Mar.12-1901 – 5:25 AM. Today John & I start for California. Geo. DeLapp took us to Chilli. & we ate dinner at Jennie’s. At 3:50 we bought our tickets which was $25.00. We reached St. Joe & Lincoln. We had 16 coaches on till we reached Lincoln, then we made 2 trains out of it. We reached Ravenna at 6:30.
The Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad ran parallel to the older 19th century stagecoach route that was called the “Hound Dog Trail.” Most of the old Highway 36 traces it today.
According to the Inflation Calculator, $25 in 1901 has the same spending power as $740.33.
