Some time
ago I received a Xerox copy of a diary, the memoirs of “Mom’s Trip to New York.” I don’t have any details about the trip. Based on the content of the diary this was
post World War Two. It contains some
interesting information. I will let you draw your own conclusions, but the personality of Ruth Harmon Brubaker comes through in this diary. Over time, I
hope to provide more and more of the transcripts of this trip. And I hope you find it as interesting as I do.
Left home wed. nite at
9:30—Some send off too—it was swell.
Went right to sleep and had a nice restful day. Will get into Laramie at 4:30—We have swell
friends, haven’t we? & swell
family. Thurs. –8 o’clock: Dad got on
the train and its sort of nice to have him—he’s going clear to Omaha. He managed to get a double berth and we had a
nice supper in the diner—we are sure traveling fast—will cross the whole state
of Nebr. in the nite. Get into Omaha at
6 o’clock tomorrow morning.
Well, here I am on the
train for Chicago—this is a swell coach—You can ride anything here abouts on a
pass—never had a bit of trouble—I’ll get into Chicago at 11:30 8. This train really travels--& pretty
smooth too. I’ll eat my lunch and eat a
meal in the diner tonight. I sort of
crave coffee—our breakfast cost $1.25 per—our dinner last nite $1.65 per.
We are going thru a town
named Missouri Valley that just had a real flood—I see chicken houses &
sheds flipped over & great fields of corn about 8 inches high—just drowned—I hope
the road bed is o.k.
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