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THE COURIER
tl)CEMOiTT lies at tho gatoway or
vides before the reeky barrier
left makes i(n way to tlie recesses
ains. Tlie main road turning westward
and pursuing a northwest course, pene
thence reaches Billings, Montana. The
Cheyenne for three or four miles to the
climbing close to the summit, traverses
mountain region. Tho region about
country, destined to become the home
The surface is pleasantly diversified, the
duiing qualities that makes it u mine
oral supply of water has retarded its
superb railroad sjstem which brings a reaij market right to
farmers. A large irrigation canal, designed to distribute tho
of construction. The rapid growing cities of the "Hills,'' as
the Black Hills. Hero the road di
which opposes, and turning right and
of two of the spurs of tho Rocky mount
rounds the southern end of the "Hills,"
trates the Big Horn mountains, and
"Hills" division follows the valley of the
east, when it turns sharply north, and
tho whole length of this remarkable
Edgemont is a delightful agriculture
of a dense and prosperous population,
soil is deep, fertile, and possessed of en
of wealth. The lack of a sufiicient nat
settlement, but with irrigation, and the
tho door of this section, it is bound to be rapidly tilled with enterprising
never failing water of the Cheyenne throughout this region, is now in course
well as the great outlet toward the southeast, are certain to supply a demand
for all surplus product. Such considerations, combined with delightful natural surrounding,
western fever in the already crowded piecinctB of the middle states, with all its early power.
to Hot Springs transfers himself and traps to a waiting train, wlrc'i carries him on a winding
minutes lands him in the
cite of tho junction aloue bears
in the Sioux tongue character
waters of the region. It onct
the practical demand for a
less euphonious name of Hot
low the courso of the Fall river
among the lesser hills until wi
glide along the banks of Hot
town. "We are still amid the
either side, 6olid structures of
stranger's wondering gaze
cultivated civilization for
ed little preparation. The
is essentially cosmopolitan. It
springs exist for the world,
thoroughfare, and. tho throngs
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need only to be understood to awaken he
Minnekehta is the junction where the visitor
trail among the lesser hills, and in thirty-five
"Carlsbad of America." The
the attractive appellation which
izes the thermal quality of the
had a wider application, but
plainer term substituted tho
Springs for the town. Wo fol
valley winding in and out
emerge from the labyrinth, and
brook into the center of the
encircling hills, but here on
storied sandstone greet the
and proclaim a prosperous and
which the approach has afford
town, in its origin and genius
exists for its springs, and its
The railroad is its principal
which it brings dominate the
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