The Delta independent., 1918-01-25
AS Things were
TO BOYS OF '98
Letter from Carl Brown, Company F.,
First Regiment, Nebraska voiuc-
teer Infantry, First Avenue, Camp
Merritt, San Francisco, May 2itn,
1898:

to give you the details of our trII
from Nebraska to the sea. We left
Camp Alvin Saunders, Lincoln, Mon
day, May IT, at 3:20 p. m. We were
the third and last battalion of the
First regiment, the other two having
left before us. We left on the Rock
Island and had a solid train of sleep
ers. We arrived in Fairbury, Neb.,
at p. m, the same afternoon. We
were given a warm reception by the
ladies of the town-also warm cof-
fee. We left at 5:45 p. m, and ar
rived in Belleville, Kan, at $50 the
same afternoon, and the entire lopu-
lation turned out to meet us. Our
stay in Belleville was short. On
leaving Belleville we retired for the
night, and Oh, those beds were love
ly. We went to sleep as quick as
we struck the bed and passed through
'Phillipsberg, Kan. during the night.
Tuesday, May 27.-We arose at
6; the train was just pulling into
Limon, Kan, and we took breakfast
there Our breakfast consisted of
hardtack, canned beef and coffee. We
lay over in Limon on hour and then
resumed our journey westward. AT
ter that there was nothing but sage
brush and sand until we arrived in
Denver. The reception we received
was great. There were about 25,-
900 people down to meet US. among
them being the Colorado national
guards. We arrived in Denver at 1:45
and left at 2:15 p. m. We passed
through Greeley, Colo, the great po-
tato belt of the United States. There
was a large crowd to meet us, but
as the train was two hours late We
did not stop. Shortly after leaving
Greeley we passed through Eaton,
and after that there was nothing, but
cactus and sand. We arrived in
Cheyenne, Wyo- at o'clock and took
supper, leaving at $50. Our recep-
tion was a cold one, no one being to
the train to meet us. Cheyenne is
the poorest excuse of town in the
oldtcS- Allcl VIC ltlI IhClS
we began to climb the mountains. We
had a double-header until we arriv-
ed at Sherman at o'clock. Sher-
man is the highest point on the I'm
ion Pacific railroad. We all got off
here and looked at the Sherman
monument. The mountains were
covered with snow. We arrived at
Laramie at $50. Laramie is the
town where Bill Nye used to edit the
Boomerang and the people seem to
have embibed much of the spirit.
There were at least 500 at the train
to meet us and cheered repeatedly
for Nebraska There were more pret-
ty girls in this town than in any we
passed and Laramie will ever have
a warm spot in the hearts of the Logs
of the First Nebraska. After leav-
ing Laramie we retired for the night
We arose at 6 a. m, and at o'clock
we pulled into Rock Springs, V'yo,
the famous coal mining town 7 saw
a pile of slack coal by the side of the
track which contained over one
thousand tons. We pulled through
without stopping arrived at Green
River, Wyo., at 7:40. We were then
844 miles from Omaha, and 1S6 miles
from Ogden, Utah. We crossed the
line into Utah at 12:45 and arrived
at Ogden at p. m. Here big
crowd met us and we were served
with hot coffee, the best we struck
enroute. It had sugar and real cream
IN it, just like you have back in Ne
braska. After leaving Ogden we
travelled for a hundred miles alorg
the bank of the famous salt. The trip
through Nevada was the same as
through Utah. an occasional stop. a
treat to hot coffee, and as Buck Ad-
ans would say, dare you are We
arrived at Humbolt. New, at s:15 on
Thursday morning and stopped TWEEN
ty minutes for breakfast. Humbolt
is a lively town and the door-yards
are simply elegant We arrived in
Lovelock, New, at $50 a. IN. The
town is 6,939 feet above the sea level.
Here our captain took us off the
train and marched us double-quick
around the town, and while we were
marching the train started and we
had to run to get on board At Ho,
Springs, New, we had to lay over ror
the Southern Pacific. Our next stor
was at Reno, about ~ miles from
where the great rbett-Fitzsimmonf
prize fight was pulled off. Reno is @
beautiful city. and there was large
crowd to meet us. This is the coun
try for Indians and Cinnamon and as