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Des Moines to Atlanta Trip Observations by G A Underwood
G A Underwood recounts the Des Moines to Atlanta excursion October 8 through various Southern states. He notes St. Louis fair impressions, Shaw's Botanical Gardens, Anheuser Busch Brewery, Nashville Athens of the South, Belle Meade stock farm, extensive cotton cultivation, and Civil War sites at Chickamauga and Lookout Mountain. The party, hosted by Lafe Young and A B Shaw, is praised for order and hospitality.
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Des Moines
St. Louis
Shaw's Botanical Gardens
Forest Park
N. A
Anheuser Busch
Sousa
McCall
Atlanta
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Kentucky
Teennesee
Georgia
Indiana
Tennssee
Nashville
Evansville
Ind
Ohio River
Tenneessee
Tenn
Alabama
M. W. Moore
Auburn
Ala
Atlanta Constitution
South
Poland
China
Sea Island
Athens
Capitol
Peabody Normal College
Jas. K. Polk
Cumberland River
Maxwell Hotel
Custom House
State Capitol
Fisk's University
Vanderbilt University
Old Fort Negly
Jackson
Court House
Market Square
Tabernacle
Sam Jones
Gerst
Peabody Normal
Belle Meade Stock Farm
W. H. Jackson
Jersey
Iriquois
Stone River
Murfresboro
Nashvill
Chattanooga
Mountain City
New South
Tennessee River
Tennessee Valley
Missionary Ridge
Great National Cemetery
Great Lookout Mountain
Chicamaugua Park
Ohio
Henry Clay Evans
Lookout Mountain
Summit Inn
Moccasin Bend
Altoona Pass
Sherman
Kenesaw
Signal Mountain
Chicago