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Title: Frank's ranche, or, My holiday in the Rockies : being a contribution to the inquiry into what we are to do with our boys
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Marston, E. (Edward), 1825-1914
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Publisher: London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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rget to mention that our appearanceat night is somewhat similar to a coalheavers. ** This is good, honest, though dirty work. Ourintention at present is to save up 100 dollars, start offfrom here, and camp up at Bridgers, 130 miles fromhere (about twelve miles on the other side of Boze-man), and cut cordwood to supply Bozeman, and byhard work hope to make 1,000 dollars by next July..... I want you to think that I am doing my verybest to make and save money. We have not had evenpotatoes for a month. Goods are too expensive here,as they have to be hauled from Bozeman. * * Before we went on to the road business we had athree days job about five miles away, up on the sideof a mountain covered with snow, and had to packour blankets, grub, &c., across the snow, makingsure of our footsteps, otherwise it might have been all 20 MY HOLIDAY up with us. Once we did slip, and went flying downthe mountain for 400 feet; but there happened to bea curve which pulled us up. I shall neTer forget the
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AN AWKWARD ROLL. sensation. We tried to get a horse across. He slipped,rolled over and over with our blankets, frying pan,and all on his back. We thought it was all over with IN THE ROCKIES, 21 him, but he got up after tumbling down 300 feet,shook himself, and walked off, leaving our teapotsmashed in. I believe the old beast had been therebefore. ^August 19, 1883. **. . , As long as my health keeps up I dont care.I can get along well; but this high altitude and therough living, nothing but bread and elk mea^t, whichis liable to give one dysentery, has stopped me work-ing two or three days. However, I hope to be allright to-morrow. I have been working round a smelter (which hasnot yet actually begun to work) from seven oclock tosix, at three dollars a day, without board, so that^though I dont spend a cent except for meat, sugar^flour, and coffee, which, by the way, are frightfullydear, having to be hauled 120 miles, I cannot savemuch. . . . This is the roughest of lives, but as I cange

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