The Yale expositor., 1922-04-06
r. M. Hockaday Writes Interesting
Letter Of His Auto Trip To Florida

Miami, Fla, March Is, 1922.
To Our Friends at Yale:
l will endeavor to give you o
few sketches through the columns
Of The Expositor of our trip to
Florida.
We left home November 18th,
1921 to motor through via Wash
ington, d. c., to Miami, Florida.
At that time you will remember
there was about ten inches of
snow on the ground, but after we
left Detroit we left all traces of
snow and ice behind.
We went on the Dixie highway
as far as Findlay, Ohio, then on
the Jackson highway to Column
bus, Ohio which is the capitol and
is located on the Scioto river. We
visited the capitol and on the
grounds stands a large monument
in honor of the presidents, states
men and Great Generals, all ma
tives of the Buckeye state.
We left Columbus on the Old
National Trail, and drove east for
about two hours when we came
to the Ohio hills. We travelled
about two hundred and fifty miles
over hills, and saw some wonder
full scenery. We took a great
many pictures by which we can
retrace our journey in years to
come. We also encountered some
very dangerous places to motor
over, but God was with us all the
way.
We went through Wheeling, w.
Va, which is located among the
hills, in the beautiful Ohio Val
ley. The highest altitude of the
hills was 637 feet.
We went through Washington,
Pa, and visited several of John D.
Rockefeller's Oil Wells, which
were very interesting.
Two miles out of Uniontown,
Pa, we reached the foot of the
first real mountain. First thank
ing God for a safe journey thus
far, still asked for His guidance
on our way. We started up the
long steep grade which proved to
be a mountain indeed. Our car
was quite heavily loaded, but the
gasoline which we bought in the
mountains was of a higher test,
so helped in climbing the highest
mountains.
We were told before leaving
home that the Chevrolet car
would never make the mountains,
but we reached the highest one,
which was 1908 feet in altitude,
without the least bit Of trouble.
The downward grade was more to
be feared than the upward grade,
but had no trouble with either.
We gathered several different
articles from the mountain tops
for souvenirs.
Cumberland, Maryland, is COM
pletely surrounded by mountains,
some places in the city the sun
never shines
We reached Washington, y. c.,
after travelling seven days, by way
of Baltimore, Md.
We thought Washington the
most beautiful city that we had
visited on our tour.
We tarried there over Thanks
giving and visited the Capitol. the
White House and most Of the
other Federal buildings. 1t is
estimated that Washington has
one of the best ZOOS in the world.
We also went to the top of the
Washington monument which is
$50 feet high.
We drove to the Arlington GEM
etery in Virginia and saw the
vault where States unknown SOL
der dead was buried a few days
previous to our visit there. We
went through the Amphitheater,
which the funeral service was
held in. 1t is made of marble
and seats about five thousand.
Leaving all the fine scenery,
Landscapes and seven hundred
and thirtfy-fve miles of macada-
mixed road behind us, we contin-
ued on toward the Sunny South
through Virginia. We found sand,
clay, and cobble stone roads, but
as we had no rain, we travelled
along without any trouble.
The eastern coast states have
considerable wild land, no beau
tiful farms, as we left in the
North. Some parts were settled
but the people seemed to be sat-
isfied with little patch of tobac-
co here and there, which is the
principle crop, a few cotton fields,
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