Beyond the Mississippi : from the great river to the great ocean : life and adventure on the prairies, mountains, and Pacific coast (1869)
Richardson, Albert D. (Albert Deane), 1833-1869 · Hartford, Cn. : American Pub. Co. · leaf 439
1865.] 895 THE WIDOW OF JOHN BROWN At midnight we passed through the little town of Bed Bluffs, Tehama (lowlands), county, head of navigation on the Sacramento river. Here lives the widow of old John Brown, wholly depend¬ ent upon her own labor. Her daughters teach in the public schools, while she… … MOUNT SHASTA CALIFORNIA, FROM SHASTA VALLEY. This sparsely-settled mountain region abounds in tall pines, with long hairy strands of brown Spanish moss pendent from their boughs, and straggling white-oaks festooned with misletoe of vivid green, yellowing as death approaches. This parasite,…
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