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Show -39- then prevailing than when he first visited them. Later that afternoon, he visited shortly with the William Moyer family and that night stayed with the Sam Seller's family. Having now accomplished all he felt he could, he at 1 p.m. on March 27, 1878, bade the Saints all farewell and went aboard the train at the depot in Pueblo and departed on his journey back to his field of labor in Geo rgia and Alabama. He spent the day pleasantly observing the country through which they:. were pas sing and conversing with fellow passangers. The following day he found himself traveling acres s Kansas which he thought looked like a fine country--well supplied with water and rock and a country which was attracting the favorable . attention of many people. Daylight of March 29th found him in St. Louis. While here, he called on a Mr. Ford, a railroad official who expressed his willingness to co- operate with the Mormon people in their migration movements to the Rocky Mountain area. At 9 fll• m. ~ he and his companion, A. W. Sabin left on the I-M and St. Louis Railway for Columbus, Kentucky, where they arrived, after a day 1 s ride, at 7 p.m. and here f!jley spent the night. At 7 p.m. the next day, they took the train for Corinth, Mississippi, where they arrived at 1:30 p.m. the following day. They attended a circus during the afternoon and later spent an hour or so in visiting among the bld ruined fortifications. They remained in Corinth until 4 p.m. The next morning they took the train for Chattanooga at which city they arrived at 4:40p.m., after traveling all day. Here he had a conference with Mr. Sis sion, a railroad official who had previ~~sly been very helpful |
