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Round Trip Through Seven States Highlights Farm Life Proof of Prosperity
The Comanche Chief recounts a 2276 mile journey by four adults and two children in a 1947 Chevrolet. They traversed Texas New Mexico Colorado Wyoming Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma, with fuel costs about 45 dollars and little car expense beyond gas and oil. They note abundant hay crops in Colorado and Nebraska, thriving dairy herds in those states and robust farmyard economies, contrasting with Texas stock.
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