Pike's Peak Rush, Or, Terry in the New Gold Fields

Excerpt: “"Twenty-five thousand people—and more on the way! Think of that!" exclaimed Mr. Richards, Terry''s father. It was an evening in early April, 1859, and spring had come to the Richards ranch, up the Valley of the Big Blue, Kansas Territory. Excitement had come, too, for Harry (Harry Revere, that is, the clever, boyish Virginia school-teacher who was a regular member of the family) had been...