Westward the Course of Empire

Excerpt from Westward the Course of Empire: Out West and Back East on the First Trip of the Los Angeles Limited All of them but the Chicagoans already more or less wayworn with journeys from their homes. They were hospi tably received by Messrs. Lomax and Darlow of the Union Pacific, by whom the whole trip was personally con ducted with a kindness and courtesy which were often to be taxed and never for a moment to fail for the ensuing ten days. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.