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DANGERS OF THE TRAIL--1865

DANGERS, OF THE TRAIL

IN 1865

A Narrative of Actual Events

By CHARLES E. YOUNG

GENEVA, N. Y.
1912

COPYRIGHT, 1912
BY CHARLES E. YOUNG

Press of W. F. Humphrey Geneva, N. Y.       
H. DeF. Patterson, Illustrator, Geneva, N. Y.

PREFACE

     I present this narrative of actual events on a trip across the plains to Denver, Colorado, in 1865 and of life in the Far West in the later sixties.

     An interesting and valuable feature is a map of the country, made in 1865, by Henry Bowles of Boston, showing the old Platte River and Smoky Hill Trails of that day before there was a railroad west of the Missouri River.

      Everything is told in a plain but truthful manner, and this little volume is submitted to the reader for approval or criticism.

CHAS. E. YOUNG

July, 1912

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