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Show - 48 - /1 Scotsboro . It was r aining and quite uncomt ·orta bl.e, but he hurridly crowded the emigra tion as fast a s possible and by 9 p .m. tha t evening ,........ had every thing in readiness f or departure on the following morning • .._.; November 21 , 1877 , John Morgan with approximately 76 men , women , and childr en f r om Northern Georgia and Al abama le f t on the M· & c. Railroad for the West . All were well and in g ood spirits and looked with much anticipation to the f uture and wha t it held f or them. They changed cars at Corinth , Mississippi and boa r ded the Ohio and Mis-sissippi Ra ilroad f or Columbus , Kentucky, where they crossed the Mississippi River on a boa t , while they still r emained in the c ars . At daylight on the morning of November 22 , 1877 , the emigrants r eached st . Louis where they changed :t"rom the Iron Mountain Ha ilroad to the Missouri pacii.ic Railroad enroute to Kans as City , Missouri. They a rrived in Kansas City a t 11 p .m. where the company '-""e-=r-e"A"""p"e"~r mitted to r ema in in the cars over night . Taking the tchison-Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad at 11 a .m., November 23 , they continued on their journey traveling all day over t he pla ins of Kansas and Colorado . The weather was cold and it was very windy. The day f ollowing they continued traveling through Colorado and reached pueblo a t 7 p.m. where the tra in stopped over the night and the weary travelers were again permitted to sleep in t he ir se a ts in the ca rs . It wa s cold in Pueblo and especially so f or t hese j outhe rn pe ople who were a ccustomed to the wa rm SUTilShine of the deep south. They """ were tired and dirty f rom arJ.- ridden~ cha ir~ the long journey. For four days they had not had their clothes o ff. ~ ndas a re~ hey were dir ty and grimy and worn out . An~ John Morgan suf fered the ------ ) ·------ same inconveniences bu ~ his~ h responsibility to keep these people |
