Rambles in north-western America, from the Pacific Ocean to the Rocky Mountains. Being a description of the physical geography, climate, soil, productions, industrial and commercial resources, scenery, population, educational institutions, arboreal botany, and game animals of Oregon, Washington territory, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming

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100 1 ‡aMurphy, John Mortimer.
245 1 0 ‡aRambles in north-western America, ‡bfrom the Pacific Ocean to the Rocky Mountains. Being a description of the physical geography, climate, soil, productions, industrial and commercial resources, scenery, population, educational institutions, arboreal botany, and game animals of Oregon, Washington territory, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming. ‡cby John Mortimer Murphy.
246 3 ‡aRambles in northwestern America
260 ‡aLondon, ‡bChapman and Hall, ‡c1879.
300 ‡axii, 364 p. ‡bfold. map. ‡c23 cm.
505 2 ‡aA summary of the game animals -- Life among the Flathead Indians: Their manners, customs, religious ceremonies, and mode of thought; Their industries and probably fate.
505 0 ‡aEastward sketches: The Laramie Plains -- Best stock for the plains -- The Wind River country -- Strange phenomenon of Buffalo Bull Lake -- Weird mountain tarns -- An inglorious retreat -- Laramie City -- Game of the country -- The Maiden's Slide -- Sherman -- Peculiar sensation produced by thunder -- Grandeur of a mountain storm -- Aspect of the country toward the east -- Arrival at Cheyenne -- The murderous history of its early days -- What constituted a gentleman in Cheyenne -- Women as magistrates and members of juries -- Anecdotes of their sense of justice -- Character of Cheyenne and surrounding country -- Retrospective glance of a tour of North-western America
505 0 ‡aRambles in Wyoming: Area, population, topography, and climate of the Territory -- The different grades of soil -- Its grazing facilities -- Pugnacious character of the grasses -- Its mineral wealth -- Schools -- The political rights of women -- Character of the scenery -- A vast animal cemetery [fossils] -- Evanston -- The Church Buttes -- Striking scenery and wonderful formations of the Green River region -- Hayden's Cathedral -- Painted mountains -- Remarkable clearness of the atmosphere -- Anecdote of an English tourist -- An alarm of Indians and a night vigil
505 0 ‡aAmong the Mormons: Salt Lake City -- Contrast between Mormons and gentiles -- Services in the Tabernacle -- Sermons of the Mormon leaders -- Opinions of two fanatics -- Interview with Brigham Young, Vice-President Smith, and an "Apostate' -- The organization, doctrine, and teachings of the Mormon Church -- No salvation for old maids -- The forfeit of gallantry -- A trip through southern Utah -- How Mormons are watched by the bishops -- Their ideas of Brigham Young -- The next halting-place of the Church -- Eastward once more -- Opinion of a Mormon bishop -- The wild scenery of the canyons -- Character of the country -- Reach Wyoming
505 2 ‡aPreface -- Oregon -- general sketch -- The coast region -- The salmon fisheries -- The chief towns of Oregon -- The Willamette Valley -- Saunterings through southern Oregon -- Excursions in a strange land -- Wanderings in Washington Territory -- A tour of Puget Sound -- Up the Columbia and through eastern Washington -- Through Idaho by stage -- The Shoshone Falls and City of Rocks -- The resources and wonders of Montana -- The Yellowstone National Park -- The physical geography of Utah
510 4 ‡aFlake, C.J. Mormon bibliography, 1830-1930, ‡c5674
538 ‡aMode of access: Internet.
600 1 0 ‡aMurphy, John Mortimer ‡xTravel ‡zWest (U.S.)
650 0 ‡aLatter Day Saints ‡zUtah
651 0 ‡aWest (U.S.) ‡xDescription and travel.
651 0 ‡aWest (U.S.) ‡xDescription and travel
651 0 ‡aNorthwest, Pacific ‡xDescription and travel.
655 7 ‡aTravel literature. ‡2rbgenr
710 2 ‡aDalziel Brothers ‡eprinter.
710 2 ‡aChapman and Hall, ‡epublisher.
752 ‡aEngland ‡dLondon.
776 0 8 ‡iOnline version: ‡aMurphy, John Mortimer. ‡tRambles in north-western America. ‡dLondon : Chapman and Hall, 1879 ‡w(OCoLC)893936690
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