Left Lebanon Mo. October the 14 - 1901 at 7 oclock A.M. Eat dinner at Longlane 16 miles from Lebanon Mo. come 12 miles from Longlane crossed 2 creaks and Reached Buffalo at sundown. Staid all night the Tomus livery stable in Buffalo left there this morning Oct 15 came a South West direction to Scofield ^[Schofield] came on through eat dinner 3 miles this side eat dinner and came through Pleasant Hope got 1½ miles this side when dark over took us and staid all night with a man by the name of gates left his house the next morning came ^{[pg 2]} 2 miles and ½ to a town by the name of Brighton got there about 8 oclock came on six miles farther to Mr Gumms got there about Eleven oclock .AM. staid that evening and that night left next morning came on 2½ miles to a town by the name of Morisville ^{[Morrisville]} got there about half past 7 or 8 oclock came on 16 miles farther to Dadeville a small town came 8 mile this side when night came again staid all night in the woods and built our first camp fire and the next morning we came one mile and a quarter ^{[pg 3]} to the big Sock River and on it there was a large flour mill and one store there was a man killed at the mill several years ago, then it was 7 mile to the City of Greenfield one of the nicest little towns I ever saw then it was 8 mile to the city of Lockwood another nice little town we are in the nicest country I ever saw. then came eight mile this side of Lockwood and camped in a man'es Barn yard by the name of Vaile staid there all night and the next day was Sauterday we came through ^{[pg 4]} Chambersville a 4 store city and eat dinner on dry fork 8 mile above Carytown then after dinner we came to brother Charleys come one mile south of Carytown and staid at Charleys and Sunday to it was quite Lonesome for me Sunday Evening one of our horses got cripled and delayed us of our journey some 3 or 4 days 3 or 4 days was not all we was there 10 days on the acount of the lame hourse, left there Thursday morning Oct the 31, 1901 came 5 mile South west to Alby ^[Alba?] came 4 mile ^{[pg 5]} Oronogo come 3 mile to Web city and the horse is not mutch better, left Webb City on Friday Nov 8 1901 drove 7 mile to Clarks Junction and ate dinner left there at 2 oclock P.M. came 4 miles this and camped in the big state of Kansas on Spring River, we had a little Rain that night but next morning was bright and clear we drove 12 mile to Columbus K.S. ate dinner there drove 10 mile that evening and camped on a stream by the name of Cherry Creek next morning was Sunday and we drove in to Oswego by 10 oclock and ^{[pg 6]} put up for the day and to give the horses a rest we staid with a old Irish man he run a livery Stable it looked quite Stormy that day and Monday to when we left it was pretty cool to we drove to Altamont Kan for dinner and we was walking down the walk and we run right on to one of our old neighbors and he would have us to go home with him and stay a day or to so we went and staid till Thursday then started on our journey and staid with ^{[pg 7]} a man by the name of Snider next morning the wind was in the north and it was some what cold we drove in to Independence and ate dinner, that was a town for your whiskers that evening we drove 12 miles this side and camped in another man's barn the next day we came over some rough country camped this side of Sedan and the next day we came to Ceder vale and staid at a Stable and the next day came to Maple City and camped in ^{[pg 8]} the edge of town and after while aman came driving up and camped right by the side of us I think it was the devel and his angels next morning was cold and chilly we came to Arkansas city and there to New Kerk and to Killdare and from there to uncle Daves and staid two days and got to Newts Sunday night about 9 oclock

      Newt Gumms
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                  Perry Okla