Milanich, Jerald T., authorCummings, Amos Jay, authorMilanich, Jerald T., editor and compilerUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher2007-01-032007-01-032008http://hdl.handle.net/10217/87584Includes bibliographical references and index.Over the Kansas plains -- The earthly paradise -- A Canadian in Colorado -- The Petrified stumps -- The town in the desert -- The fate of a gold seeker -- In the golden gulches -- The story of little Emma -- The seventeenth wife -- The great Utah divorce -- An interesting conversation with Ann Eliza Young -- The prophet's divorce -- The Arizona expedition -- The Mormon pioneers -- The American Dead Sea -- Mutton chops by the million -- The king of the jack rabbits -- The funeral postponed -- Duel with six-shooters.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)Natural history -- West (U.S.)Journalists -- New York (State) -- New York -- BiographyRailroad travel -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th centuryWest (U.S.) -- Description and travelWest (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th centuryWest (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890West (U.S.) -- BiographyCummings, Amos J. (Amos Jay), 1841-1902 -- Travel -- West (U.S.)Cummings, Amos J. (Amos Jay), 1841-1902 -- CorrespondenceA remarkable curiosity: dispatches from a New York City journalist's 1873 railroad trip across the American WestTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.