Through St. Louis and Kansas City - 9/10/1916

Kan. City, Mo.

Sun, 10, 16

My Dear Parents: -

We are stopping over here for dinner and to replenish our ice & water supply. They have a grand depot here now, one like you read about in story books.

We crossed the Miss. river at 9:40 Sat night. Our route from Toledo was Marion, Ind.; Oakland, Ill; St. Louis. Mo.; Glasgow, Mo; Kan City, Mo.; Gardin, Mo.; Trinidad, Colo.; Albuquerque, N.M. & Ft Bliss, at El Paso Tex.

We changed engines at St. Louis, directly in front of the Hoyt Metal Co, from which the folding cup came that Dad had in the fruit basket.

At Charleston, Ill., and Kan City we got off and marched for a half hour to limber up.

We (Lisle, Sergt Walker & myself) had our Sunday dinner out of the box and some Lemonade, there was enough left so that we will be able to get our supper from it, and what is left in their boxes.

We are sure having a swell trip, and at every station which stop to get water, etc., a crowd is there to greet us.

Love to all
Howard

This will probably be mailed at the next station.

Kansas City's Union Station is impressive by today's standards, let alone to an 18-year-old from Ohio in 1916. When Howard stopped in Kansas City, Union Station was only two years old. It cost $8,000,000 to build, and an estimated 100,000 people arrived on opening day.