Expenses on Trip to Battle Wyoming

Trip to Battle Wyoming

Left Grand Island on Pacific Express (No 3) at 8.45 p.m. on Saturday evening August 17th 1901. Got a lower berth in a tourist sleeper for a dollar and got into bed just as we were pulling out of Wood River. Only woke up once during the night, which was at Julesburg Colorado when they were backing around. I woke up at a quarter before 5 as we got to Potter Nebraska and was surprised to think I had slept so long and we were still riding in Nebraska and that my annual was good for a full nights ride west of Grand Island. We arrived at Cheyenne on time-and I had already made a lunch of Zwieback and Bromoze and while I was eating the Porter asked if I didn't want him to make a cup of coffee which

he did, moral: I gave him a quarter instead of a dime as I had intended to do.
I got acquainted with a man named Ringgault from London with whom I visited an hour from 6-7. He was very pleasant, about 50 yrs old. His family live in San Jose and he has visited them once each year since 1883 going there in July or August and returning in October. I left the train at Cheyenne and we bid each other good bye never expecting to meet again.
I bought some envelopes and paper and went up to the beautiful City Park to write letters home. I took a seat of half moon shape behind which rose a pile of rocks covered with Columbine.

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Back of me was the Carnegie Public Library nearing completion. In front was the massive State Capitol with its towering gilded dome. To the right was a very large brick convent. The park was lovely, beautiful flowers and Robins all about.

Amidst such surroundings I wrote letters to Al Taylor, Judge Thompson. Sam Huston, Arthur Mayer (in Germany) Mama and Grace, also Ben Davis. I then went to the First Presbyterian Church, a very large brick church with a pipe organ. I decided I didn't want to get into Walcott at 3.30 a.m. and that I better take next train.