The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-23
"a TRAMP ABROAD"
Interesting Letter from Mr.. August
=. Rehbein.


else, we desire to obtain the mini
mum of expense, so when the great
transcontinental railroads offered
liberal rates to the tourist and
pleasure seeker who desired to
visit the Pacific coast, we concluded
to take advantage of these reduced
rates and ordered our tickets and
sleeping reservations from Chicago
going over the Chicago and North
western and Northern Pacific rail-
roads to Seattle, Wash, and Port
land, Oregon, and returning by way
of the Southern and Union Pacific
iR. r. to San Francisco, CAL, Los
Angeles, Cal, and Denver, Col,
back to Chicago, Ill. thus giving us
an excellent opportunity to see the
west with it's great attitudes, its re-
| freshing air, it's clear skies, it's cool
nights, it's snowy mountain ranges
and isolated peaks, it's canyons and
fertile valleys, and last but not least
to renew our old acquaintances, and
call on many friends and relatives
whom we had not seen for years,
and who are always near and dear
to us.
These tickets via California are
secured at slight advance in cost
over the piece of tickets direct to
Seattle and return, but see what an
excellent opportunity it affords to
visit Southern California and vari-
Gus other points of interest at such
small additional expense.
You will be surprised before we
have finished with these letters to
learn what a vast amount of terri
tory we have covered and the many
things we have seen, and all because
we had it planned, studied and sys-
tematized before we left home, and
GUS things of interest we saw. We
left Chicago at 6:35 p. m. Wednes-
day, June 10th. The Northwestern
line between Chicago and st. Paul,
Mimi, is equipped with every known
appliance for safety and comfort.
An excellent roadway of heavy steel,
we'll ballasted and carefully main
tanned, and equipped with the block
signal system, affording the fullest
sequently our minds were at ease.
We had a good nights rest and
1920 the next morning found us in
st. Paul, Minn. Having about two
hours before leaving on the EXposi-
tion special of the Northern Pacific
r. r. we took street car rides about
the city, and visited the new white
marble Capitol of Minnesota. 1t
being too early for the guides, we
introduced ourselves to the watch
man in charge as tourists from
Pennsylvania. He said: Il have a
warm spot in my heart for lnose
from that State-my wife came
from Pennsylvania. He acted as
guide and took us through the build
ing. This building is one of three
or four noted public buildings in the
United States. In it's architecture
artistic establishment, appointments
and adaptation to it's uses, it is q
notable achievement, and reflects
great credit upon northwestern
progress. Some of the GRANTEES uset
are very beautiful. st. Paul, the
Capitol of Minnesota, is gracefully
located on a series of hills overlook
ing the Mississippi River at the heat
of navigation. The river divides the
city and is spanned by several hand
some bridges, one known as Higf
bridge, affording a magnificent view
of the city.
We left st. Paul at 9:15 a. m
passing Hamlin University, (Metho
dist), the University of Minnesota
and some of the large Touring mill!
for which Minneapolis is we'll known
) and traversing the stone arch via
duct across the Mississippi at Mimi
! eapolis, the Falls of st. Anthony are
: seen to our right. By noon we have
passed st. Cloud and Little Falls
= important towns from a numbering
r and manufacturing standpoint, anC
' at half past four we are at Fargo
3 n. D., the head of the Red Rivel
t Valley. This great valley, from
twenty-five to seventy miles wide
and more than 800 miles long wal
once the bed of vast post-glacia
lake, to which scientific men have
given the name, Lake Agassiz.
Very few fences are to be seen
The whole valley appears, as far a.
: the eye can see, as one vast whea
field, intermingled here and there
: with small patch of corn or oats
' There are here raised yearly large
quantities of wheat, besides mucl
!, fax, corn and other cereals. Leav
4 ing Fargo, the train speeds OF
across the wide level Red Rive
f valley, to jamestown, in the james
}, River valley on, up to and across
s the Coteau country, grandly
rolling, billowy prairie land to Bis
marck, the Capitol of North Dakota
1t nearly ten o'clock, but we lool
out in the hope that among the peo
g pie at the station we might see th
face of one of the Grambs Bros, VIII,
i, a few years ago came here to settle
= We leave Bismarck, cross the Mis-
souri, river and pass on through