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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.
Reference Type
Book
Author
Greeley, Horace
Publisher
C. M. SAXTON, BARKER & SAN FRANCISCO : H. H. BANCROFT & CO.
Published Year
1860
LARAMIE TO SOUTH PASS, 1859

XVI. LARAMIE TO SOUTH PASS.

South Pass, Rocky Mountains, July 5, 1859.

SOUTH PASS TO BRIDGER. 1859

XVII. SOUTH PASS TO BRIDGER.

Big Sandy, Oregon, July 6, 1859,

FROM BRIDGER TO SALT LAKE. 1859

XIX. FROM BRIDGER TO SALT LAKE.

Salt Lake City, Utah, July 11, 1859.

FROM SALT LAKE TO CARSON VALLEY. 1859

XXV FROM SALT LAKE TO CARSON VALLEY.

PLACERVILLE, Cal., July 31, 1859.

CARSON VALLEY—THE SIERRA NEVADA. 1859

XXXVI. CARSON VALLEY—THE SIERRA NEVADA.

PLACERVILLE, Cal., Aug. 1, 1859.

Though the Carson sinks in or is absorbed by the same desert with the Humboldt, a glance at its worst estate suffices to convince the traveler, that the former waters by far the more hopeful region. Large cottonwoods dot its banks very near its sink ; and its valley, wherever moist, is easily rendered productive. You feel that you are once more in a land where the arm of industry need not be paralyzed by sterility, obstruction, and despair.