INDEX 



Finncy County, Kansas, 109. 

 Flasjg, Jack, iu the Rustlers' War, 



210. 



Flagstaff, Arizona, 238. 

 Flathead River, Montana, 223. 

 Fourier, Franfois Marie Charles, 77. 



GADSDEX PCJRCHASK, 22. 



Gallatiu Valley, Montana, 223-225. 



Garden City, Kansas, 109-113. 



Germany, labor colonies of, 287. 



Gila River, Arizona, 238. 



Gill, Thomas P., 291. 



Gould, Dr. Elgin R. L., 274-295. 



Grand Junction, Colorado, 157. 



Grand River, Colorado, 157. 



Great Falls, Montana, 227. 



Great Plains, rise of irrigation on, 106. 



Greeley, Horace: Phalanx move- 

 ment supported by, 77 ; encour- 

 ages the Colorado project, 80 ; last 

 letter to Meeker, 90. 



Greeley Colony of Colorado: Its 

 relation to the phalanx movement 

 of the forties, 77; Meeker pro- 

 poses the undertaking to Greeley, 

 80 ; the colony plan compared 

 with the Fourier ideal, 81 ; publi- 

 cation of prospectus, 83 ; irriga- 

 tion troubles, 84; triumph of the 

 " Greeley potato," 85 ; social life 

 in, 87 ; influence of colony on de- 

 velopment of Colorado, 90. 



Green River, Colorado, 157. 



N, J. J., 202. 



Hale, Dr. Edward Everett, connec- 



tion with Plymouth Colony of 



Idaho, 181. 



Half employed, army of, 245. 

 Hall, William Hammond, 145. 

 Hatch, A. T., 141. 

 Helena, Montana, 226. 

 Hilgard, Prof. E. W., quoted, 33, 35, 



37. 

 Holland, labor colonies of, 286; com- 



pared to Southern California, 92. 

 Homestead law, effect on emigra- 



tion of, 17. 



Honey Lake Valley of California, 

 146. 



Hood River, Oregon, 193. 



" Horse-heaven " Country of Wash- 

 ington, 186. 



Hudson Bay Company, 180. 



Htimboldt, Nevada, town of, 201. 



liuiuboldt River, Nevada, 199. 



IDAHO : Contrast between north 

 and south, 174; wonderful water 

 supply, 175; the forest area, 176; 

 the prune district, 177; climate and 

 healthfulness, 178; Upper Snake 

 River, 178 ; four periods of settle- 

 ment, 180; new Plymouth, 181; 

 the " old - timer," 182 ; cities and 

 towns, 183. 



Idaho Falls, Idaho, 178. 



Illinois, growth of. after Revolution, 

 15. 



Incas in South America, 34. 



Indiana, growth of, after Revolution, 

 15. 



Industrial independence secured by 

 irrigation, 43. 



Inyo County, California, 147. 



Iowa, growth of, 17. 



Irish Agricultural Organization So- 

 ciety, 291. 



Irrigation : The miracle of, 41 ; 

 practical methods of, see Appen- 

 dix ; Damascus, the product of, 

 42; it made the beauties of the 

 Garden of Eden, 42 ; opposed to 

 land monopoly, 43 ; as an insur- 

 ance of crops, 43 ; unfavorable to 

 employment of servile labor, 44 ; 

 its influence on social life, 45; 

 foundation of scientific agricult- 

 ure, 47 ; Mormons, the American 

 pioneers of, 55 ; comparison of 

 cost of private and co-operative 

 systems, 86. 



JEFFERSON, President, takes initiative 



in Western exploration, 23. 

 Jefferson Valley, Montana, 223. 

 John Day River, Oregon, 198. 



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