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Our Western Tour letters of 1883 from Headman family
Frank C Headman and wife Clara McCurdy travel from Philadelphia to St Louis Kansas City and Las Vegas Hot Springs in 1883. They describe dusty trains dirty streets wooden pavements and rough travel across plains. They note cattle herds, scarce trees, and early Western frontier life as they head toward Santa Fe and beyond.
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Philadelphia
Frank C. Headman
Rebecca Clara McCurdy
Frank
University of Pennsylvania
Clara
John Rater McCurdy
Asse
Elton Headman
18Th and
Arch Streets
Philadelphia Orchestra
St Louis
Kansas City
Mississippi
Missouri
Plains
Kansas
Raton
Las Vegas Hot Springs
Santa Fe