Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Development of Cities and Towns Along the Route; and Regions Traversed Beyond the Mississippi; Together with Incidents, Anecdotes and Adventures of the Journey

Having before me a lecture appointment at Ypsilanti, which, considering the object I had in view through Michigan, I felt must be met, I rode out of Detroit at three o'clock in...

The month of April, 1876, found myself and horse fully equipped and ready to leave Boston, but I will not ride away from the metropolis of New England without some reference to...

The initial step in my journey from Ocean to Ocean was taken at ten o'clock on the morning of the above date when I mounted my horse in front of the Revere House, Boston, and st...

It had been my intention to leave the "Queen City" on the afternoon of the twenty-first, but I was delayed by my advance agents, who required more time to arrange the preliminar...

At nightfall here, the excitement which had been rising during the day reached its climax when the Michigan City Democrats repaired to the New Albany depot to hold a mass meeting.

My Toledo friends were ready at the Boody House to give me good-bye when I mounted at nine o'clock, and I received a right hearty send-off. Upon leaving the city, instead of con...

After a much-needed rest of a day and two nights at Ecorse, I left that quiet retreat on the afternoon of July thirty-first, with Detroit as my evening objective. At Fort Wayne,...

On the eleventh of September, I took the 7.50 morning train at Michigan City for Chicago, instead of going forward on horseback, as I had discovered by a study of the map of Ill...

San Francisco, the chief city on the Western Coast of North America, is in every respect a wonderful city, not least so in its origin and development. Not very long ago--less th...

Found a good night's rest at the quiet farm-house of the Lloyds, on the night of the fifth, and after an early breakfast on the following morning called for my horse and started...

In my ride across the Territory of Utah amid its snow-capped mountains, hot sulphur springs and its great Salt Lake, I met no hostile Indians, but on the contrary many hospitabl...

I left the Milan House at two P. M., _Paul_ being eager for the start. Before proceeding far I dismounted and ran ahead leaving him to follow me if he would. I ran over two or t...

Cheyenne was at length left behind, and, with the object of securing companionship in my journey across Wyoming and Utah, I made the acquaintance of two herders--rough men and p...

As winter was approaching and the days were now becoming considerably shorter, it was incumbent upon me to hasten my departure from Omaha, if I would reach my destination as con...

An hour's ride from Lancaster, on the morning of the nineteenth, brought to view the motley array of chimneys and towers that overtop the "Queen City of the Lakes." While making...

Ordered _Paul_ and saddled him myself at Elmore, on the morning of July seventeenth. In fact it was my usual custom, while riding through the rural districts, to personally groo...

From Truckee I rode along the line of the Central Pacific Railroad, stopping for the night at villages intermediate between Truckee and Sacramento, the principal of which were S...

Left Albany at eleven o'clock. My journey to this city led me over the Schenectady Turnpike. Was compelled to ride between showers all day as a rainstorm had set in just as I wa...

Anticipating rain during the forenoon and fearing that my journey might be interrupted in consequence, I started at an early hour on the morning of June eighth from Fairport, an...

Weather cold, but clear and bracing. Mounted _Paul_ at three o'clock P. M. and halted at the office of _The Democrat_, to say good-bye to Colonel Russell. On the road I overtook...

At eight o'clock, my favorite hour for beginning a day's ride, I mounted _Paul_ in front of the hotel at Cleveland, but before leaving the city I stopped at Major Hessler's offi...

Omaha, the capital of Douglas County, the chief commercial city and metropolis of Nebraska, is the half-way station across the Continent. It is aptly called the "Gate City," see...

I found as I mounted _Paul_ at nine o'clock in front of the Osburn House that on this twelfth of June, 1876, my day's ride would be a trying one on account of the heat, but it w...

Lecturing in the towns I purposed visiting was an after consideration of secondary importance--a sort of adjunct to the journey and the objects I had in view. It was thought tha...

Left Des Moines with pleasant thoughts of the cordial reception I had met with, and pursuing my way westward over the prairies, reached this village in the evening after a twent...

From earliest boyhood it had been my earnest desire to see and learn from personal observation all that was possible of the wonderful land of my birth. Passing from the schoolro...

Started from Nassau at eleven o'clock, still following the Boston and Albany Turnpike, and soon reached the Old Barringer Homestead. It was with this family that I spent my firs...

Had an early breakfast at Chittenango and calling for _Paul_ at eight o'clock mounted and rode forward, with the city of Syracuse as my evening destination. Nothing of especial...

Mounted in front of the Vanderbilt House, Syracuse, at four o'clock in the afternoon. A large number of friends and acquaintances had assembled to see me off, among them many G....

My main object now was to push on to Sacramento. At Kelton, in Utah, where I remained only a few hours, I was still seven hundred and ninety miles from my destination. Stock is...

Metropolis of the Pacific Coast--Largest Gold Fields in the World--The Jesuits--Captain Sutter--Argonauts of "49"--Great Excitement--Discovery of Upper California--Sir Francis D...

_Eighty-fifth Day_--Leave Detroit Reluctantly--_Paul_ in Good Spirits --Reach Inkster--_Eighty-sixth Day_--Lowering Clouds--Take Shelter under Trees and in a Woodshed--Meet War...

_One Hundred and Forty-fifth Day_--Leave Davenport--Stop over Night at Farm House--_One Hundred and Forty-sixth Day_--Reach Moscow, Iowa--Rolling Prairies--_One Hundred and Fort...

Register at the Grand Pacific Hotel--Lecture at Farwell Hall--Visit McVicker's Theatre--See John T. Raymond in "Mulberry Sellers"--The Chicago Exposition--Site of City--Origin o...

_Forty-fourth Day_--On the Shore of Lake Erie--_Forty-fifth Day_--Again on the Shore of Erie--Bracing Air--Enchanting Scenery--Angola--Big Sister Creek--_Forty-sixth Day_--Angol...

_Seventy-second Day_--Leave Toledo--Change of Route--Ride to Erie, Michigan--_Paul_ Shows His Mettle--_Seventy-third Day_--Sunday --Go to Church--Rev. E. P. Willard--Solicitude...

_Sixty-first Day_--Again in the Saddle--Call on Major Hessler--Donate Proceeds of Lecture to Soldiers' Monument Fund--Letters from General James Barnett and Rev. William Earnsha...

_One Hundred and Thirtieth Day_--Followed by Prairie Wolves--Reach Joliet, Illinois--Lecture at Werner Hall--_One Hundred and Thirty-first Day_--Ride on Tow Path of Michigan Can...

_First Day_ of Journey--Start from the Revere House--Escorted to Brighton by G. A. R. Comrades--Dinner at Cattle Fair Hotel--South Framingham--_Second Day_--Boston and Albany Tu...

_One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Day_--Leave Des Moines with Pleasant Reflections--Reach Adel--Dallas County--Raccoon River--_One Hundred and Fifty-eighth Day_--Ride through Redfi...

An Early Start--School Girls--"Do you Like Apples, Mister?"--Mentor--Home of Garfield--Dismount at Euclid--Rumors of the Custer Massacre--Reach the "Forest City"--Met by Comrade...

Early History and Development--Situation of the Metropolis of New England--Boston Harbor--The Cradle of Liberty--Old South Church--Migrations of the Post Office--Patriots of the...

Boyhood Longings--Confronted by Obstacles--Trapping Along the Oswegatchie--Enter Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary--Appointed to State Normal College--Straitened Circumstances--Teach...

Leave Ecorse--Met at Fort Wayne--Sad News--Reach Detroit-- Met by General Throop and Others--at Russell House--Lecture at St. Andrew's Hall--General Trowbridge--Meet Captain Ham...

Leave Cheyenne--Arrange to Journey with Herders--Additional Notes on Territory--Yellowstone National Park--Sherman--Skull Rocks--Laramie Plains--Encounter Indians--Friendly Sign...

_Fourteenth Day_--On the Schenectady Turnpike--Riding between Showers--Talk with Peter Lansing--Reach Schenectady--Lecture at Union Hall under G. A. R. Auspices--_Fifteenth and...

Ride Across Utah--Chief Occupation of the People--Description of Territory--Great Salt Lake--Mormon Settlements--Brigham Young--Peculiar Views of the Latter Day Saints--"Celesti...

The Metropolis of Nebraska--First Impressions--Peculiarity of the Streets--Hanscom Park--Poor House Farm--Prospect Cemetery--Douglas County Fair Grounds--Omaha Driving Park--For...

_Twenty-sixth Day_--Grand Army Friends--General Sniper--Captain Auer--Stopped by a Thunder-shower--An Unpleasant Predicament-- _Twenty-Seventh Day_--Jordan, New York--Lake Skane...

Ride from Elmore--Lecture at Lyceum Hall--Forsyth Post, G. A. R.--Doctor J. T. Woods--Concerning General Custer--Pioneer History--Battle of Fallen Timbers--Mad Anthony Wayne-- M...

Nassau to Albany--Among Old Friends in Rensselaer County--Thoughts of Rip Van Winkle--Crossing the Hudson--Albany as Seen from the River--Schoolday Associations--Early History--...

Leave _Paul_ in Omaha--Purchase a Mustang--Use Mexican Saddle--Over the Great Plains--Surface of Nebraska--Extensive Beds of Peat--Salt Basins--The Platte River--High Winds--Dry...

Colfax--Auburn--Summit--Reach Sacramento--California Boundaries--Pacific Ocean--Coast Range Mountains--The Sacramento Valley--Inhabitants of California--John A. Sutter--Sutter's...

Cross the Mississippi--Lecture at Moore's Hall--Colonel Russell--General Sanders--Early History of the City--Colonel George Davenport--Antoine Le Claire--Griswold College--Rock...

_Thirty-fifth Day_--Churchville--Cordiality of the People--Dinner at Chili--_Thirty-sixth Day_--Bergen Corners--Byron Centre--Rev. Edwin Allen--_Thirty-seventh Day_--Batavia--Me...

"Queen City" of the Lakes--Arrival at the Tift House--Lecture at St. James Hall--Major Farquhar--Aboriginal History--The Eries--Iroquois--"Cats"--La Hontan--Lake Erie--Black Roc...

Subject of Lecture--Objects Contemplated--Grand Army of the Republic--Introduction by Captain Theodore L. Kelly--Reference to Army and Prison Experiences--Newspaper Comment--Pro...

Rainstorm Anticipated--Friends of the Horse--Seven-Sealed Wonder-- Newspaper Controversy--Lecture at Corinthian Hall--Colonel J. A. Reynolds--Pioneer History--Colonel Nathaniel...