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Chautauqua Special Train on Second Annual Tour
A deluxe Redpath Chautauqua special left Chicago April 27 with 84 enthusiasts for a 40 hour journey to Charleston and Fort Sumter. The route climbed through Illinois to the Atlantic coast with stops in Nashville Murfreesboro Chattanooga Cleveland Knoxville and Morristown. crowds greeted the party at each stop and Chautauqua bands and choirs performed widely.
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Party OF Eighty
Chicago
Atlantic Seaboard
Southern Battlefields
Old Fort Sumter
Charleston
South Carolina
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
North
Redpath
Central States
Nashville
Tenn
Murfreesboro
Stones River
Elve
Tullahoma
Cleveland
C. W. Voak
Cleveland, Tenn
Board of Trade
Ted
W. ©. Wilbur
Fort Sumter
Street Railway Company
Centenary Seminary
Kryl
Fagman
Knoxville
Morristown