AND PACIFIC COAST GUIDE.

 

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here, on wagons. It is claimed that this
route is the shortest to the “Hills.” The
new bridge over the North Platte, is one
great feature of the route.

For fare, see ANNEX No. 50.

There is one newspaper published here,
the Telegraph, weekly, by J. B. Gossage &
Co., who also have recently established a
weekly at Rapid City, in the Black Hills,
called the Black Hills Journal.

The Government has established a mili-
tary post at this station, and erected exten-
sive barracks and warehouses. The post
is on the south side of the track, a little to
the east of thestation. The old “PostTrader”
at this place, Mr. James A. Moore, recently
deceased, was an old pioneer, and the hero
of the “Pony Express.” June 8th, 1860,

he made the most remarkable ride on
record. Mr. Moore was at Midway stage
station on the south side of the Platte, when
a very important Government despatch ar-

rived for the Pacific Coast. Mounting his
pony, he left for Julesburg, 140 miles dis-
tant, where, on arriving, he met an impor-
tant despatch from the Pacific; resting

| only seven minutes, and, without eating, re-

turned to Midway, making the “round
trip »—280 miles—in fourteen hours and
forty-six minutes. The despatch reached
Sacramento from St. Joseph, Mo., in eight
days, nine hours and forty minutes.

From Sidney it is 9 miles to

Brownson—Passenger trains do not
stop. The station was named after Col.
Brownson, who was with the Union Pacific
from the first, and a long time their gen-
eral freight agent. The valley along here
is very narrow, with high rocky biuffs on
each side. It is 9 9-10 miles further to

Potter—Large quantities of wood and
ties are usually stored here, which are ob-
tained about 20 miles north of this point,
on Lawrence Fork and Spring Canyon,
tributaries of the North Platte River. Pot-
ter, although not a large place, is situated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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