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Northern Illinois University
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| Series: | New York Weekly v. 30 no. 24 (page 4) |
| Item: | A Bear Fight |
| Author: |
Murray, Lieutenant, 1820-1895
(pseudonym used by Ballou, Maturin M. (Maturin Murray), 1820-1895)
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| Date: |
April 19, 1875 |
| First Sentence: | People who now travel over that portion of our continent lying between Kansas and Colorado by the great Pacific railroad, have little idea of the slow and trying mode of crossing those dreary prairies which prevailed before the iron horse was introduced upon them. |