Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-25
Stories About People.
SKETCH OF NY LlFE-BY MAR.
GUERiTE TRACY.
Dear Juniors !:

LEAR JuulOFS.
I am a little girl eleven years old.
was born in Ottumwa, Iowa. May 20,
1901. When I was three years old my
parents took me to the St. Louis ex-
position. can remember many things
saw there. | remember of seeing
the liberty bell. 1t had large crack
on one side Of it, We remained there
three weeks.
In the summer of 1906 we took trip
to Colorado. While in Denver we took
trip on the Motif road, to the noun
tain top. There was snow and ice up
there. From there we went to Colo
RADIO Springs. There we went through
the garden of the Gods. Then we
went to the Cheyenne canyons and the
seven falls. There were two thousand
steps by the side Of the seven falls,
leading up to Helen Hunt Jackson's
grave. Papa and my little brother
went to the top but when We got about
fifty feet up got sick and the guide
told mamma to take me down back
wards. We could see Pixies Peak from
our window.
From there we went to Pueblo. We
remained in Colorado about three
weeks and we saw many interesting
sights. In 1908 my papa went to Dali
las. South Dakota and we went as far
| as Omaha with him and visited our
cousin there
! In 1909 we left Ottumwa for Cali
fornia. We left Thursday morning at
1870 and arrived at San Francisco
Sunday evening at 9:15. We had a
pleasant trip on the way and saw
many beautiful sights. We passed
through miles of snow sheds going
over the mountains. Going into Oak
land, California our train ran on to a
/ ferry boat. There were two other
passenger trains on the boat It is
considered the largest ferry boat in
the world. When we reached Oakland
We left the train and took a ferry
boat for San Francisco. 1t took about
! fifteen minutes to cross the bay. While
in San Francisco I went to the Henry
Durant school. My teachers name
was Miss Caroline Haas There were
children from China. Japan and Tur-
| key in my school. We went to the
beach and to the cliff house often. At
the cliff house We could see the seals
summing themselves on large rocks.
We took several trips out to Golden
Gate park. 1t is sixteen miles around
| it. and four miles square. 1t is a
, beautiful park and there are animals.
! birds and fishes of all descriptions.
There ore many interesting things
! there to be seen. We went to the
preside to see the soldiers. We also
visited the bay cities. Oakland. Berke'
ly. Alameda and Sausalito.
| Going to Sausalito we passed gov
lernment island There was a govern
ment prison on it. In 1910 we boarded
the Governor, large sea-going vessel
We had very pleasant voyage. Papa
got sea sick. The sunset on the ocean
! is the most beautiful sight I ever saw
It took twenty-six hours to reach Red
ondo beach and from there we took
street car for Los Angeles. We started
home in three weeks.
Our first stop was at Ell Paso, Texas
which is quite large city We also
visited Old Mexica which has some
very interesting cities. From there
We went to San Antonio. Texas. Papa
got an auto and we rode out through
| the country for about thirty-seven
miles visiting chain of old Catholic
missions ranging from two to three
hundred years old The most interest
ing one of all is the Alamo, which was
built in 1718 and is known throughout
the world as the ,'cradle of Texas
liberty" 1t is located in the heart OF