Tie mode then of reaching the Pacific was either by a years journey across the continent and over the wild plains and rugged mountains of the West or by vessels sailing around Cape Horn. or by crossing the continent at the Isthmus of Central America. The latter seemed likely to prove the key to the situation in the near future. Even before the treaty with Mexico had been finally agreed upon. Congress. with the view of facilitating communications with our military and naval stations on the Pacific and to aid in the transmission of communication with the hardy immigrants who were already settling on the Pacific coast. had established a line of monthly steamers from New York to the Atlantic side of the Isthmus of Panama and from Panama on the Pacific side to California and Oregon.
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