New Britain herald., 1922-01-20
Second Section
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Fred Knox and Family Make
 Journey in Automobile

Fred Knox, formerly of sherman Court, now of Los Angeles, Cal. has written relatives here of his trip by automobile from this city to his pres ent place. which covered period or five weeks.
 Mir. Knox, accompanied by his wife, and five children, the youngest three years old, left New Britain on SeY- tember G, in an overland touring car, which was equipped With all the es- sentials necessary frf the trip esti- mated to be about 4.000 miles. On the way, he cons.imed 240 gallons Of gas and five gIilons of oil He re- lates some very interesting exper- fenced encountered on the journey, as follows.
 The Start.
 After leaving New Britain at 10 o'clock In the morning, we made ex- cellent time and arrived in New Jer- sey after dark. The next morning we headed for Philadelphia and after wards made our way on to Gettys- burg, Cumberland, Washington, later crossing the Allegheny mountains. We camped on the top of the mountains and could look over the countryside for miles. The trip down the mour- tains next day was one to be long re- membered. We journeyed on to Col umbus. Ohio, then to Richmond and on to Indianapolis. From there we went to Greenville. Columbus Kan sas City, Emporia and. Dodge City.
 While in Missouri, we struck rainy season and got stuck several times. At night we camped out as usual and early next morning started for Chilacote. In this part Of the country we bought watermelons for five and ten cents. We continued on to Las Anumus, Col, and thence to Trinidad.
 Troubles Encountered.
 "We went over the Raton Pass, where we reached an elevation of S.S72 feet above the sea level. As we reached the side of the Pass, our Steering gear gave way and one front wheel caved in. I repaired it and went on to Wagon Mound and then to Las Vegas. We spent some tune in Santa Fe. Our next stop was at Los Iumas and then to Lunguna, where we saw our first dobe house. A rattlesnake crossed the lava field with us and disappeared We continued on to Grant and Gallup and then to Hol- brook, Ariz. There we saw the petrl- fled forest and the painted desert. At Holbrook we stocked up for supplies which were running mighty low and started out for the Grand Canyon. We travelled until dark, and drawing up under pine tree, stayed in the car until morning. Towards morning we could hear the coyotes howling.
 We arrived in the Canyon at 10 o'clock in the morning. The next day we headed for Williams, and about 20 miles outside of that place, our rear wheel caved in. l got ride into Williams with another tourist, and one back with another man. We drove on to Ashe Fork, which was small town with six houses and two stores From there we went to Eelig- mas and encountered another monster rattler We camped at night near Blackberry. We left in the morning for Kingman, Ariz., and then to Yuc- ca. Just outside of that place, as darkness was falling, a wild cat was sitting beside the roadway. I took couple of pot shots at him with my revolver, but as he only looked mad at us, we put on the gas and went on.
 Arrives in California.
 we camped on the banks of the Colorado outside of Topoc. Our next stop was at Needles, then to Ludlow, on to San Berandino, and finally to our destination, Los Angeles. On the entire trip, the highest l ever paid for gas was 35 cents, and in some towns I got it for 16 cents. I like it very much down here, but we have too much rain. It rained a steady downpour from Saturday, until the following Thursday"
 This interesting letter is only part of the many experiences Mir. Knox and his family of adventurers encoun- tered on the trip. Mir. Knox was for merly employed at the Stanley Works in this city.
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