halting-place
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As immediate environment has an influence in making impressions, my opinion of this halting-place on the borders of "Hoosierdom" was not the most exalted.
From Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel by Willard W. Glazier
Meanwhile, Brigham was leading his companies across the prairies to Council Bluffs, their temporary halting-place.
From The Mormon Puzzle, and How to Solve It by R. W. Beers
Thus reinvigorated, and their goat-skins filled again, the Believers joyfully resisted the fatigue of the march between each successive halting-place and finally emerged, safe and sound, from that accursed region.
From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Etienne Dinet
With artisans out of work, and with town-travelers of small trade, the pie-shop is a halting-place, its productions presenting a cheap substitute for a dinner.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
About nightfall they reached their halting-place, a small village about ten miles distant from Durban, where they obtained a supply of fresh milk and mealies, resuming their journey on the following day.
From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by H.C. Adams
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