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Rh Deadwood, and the famous gold mines of the Black Hills.

From Alliance, Nebraska, a branch extends south to Denver, Colorado, with connections to Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyoming.

I made a short stop at Lincoln, Nebraska, where one branch extends to Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa. At St. Joseph, Missouri, I was detained for some time within two miles of the depot. Our train had been running at the rate of sixty miles an hour to make up for lost time, and on stopping at a little station, smash went the front wheel of our engine. This caused the passengers to all look serious, when each one thought what might have been had the wheel gone to pieces when we were running at such speed, as the trainmen claimed that the wheel had been broken for some time, but did not