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Sore recollections of a thief to California
A long rambling 1877 travelogue from the Troy Herald recounts a westward journey from St Louis to Cheyenne and beyond. The writer mocks Native peoples while detailing plains scenery, railroad life, frontier towns, grasshopper swarms, and mirages. He notes towns like Omaha and Cheyenne, discusses Platte Valley cattle and stock laws, and recalls Wild Bill and Sitting Bull lore alongside a crude caricature of miners heading to the Black Hills. The piece blends travel description with sensational stereotypes and a quavery humor about frontier life.
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California
Pletur Gogue
Silesissippi Valley
America
Uncle Sam
Union Pacific
Contral Pacific
Monolonausa
Staton
St. Louia
Omaha
Nebraska
Missouri River
St. Louis
San Francisco
Scemsa
Kansas City
St. Jo
Council
Burlington and Northwestern
Lone Central
Western States
Hie
Plette River
Platte City
Platto City
Platte River
United States
Black Hills
Texas
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Platte Clyrough
Ilo
Ile
Ily
Ife
Dlack Jille
Arkansas