Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-11-21
overland Trip
e(Cyrus Colaw)
louisville, KY, Nov. IL.

Editor VI Tie tLCGOTQer.
Dear Sir:-As you were kind
enough to print all my letters I have
written you,c both here in America
and while soldier with the A. e. F.
on the other side of the Atlantic, l..
thought that few lines concerning
the California trip that Mr.. Tazwell
Fitzwater and are taking would be
interesting to some of the Recorder
readers at least our old acquaintance
We are driving through to Tennes-
see with team and wagon and from
there, we will travel by rail on the
-lHorning :of Oct. 20. With plenty Of
provisions left New Paris, Ohio
at 8 a. m. and at 11:15 a. m. we
landed at the home of Mr.. Fitzawa-
ter's daughter, Mrs. Kathryne Simp-
son in Richmond, Ind. His youngest
daughter, Marie, came in the car and
we all ate dinner together. In after
noon Mr.. Fitzwater, Marie and at
tended good matinee at the Murray
theater; when we came from the
= show it was pouring down the rain,
so we stayed all night at Mrs. Simp-
sons T.
Oct. 30-Left Richmond at 1880 a.
n. and arrived at Centerville 9:15.
A short distance west from Center
vile, the main highway was closed
owing to its being repaired and we
had to go around about way for three
= and half miles on east side of the
road and when we got headed back to
the main road we had gone but a
short distance when we come to a
J stream of water where we stopped
and ate dinner. We passed through
Pershing at lao and turned south:
and after we had passed through Mil
ton but a short distance dark overlook
! JUS at the farm of Mr.. Abner 'Whipple
we stayed over night.
October. 31st :. as we. left Mr..
Whipple's barn lot one of our
horses while dancing a gig broke a
. single tree, causing us not to get
started until 10. o'clock We ate din
on the Williams Creek bridge which
was rooted and protected us from the
rain which started on us while COM
in, through Cornersyille. We travel
e0 On through the heavy rain and at
dark landed at Wilson's CORNER,
which is five miles east or RushV1lle.
Nov. LIST woke mp and it was pour
+. ing down gain. We started on and
passed THOUGH Rushville at 10 A NJ
-resha ate dinner at Homer and then
passed on through the little town of
q Vanilla and Rays Crossing. Five mil
les west of Shelbyville we stopped at
farm house Of Mr.. Robert Anderson
end as the rain kept pouring we got
permission to put our team and
wagon in the barn where we injoyed
a pleasant nights rest. &c.,.
y Nov.2n l took potatoes and onions
and fried them and made coffee and
I've ate our breakfast in the barn and
kn I took the dishes over to the
Use and Miss Ruth AMI T washed
= and then we started on, passing
Faugh Shelbyville, where talked
- one- of>my old comrades over the
phone. Then we came on and at din
ner near another of my comrades who
came over to meet me. We landed in
Flat Rock about dark and there I
met another comrade, who is now q
travelling salesman. We came on alb
out q mile south of town andput up
for the night. Here is where we did
our first cooking on our stove.
Nov. 3rd We got up and ate our
breakfast and started on. We ate
old dinner one mile north of Colum-
rs, about 1 o'clock we passed thr-
gh Columbus and stayed seven
miles north of Seymore.
Nov. 4th we came in through Sey-
more and stopped FIVE miles south of
the town and ate dinner opposite
Ir. Clarence Kyser's place. Dark
overlook us seven miles north of Scot
3tsburg at Casey's Corner, where we
spent the night-To be continued.