Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine.

BEYOND THE WEST. affluents of the Missouri, nearly east of the Pass, selected for the Northern Road. It wats here the mountain men found grass and sweet cottonwood for their animals, and it was in this more northern country where game resorted for food during the winter snows in large herds At Fort Benton, in Northern Montana, noted for being a trading post of the American Fur Company, which has an elevation of 2,662 feet above sea level, their horses and cattle, of which they had large numbers, were never housed or fed in winter, lb)ut obtained their own living without difficulty. Thbe facts hardly sustain the general impression that tlhe winter in this region has more snow, and is colder tnan in the more central ranges farther south. I i II i z i I i I I ii i 200

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Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine.
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Pine, George W.
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Buffalo, N.Y.,: Baker, Jones & co.,
1873.
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West (U.S.) -- Description and travel

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"Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine." In the digital collection Making of America Books. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/aba1066.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2025.
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