Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-04-23

lUU IL. dUOVc 6IOuHu, 1871 IT,, mrs
branch, 13O IT,; estimated weight
IL, 1860 pounds, or 6,167 tons
Other trees are the Lincoln, 270 IT.
high; the Mckinley, 291 #. high;
the President, 28O high, diameter
l27.8 IT. We say many bears. They
will eat anything you give them, OF
steal it. Most of the National parks
are over populated with wild life
On to General Grant National park
The General Grant tree base 400
it., the Nations Christmas Tree
and big tree named for each state:
could see many mountain peaks
Mt. Whitney, 14,507, Mt. Langley
14,042, and others over 10000 feet;
drove from the park to the base OF
the mountain 35 miles down. on to
Fresno and Yosemite National Park
in the valley of the Merced river.
saw the museum exhibits, geology,
birds, animals and Indian history.
Trees; also mounted trout fish 80
inches long and weighing liz
pounds. A fish hatchery Matching
up to a million a year for the rivers
and lakes. It is a small CITY in it.
self, at times having 10000 popu-
lation in camps, cabins and hotels.
about 100000 visitors a year. We
saw the Basket Dome elevation T.
COZ it., Clouds Rest, elevation o.
$50 It., and many other mountain
peaks 1000 up. Ribbon Waterfalls.
1872 it., Yosemite Falls, 1870, the
| Widows Tears, LILO, then drove
to Glacier Point, over 5000 #.
above the valley elevation. near
| 10000 TT; saw snow storm .re4
| below us. The storm looked about
| the same from above it as below II
Then on to the Mariposa Grove of
| Dig trees; drove the car through
| the Tunnel tree. The Yosemite Park
contains 752.744 acres, the river
| valley 5,120 acres. Don't miss see
| ing this park if you are ever in this
part of California. From here on
to Oakland and San Francisco. saw
| the new bridge, Golden Gate. and
many other interesting sights, on to
San Jose to visit Mrs. Stokes and
DR.. and Mrs. Stanley Dougan. DR..
Dougan was still improving in
health. At Oakland we saw them
unloading lumber from shin with
tractor made for this purpose
They can move each trip $50 2x4
pieces % feet long, a distance of
900 feet in about three or four
minutes; another machine stacks if
to height OF 80 feet; this machine
IS on wheels and can be moved to
any place in the yards. They sure
can move lumber.
We drove back to Alhambra. Wis
tied the Kellogg Arabian horse
farm. Mr.. and Mrs Kellogg gave
the farm and stock with 100000
cash, to the University of Califor-
mia.
On November 20 we decided to go
back to Florida for the winter:
went to Palm Springs, Imperial Val
ley Yuma, and Tucson, Arizona.
After four days there, east to Tex
as, at the town Of Langtry saw
Judge Roy Beams Court, a general
store and saloon, the setting for
zane Grey's book, "West of the
Pecos, then on east. We drove
through water eight inches deep on
the highways, part Of the Houston
flood, on to Sarasota, Florida. to
the largest trailer camp in the
world. At one time in February
there were 1902 outfits Cor trail
ers), 2,619 people.
From Sarasota to Dade City, then
to Lake City: leaving Lake City
April on our trip home. stopped
at Atlanta, Ca; saw Stone noun
tam, and Grant park, the cyclorama
OF the battle of Atlanta, a statuary
and pictorial view of the entire 80
mile battle front. Saw the tornado
damage at Cordele, about one block
wide laid fiat. We were 800 miles
south of Gainesville, Ca, at time
OF the tornado there. We spent one
day on Lookout mountain. On to
knoxville, Corbin, Lexington, Gov
lngton, Cincinnati, Washington C.
H., GAINESVILLE and home. These are
only the high spots Of our trip.
After spending a couple of months
at their home in Malta, Mr. and
Mrs. Peck plan to leave for north
ern Michigan, where they join some
friends they made at Clearwater.
Fla, for an outing. They also ex-
pect to take trip into the middle
west, and to spend next winter again
in Florida. During Mr. and Mrs
Peck's Ions trip they enjoyed good
health, and they state that with
their outfit, they can live just as
cheaply, if not more cheaply than
at home.
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