CHAPTER III.

_Up the Platte to Denver._

The Union Pacific Railroad.--The Overland Stage Company.--Mr. Ben Holladay.--An Enterprising Missourian.--Concord Coaches and Teams.--Stage Stations.--Meals _en route_.--The Drivers generally.--Fellow-passengers.--Col. B., an ex-Lieut.-Governor turned Sutler.--A Swiss Artist.--A Doctor of Divinity.--A New York Banker and his Patriotic Wife.--The Weather.--Life on a Stage-Coach, outside Day and Night.--The Scenery generally.--Magnificent Sunsets.--A particularly fine one. 40-46