02453nam a2200433 a 4500 ebr10333628 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080605s2008 coua sb s001 0deng 2008025223 9780870819261 (alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)506069184 n-usp-- n-us-ny F594 .C945 2008eb 917.804/2 22 Cummings, Amos J. (Amos Jay), 1841-1902. A remarkable curiosity [electronic resource] : dispatches from a New York City journalist's 1873 railroad trip across the American West / Amos Jay Cummings ; edited and compiled by Jerald T. Milanich. Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, c2008. x, 371 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-353) 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Cummings, Amos J. (Amos Jay), 1841-1902 Travel West (U.S.) Cummings, Amos J. (Amos Jay), 1841-1902 Correspondence. Frontier and pioneer life West (U.S.) Natural history West (U.S.) Journalists New York (State) New York Biography. Railroad travel West (U.S.) History 19th century. West (U.S.) Description and travel. West (U.S.) Social life and customs 19th century. West (U.S.) History 1860-1890. West (U.S.) Biography. Electronic books. local Milanich, Jerald T. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10333628 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 50185 50185