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Sketches of Wonderland - a land of rolling plains, boundless grain fields, sculptured lands, alpine lakes, mining camps, Indian life, dancing rivers, thriving villages, trackless forests, growing cities, lofty mountains is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and ot...

Excerpt from The History of a Trade-MarkIt may be that the fact that the trade-mark was first seen on the Korean ¿ag diverted investigation, at the start, into rather unproductive channels. The symbol is not original, apparently, with the Koreans, but was appropriated by them from the Chinese.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduct...

Excerpt from Sketches of Wonderland: A Land of Rolling Plains, Boundless Grain Fields, Sculptured Lands, Alpine Lakes, Mining Camps, Indian Life, Dancing Rivers, Thriving Villages, Trackless Forests, Growing Cities, Lofty Mountains, Penetrated by the Northern Pacific RailroadMounds and hills abound in various parts of the city, affording a landscape unrivaled. The Mississippi River winds through the city, and forms, with its white sandstone bl...

Excerpt from Wonderland '96Here has started, at 4 15 P. M. Every day for many years, from the Union Station at St. Paul, Minn, on the long journey to the Pacific Coast, the transcontinental train of the Northern Pacific Railroad. As it stands in the station waiting the hour of departure it well merits inspection. At its head is a huge ten-wheeled Baldwin locomotive. On each side of this machine there are three driving-wheels sixty two inches i...

Excerpt from The Trail of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1904, Vol. 2 of 2: A Story of the Great Exploration Across the Continent in 1804-06, With a Description of the Old Trail, Based Upon Actual Travel Over It, and of the Changes Found a Century LaterCaptain Lewis again took charge of the land party, Clark being too weak as yet to indulge in any feats of pedestrianism. Lewis had a wet and muddy time of it ¿oundering through the bayous formed by the b...

Excerpt from Wonderland, 1902Just eleven miles from the Union Station, St. Paul, lies the lake known among the Indians as the lake of the White Bear. It is St. Paul's summer resort, a beautiful sheet of water entirely free from rocks, shoals, or other obstructions, and furnishing an ideal yachting course. Its dimensions four miles long by two miles wide, covering some acres in extent - hardly convey an idea of its apparent size. Its shore line...

Excerpt from Wonderland, 1902Just eleven miles from the Union Station, St. Paul, lies the lake known among the Indians as the lake of the White Bear. It is St. Paul's summer resort, a beautiful sheet of water entirely free from rocks, shoals, or other obstructions, and furnishing an ideal yachting course. Its dimensions four miles long by two miles wide, covering some acres in extent - hardly convey an idea of its apparent size. Its shore line...

Excerpt from Wonderland 1903: Descriptive of the Country Contiguous to the Northern Pacific RailwayAmong La Salle's company was our priest and explorer, none other, indeed, than the well-known Father Louis Hennepin, a Fran ciscam priest of the Recollect order.A strange combination was the Franciscan, and to this day it is difficult. To gauge and determine the real character of the man. Upon one point all historians agree - he was a man of cons...

Excerpt from Wonderland 1903: Descriptive of the Country Contiguous to the Northern Pacific RailwayAmong La Salle's company was our priest and explorer, none other, indeed, than the well-known Father Louis Hennepin, a Fran ciscam priest of the Recollect order.A strange combination was the Franciscan, and to this day it is difficult. To gauge and determine the real character of the man. Upon one point all historians agree - he was a man of cons...

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Excerpt from Wonderland '96 Here has started, at P. M. Every day for many years, from the Union Station at St. Paul, Minn., on the long journey to the Pacific Coast, the transcontinental train of the Northern Pacific Railroad. As it stands in the station waiting the hour of departure it well merits inspection. At its head is a huge ten-wheeled Baldwin locomotive. On each side of this machine there are three driving-wheels sixty two inches in ...

Excerpt from The Trail of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1904, Vol. 2 of 2: A Story of the Great Exploration Across the Continent in 1804-06, With a Description of the Old Trail, Based Upon Actual Travel Over It, and of the Changes Found a Century Later The Beaver's-head Rock of Lewis and Clark, Looking South. This is now Locally Known as the Point of Rocks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic book...

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A century after Lewis and Clark explored the newly purchased lands west of the Mississippi River, Olin D. Wheeler set out on his own epic journey. Using the explorers' original journals as a guide, he followed the old trail and recorded the changes to the land and landscape. Wheeler traveled by train, steamboat and pack train accompanied by a photographer. The Trail of Lewis and Clark is a fascinating look at the still burgeoning west, a centu...

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Excerpt from The History of a Trade-Mark Many have wondered whether the peculiar design used a trade-mark by the Northern Pacific Railway Company was adopted by them in a haphazard manner, or whether a real significance attaches to it, whether it is simply an ingenious geometric device, or whether in its origin, meaning, and adoption there is hidden a story. It is not a creature of accident - in the sense referred to - and there is a tale an...

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