A MIND'S-EYE MAP OF AMERICA 



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A CAMPING PARTY IN PALISADES INTERSTATE PARK : NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY 



There is no joy limit to the ride along the Palisades of the Hudson River and the 

 speed of a smile a mile is here being largely exceeded. This beautiful playground comprises 

 many thousands of acres along the west bank of the Hudson, in the States of New York 

 and New Jersey, including what is known as Harriman Park, in Rockland County. 



piece of land allotted to each of them, 

 where they could live in communities to 

 which they could bring their brides — 

 land that would have a little cottage on 

 it and be fenced and broken, so that the 

 boy could go upon it at once and make 

 his living; borrow a few hundred dollars 

 from the government and put stock on 

 the land; having a modern house and a 

 community center around which this 

 colony would gather. 



I wanted one of those communities in 



every State, so that all might see what an 

 ideal farm life should be, for I thought 

 that the gospel would spread. 



We could have had this. There is 

 abundant vacant land, land that can be 

 had for almost nothing. Between the 

 National Capital and the Gulf of Mexico 

 there are 32,000,000 acres of unused 

 lands. We could support the entire 

 United States, if need be, on that body 

 of land. 



I wanted these boys to be given that 



