers toPikes Peak. Old men and mere boys, educated and ignorant, saintsand sinners, philanthropists and robbers, professional and lay, — alldefied hunger, cold, nakedness, and Indians, in their red-hot enthu-siasm for gold-digging. The Great Plains swarmed with all sortsof animals and vehicles, conveying men, and some women, with goodsand chattels, to the gold region. It was not unusual for an ox, mule, 234 MARVELS OF THE NEW WEST. donkey, and even cow, to appear in the motley cavalcade, heavilyloaded with the property of its enthused proprietor. The illustrationis no fancy sketch : it represents what many men now living beheld•on the Plains. It is claimed, even, that one party crossed the Plains,carrying his outfit on a wheelbarrow ; and others drew hand-carts. Many of the white-topped wagons bore amusing inscriptions, asfollows : on a wagon drawn by two yoke of oxen, moving at a snailspace, appeared in large letters, Lightning Express ; on another
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LIGHTNING EXPRESS. wagon, Pikes Peak or Bust; on another, Root Hog or Die;and so on ad infinitum. Few imagined what sufferings they might experience in their newadventure; most of them had their only laugh in the early part oftheir journey. The ox-team conveyed them to disappointment, hun-ger, and death in a briefer period than they dreamed of. Miss Hill,in her Tales of Colorado Pioneers, has the following, which shereceived from one Mrs. Barney : — I was in the first coach of the ■ Leavenworth and Pikes PeakExpress Company, which arrived in Denver on the seventh day of MARVELS OF ENTERPRISE, 235 May, 1859. The supply wagons were sent on ahead, locating thestations, and every twenty-five miles they would drop a tent, a stove,and a cook. At that season of the year the twilight is short, so whenwe drew up at the station for supper it was quite dark. When Ientered the tent I saw the most soul-sickening sight that my eyesever rested upon, and the flickering light of the candle added i

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