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Franklin McMillan Diary, 1926-1927
Franklin McMillan Diary 1926 & 1927 60.pdf
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− | off the back of the train. at | + | off the back of the train. at Caliente Nev. at 10.30 am elevation 4396 feet. Pop. 545. leaving Caliente we wind up through the Nevada Canyon for 22 miles. to Crestline Elevation 5992 feet. went through 16 tunnells some short & some long. weather cool & snappy here. a few scrub fir trees near here. near Crestline the engine blew out a piston. delayed from noon until 2. pm. weather cloudy we are now in Utah state. at Lund at 3.30 pm. 242 miles yet from Salt Lake City and 542 from Los. Angelas. only a small town. every thing brown and bare. only sage brush. at Oasis at 6 pm some farms here. the mountains now at each side covered with snow. <s>at</s> from Lund to Delta we travel in the Escalante Valley 100 miles long and 30 to 50 miles wide almost straight roads. about dark we enter the great Pahvant Valley of 5000 acres. mostly all irrigated. arrive at Salt Lake City at 1030 pm 2 hours late. take free bus to Cullen Hotel on W. 2nd st. 1 1/2 block from Main |
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+ | Mar 31st we are staying the day in Salt Lake City. we leave at 8.30 tonight. had |
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off the back of the train. at Caliente Nev. at 10.30 am elevation 4396 feet. Pop. 545. leaving Caliente we wind up through the Nevada Canyon for 22 miles. to Crestline Elevation 5992 feet. went through 16 tunnells some short & some long. weather cool & snappy here. a few scrub fir trees near here. near Crestline the engine blew out a piston. delayed from noon until 2. pm. weather cloudy we are now in Utah state. at Lund at 3.30 pm. 242 miles yet from Salt Lake City and 542 from Los. Angelas. only a small town. every thing brown and bare. only sage brush. at Oasis at 6 pm some farms here. the mountains now at each side covered with snow. at from Lund to Delta we travel in the Escalante Valley 100 miles long and 30 to 50 miles wide almost straight roads. about dark we enter the great Pahvant Valley of 5000 acres. mostly all irrigated. arrive at Salt Lake City at 1030 pm 2 hours late. take free bus to Cullen Hotel on W. 2nd st. 1 1/2 block from Main
Mar 31st we are staying the day in Salt Lake City. we leave at 8.30 tonight. had