Horace Greeley describes his journey from Atchison, Kansas, through Kansas and finally to Denver, Colorado, on the Pikes Express line. From Denver he traveled to Fort Laramie from which his route follows that taken by both Sam Clemens and Richard Burton. He then differs from Clemens' and Burton's route, after Ruby Station, and follows the Humboldt eventually arriving at Carson Sink. Rather than Carson City, his trail ends at Genoa. From there, he traveled over the Sierras to Sacramento.