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Cavin Writes Interesting Long Trip West
A 1928 letter from Cavin at 2700 Kettner Blvd San Diego recounts a cross country auto journey from Iowa to California. It covers travel choices from camping to cabins to hotels, lists gear and maps used, describes landscapes from Missouri to the Grand Canyon and Santa Fe region, notes weather, time shifts, and hotel costs, and ends with arrival in Los Angeles area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polks
Iews
California
New York
Iowa
U. S
Colorado
Lincoln Highway
Rock Springs
Wyoming
Estherville
Spirit, Lake and
Denison
Omaha
Kansas
Midwest
Council Bluffs
Hiawatha
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Topeka
Salina
McPherson
Missouri
Lamed
Dodge City
Betwen Kalvesta
Garden Cy
Ruth
Trinidad
Raton
Mt. Wilson
Pasadena
New Mexico
Santa Fe
America
Rio Grande
LaBajada Hill
Myé+erson
Kans
Santa Pe
Gallup
Pacific
Arizona
Painted Desert
Petrified Forest
Flagstaff
Astronomical Observatory
Maine
Grand Canyon
el Tovar
Yapavai Point
Williams
Black Range
Goldroad Pass
Colorado River
Needles
Moharv
Barstow
Mohave
Great American
Desert
Long Beach
Cajon Pass
San Bernardino
Monrovia
Los Angeles
Seven Oaks
Warren
Azusa
Cals
Sibley
Seral