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ways, saw 101s ol river uuui* uim barges wharf ed against the wliatffs. I can’t tpll you how big Memphis is, but it is some city. From here every thing begins to look better. The soil is clay instead of sand ami the timber is different, hardly no pine trees, (The land is also more rolling and the crops look better; quite a number of log cabins. At noon we pulled into •Pnduea.Ky., took a hike hero but it. wasn’t much df a town. From here on wo traveled through the mountains and saw some fine scenery. They aren’t very high, but all covered with frees. . The road winds in and out, hardly a straight stretch 111 it. Through here there are lots of coal mines pud the stations are hardly a mile apart, but we stopped at very few. Some places they farm 011 the hill-sides which are so steep I don't see. how ,a mule can walk. Most, of the work is done with one mule. Although the houses are small und none too- g6od, there are^some fine looking stilus through here. About 11 a, 111, we reached Louisville, Ky, I had gone to bed, but I sat lip and took in ail the sights I could. We stayed here for over two hours waiting for a follow that liu\l1h*ou left behind at peduca, but pulled out ’ without him. Just-as we left- Louisville we crossed some high bridge over some big river and I guess wo must of pulled into .Indiana. . Wish we hud crossed here in tlih day time. At one thirty Wednesday I lmd to ge.t ppf and •stand guard at one -of the'doors till five thirty a. in. At; seven a. m..we stopped ut Anderson, Indiana, ancl .we didn’t pull out am close to .noon. We stopped at Union City, Lid., for a • little while. Some Judies nave us apples, cukes and* «*seW(\vtimcl: a 1W'inlitscPlt;irPlt;IIHitiflt;\Vf(nPaa0 t:1 v
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Algona Courier
Algona, Iowa, US
Thu, Jun 20, 1918
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