Far Above the Clouds On the Highest Railroad
An account of a 325 mile Peru Peruvi an railway journey from Puno to Arequipa via Crucero Alto reaching 4666 feet above sea level. The piece notes Vincocaya at 14360 feet, the Andean conditions, remedies for altitude sickness, and the mix of railroading methods under Meiggs.
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Titicaca
Washington
Penu
Andes
Crucero Alto
Puno
South America
Bolivia
Alto del Crucero
Arnas
Henry Meiggs
United States
Meiggs
Lima
Cerro del Pasco
Amazon
Atlanta
Peru
Vincocaya
Central Asia
Potosi
Quitto
Ecuador
Leadville
Col
Saint Bernard
el Hotel Empresa
Orton
Vassar College
Quito
Sir Toche
Arequipa
Thil
Aged Indians of Southern California and Their Longevity
Harper's Magazine summarizes H H Bancroft and others noting Scots in Southern California lived in temperate, abstinent conditions leading to exceptional longevity. Accounts describe aged Indians cared for by communities, with remarkable endurance, altered senses, and continued life functions despite severe decline. Dr Palmer reports a 126 year old squaw hauling watermelons, while San Tomas elders about 140 years old remain active gathering driftwood.
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California
H. H. Bancroft
W. A. Winder
San Diego
el Cajon Valley
Palmer
San Tomas
Remonding
Harper’s Magazine
Lassoinga Locomotive and Indian Attack on Rail Route
An old narrative recalls a Kansas Pacific line near Fort Wallace where Cheyenne anger and railway ignorance met. Indians cut telegraph wires and stretched rope across tracks causing crashes. many were killed or injured, ending major attempts to halt trains for years.
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Kansas Pacific
Iron Horse
Fort Wallace
Death of a promising Japanese Yale student noted
The New Haven Palladium reports the death of Tanchyra, a promising Japanese Yale graduate, whose loss saddens a campus renowned for fostering Japanese students. The piece praises the quality and character of Japanese scholars at Yale and notes the institution’s quiet role in uplifting Japan, linking campus ties to Pacific relations.
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Yale
Tanchyra
Japan
Tanchyia
Pacific
New Haven Palladium
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Battle of Lake Erie
Margaret Deland
James Russell Lowell
Maurice Thompson
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James Parton
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Oliver Dyer
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