"ROCK ISLAND ROUTE.'

Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska R'y,

(Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y Co., Lessees.)

SOLID VESTIBULE TRAINS

-AND

FREE RECLINING CHAIR CARS

BETWEEN

Chicago and Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo,

VIA KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH,

WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS.

Union Depots at all terminal points, and close connections East Bound, for St. Louis and all points East and South, and West Bound for Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and all Pacific Coast Points.

For Tickets, Maps, Folders, or any desired information, apply to your nearest ticket agent, or address

JOHN SEBASTIAN,
General Ticket and Passenger Agǝnt,
Topeka, Kansas.

G. F. LEE,

Genl. Agent Pass. Dept.

Denver, Colorado.

A VAST EMPIRE.

A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE TRANS-

MISSISSIPPI STATES AND TERRITORIES.

CONTAINING DETAILED STATISTICS AND OTHER INFORMATION

IN SUPPORT OF THE MOVEMENT FOR DEEP HARBORS.
ON THE TEXAS-GULF COAST.

-BY-

F. L. DANA,

SECRETARY OF THE INTER-STATE DEEP HARBOR COMMITTEE AND EDITOR OF THE

COLORADO EXCHANGE JOURNAL.

DENVER, COLORADO :
EXCELSIOR PRINTING COMPANY.
1889.