(WEST) Hazen William B Our Barren Lands The Interior of the

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(WEST.) Hazen, William B. Our Barren Lands: The Interior of the United States West of the 100th Meridian, and East of the Sierra Nevadas. 53 pages. 8vo, lacking wrappers; minor wear. In custom 1/4 morocco case. Cincinnati, 1875

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General Hazen draws on his long military experience in the Dakota Territory to attack the Northern Pacific Railroad, asserting that 'the vast sum of money which was spent ... to build a railroad across an arid desert was as if thrown into the sea.' This important pamphlet includes rebuttals of his critics such as General Custer, whose reports of the arability of the Dakota lands are eviscerated on pages 11-14 and 37-42. "Hazen could see no economic possibilities in Dakota and the northern interior"--Howes H372 ("aa"). Graff 1834; Streeter sale IV:2111.