The Adventures of Two Alabama Boys

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Author

Crumpton, Washington Bryan, 1842-1926

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E-text prepared by Julia Neufeld and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

F296: United States local history: Gulf States. West Florida

Subject

Crumpton, Washington Bryan, 1842-1926

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Text

eBook-No.

48142

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48142

Release Date

February 2, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE ADVENTURES OF TWO ALABAMA BOYS
2. 2.Dedication
3. 3.Foreword.
4. 4.Part One — RECOLLECTIONS OF THE FAMILY LIFE. — ARRIVAL IN ALABAMA. — MOVED TO TOWN. — CHANGE OF VOCATION. — BECOMES A PRINTER. — MEXICAN WAR. — STARTS ON HIS WANDERINGS. — THE GOLD EXCITEMENT. — STARTS FOR THE FAR WEST. — NEW ACQUAINTANCES. — ANOTHER START WEST. — STRIKES OUT ALL ALONE. — A PLUNGE IN THE OVERFLOW. — FELL IN WITH THE MILITARY. — STRIKES HANDS WITH OLD FRIENDS. — FOOD SCARCE. — ALONE CONFRONTED BY INDIANS. — ALONE AGAIN. — REACHES CALIFORNIA. — LOST HIS OXEN. — IN GOD'S COUNTRY AT LAST. — GOT A JOB. — TO TAKE SAIL. — HEARS SAD TIDINGS. — NO PAY FOR SERVICES. — AT ORO CITY. — IN THE MINES. — AT ROUGH-AND-READY. — STARTS BACK HOME. — IN A WRECK. — ON TO PANAMA. — IN NEW ORLEANS. — FINDS HIS BROTHER. — DETAINED IN MOBILE. — IMMEDIATE ATTENTION IN CALIFORNIA, — BACK TO THE MINES AGAIN. — RETURNED TO ALABAMA, — HIS OPINION ABOUT SLAVERY.
5. 5.Part Two — HOW I BEGAN TO LECTURE.
6. 6.Chapter I — I WAS WITHOUT AMBITION. — "SUCKER, READY TO BITE AT ANY BAIT." — MY BROTHER'S COUNSEL CAME TO MY AID: — OFF TO SEA — I WAS COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED.
7. 7.Chapter Two — LOOKING FOR A JOB. — A HOSTLER — TO SAN FRANCISCO — TAKING A SACK IN EACH HAND, I TRUDGED AWAY UP THE STREET. — TO OAKLAND, — "HURRAH FOR JEFF DAVIS!"
8. 8.Chapter Three — MY FIRM RESOLVE — THIS REQUIRED A LAY-OVER AT PITTSBURG, — AT BELOIT, WISCONSIN, — THE FALL OF FT. DONELSON,
9. 9.Chapter Four — "LET MR. W. B. CRUMPTON INTO THE CAMP TOMORROW." — THIS IS THE FIRST LESSON I HAD IN "SHUT-MOUTH" — I STARTED OUT AFOOT DOWN THE RAILROAD. — FORTY FROGS SEEMED TO JUMP INTO MY THROAT. — TOOK THE TRAIN, WHICH WAS LOADED DOWN WITH FEDERAL SOLDIERS, — AT DAYLIGHT I STARTED WEST TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER,
10. 10.Chapter Five — THREE YEARS AFTER THEY SENT THE PISTOL TO ME, — "THE ROAD IS FULL OF YANKEES." — WENT FORTY-FIVE MILES THAT DAY. — THERE CAME IN SUCH A MAN AS I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE OR SINCE — HE WAS NOT A PRAYER-MEETING MAN — REACHING OLD 'UNCLE McCULLOUGH'S,' — I FELT LIKE ONE IN A DREAM. — YOU PEOPLE, WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN PRAYER: — MIND WAS MADE UP NOT TO REMAIN.
11. 11.Chapter Six — RELEASED ON PAROLE. — ON THE LOOKOUT. — REACHES HELENA, ARK. — BOARDED THE STEAMER. — TAKES FEVER. — BLACK COFFEE. — FINDS ONE MAN WHO BELIEVED HIM. — IN TEN MILES OF NEWTON. — MY TROUBLES BEGAN AGAIN. — THEN HE COMMENCED CURSING. — REACHES HOME. — "GOOBER PEAS"
12. 12.Part Three
13. 13.Introduction
14. 14.Preface to Letters of the Second Trip
15. 15.Chapter I — OFF ON SECOND TRIP TO CALIFORNIA AFTER FORTY YEARS. — MY HOME IN MARION, — BUT LET ME BEGIN WITH MY TRIP. — DRY DOCK — "NOT ANOTHER BERTH — GREAT SALT MINE — BEAUMONT — SAN ANTONIO — THE ALAMO — HE EXPECTS IT OF ME. — THE NEXT TWO DAYS. "IT IS THE DRIEST, DULLEST RIDE I EVER TOOK." — OUT IN THE BOUNDLESS PRAIRIE. — AS WE NEAR THE DEL RIO, — THE SEMINOLE CAVE CANON— — WE BREAKFASTED AT EL PASO — THE RIO GRANDE — CONSUMPTIVE'S PARADISE — AT LORDSBURG — AT SAN SIMONS, — TUCSON, — PEOPLE GO TO EUROPE
16. 16.Chapter II — IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. — PLOWING MACHINE — NOTED FOR ITS OIL. — SAN FRANCISCO — THE UNION FERRY DEPOT, — FORT ALKATRAS — SAUSALITO — POOR HAND AT SIGHT-SEEING. — SEAL ROCKS. — THE GOLDEN GATE — SUTRO BATHS AND MUSEUM — CHINATOWN, — THE UNITED STATES MINT. — JAMES LICK — THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY — THE CLIMATE
17. 17.Chapter Three — LOS ANGELES. — "SEEING LOS ANGELES." — THE RETURN — "THE PIT" — THE MIRAGE. — OLD FORT YUMA — RELIGIOUS MATTERS. — BAPTISTS — AN INTERESTING OCCURRENCE. — PASTOR'S CONFERENCE, — CALIFORNIA COLLEGE, — ONE SERIOUS QUESTION — Transcriber's note:

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