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Grand Farm Club Tour Through Many States Recounted
A detailed travel diary by state agricultural club boys describes a multi state journey starting in College Station and routing through Kansas Missouri Iowa Illinois Michigan Ontario Ontario and New York then south to Virginia Kentucky Tennessee Alabama Louisiana and Texas. Highlights include visits to livestock farms Ford Motor Co Noble mills and grain farms, observations of large hogs, dairy operations, and the Niagara Falls area. The account notes the trip was organized by the state agricultural department and commemorates Mr. Oscar Strohacker who provided the notes. The piece ends with a local real estate for sale listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Ft. Worth
Union Hotel
Oklahoma
Wichita
Kansas
Manhattan
State College
Lincoln
Neb
Agricultural College
State Farm
Jersey
Chicago
Ill
Union Stock Yards
Armour’s
Marshall Mield’s
Art Gallery
Linecoln Park
South Bend
Ind
Oliver Chilled
Lansing
Michigan
Michigan Agricultural College
Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Co
Highland Park
River Rouge
St. Thomas
Ontario
Detroit River
Winsor
Canada
Niagara
United States
Mia
New York City
Downtown
Uptown
Chinatown
Woolworth
Broadway
New York Proper
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Hoboken
East River
Hudson
River
Statue of Liberty
Ellis Island
Coney Island
Washington, D. C
National Capitol
Congressional Library
White House
Treasury
Washington
Department of Agriculture
New National Museum
Arlington
Robert E. Lee
Old Home
National Cemetery
Weyer
Blue Grass
Nashville
Tenn
Birmingham
Ala
Montgomery
Confederacy
New Orleans
Houston
Texas
Southern
Special Agricultural Club
State Agricultural Department
Oscar Strohacker
Turtle Creek