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A Hoosier Pilgrimage Through Dixie on a Lumber Excursion
An Indiana group of 205 travelers aboard the Pullman Hermonia tour the South from Nashville to Pensacola and Jacksonville. They tour mills, universities, and plantations, meet officials, visit Forts and battlefields, and sample Southern hospitality aboard the W. T. Smith Lumber Co. trips, noting scenes from Birmingham to the Maine of Florida while observing convict labor, hospitality, and regional life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram H. Henley
Hermonia
South Land
Nashville Tennessee
Board of Trade
Vanlechile
Fik
State House
McMillian
Fort Negter
James K. Polk
Hiram
Hermitage Club
General Thomas
Nashville
Birmingham
Bessimer City
Emsley
Pratt City
Montgomery
Saginaw Lumber Co
Jefferson Davis
W. T. Smith Lumber Co
Mall
Bin
Bohing Ak
Dunham
Indiana
Pensacola Fla
Ascambia
Pensacola
America
Pensacola Bay
Naples
Liverpool
Havre
Bremen
Atlantic
Gulf
Florida
Alabama
Fort Barancas
Fort Pickens
Fort Mes Rea
Navy Yard
DeFuniak Springs
DeFuhiak Springs
Leon
Tallahassee
State University
Tallahasse
Jacksonville
Charleston
Boston
New
Jackie
Gia
Prince of Wales
Bob Inge
Dom Paul
Ision
St. John
He Cummer Lumber Co
Port
St. August
Fort Marion
Sithe
United States
Dunander
Ponce de Fand
Imville
Waygnerd
Phach
General Hospital
Steib
Macon
Georgia
Atlanta
Peach Tree Street
State Capitol
Chattanooga
Chattanoga
Tennessee
Tennessee River
Ohio
Mississippi River
Missionary Ridge
Chicamauga
Look Out Mountain
National Cemetery
Peach Tree Knob
Grant
Read House
Cratchfield
Mamouth