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Excerpt from Tour of the American Library Association to the Pacific Coast, September 30th to November 4th, 1891 Arrive Chicago A. M. (central time) and leave via Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad A. M. (central time). On the Chicago, Burling ton and Quincy Railroad, through the States of Illinois and Iowa, and cross the Missouri River at Pacific Junction during the night. On the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, through Nebraska and the beautiful region of North ern Colorado. Reaching Denver in the evening. The next two days will be spent in Denver, one of the most pushing and cultured cities of the plains. It is not only the social and commercial centre of Colo rado, but of the outlying States. Within a figurative stone's throw of its walls are the world-known cattle ranches and silver-producing sections. The industry of wresting the precious metals from their rocky pris ons is carried on upon a very extensive scale and may be seen a Short distance outside of the city. As New Orleans is the gateway of the West, so Denver seems to the returning traveler the portal to the populous East. During the stay luncheon and din ner will be served at the Albany and Windsor Hotels, the party lodging and taking breakfast on the train. 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.