THE

GARDEN OF THE WORLD,

OR THE

GREAT WEST;

ITS HISTORY, ITS WEALTH, ITS NATURAL ADVANTAGES,
AND ITS FUTURE.

ALSO, COMPRISING

A COMPLETE GUIDE TO EMIGRANTS,

WITH

A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT ROUTES WESTWARD.

BY AN OLD SETTLER.

C. W. Dana

WITH STATISTICS AND FACTS,

FROM HON. THOMAS H. BENTON, HON. SAM HOUSTON, COL. JOHN C.
FREMONT, AND OTHER "OLD SETTLERS."

TOR LIB

BOSTON:

NEW

WENTWORTH AND COMPANY,

86 WASHINGTON STREET.

A S.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by

WENTWORTH AND COMPANY,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

STEREOTYPED AT THE
BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.

hecked 1913

I beheld the westward marches
Of the unknown crowded nations.
All the land was full of people,
Restless, struggling, toiling, striving,
Speaking many tongues, yet feeling
But one heart-beat in their bosoms.
In the woodlands rang their axes,
Smoked their towns in all the valleys;
Over all the lakes and rivers

Rushed their great canoes of thunder.

LONGFELLOW'S SONG OF HIAWATHA.