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Coast to Coast by Railroad: The Journey of Niles Searls (PH 21-1)(1972) (23 pages)
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a.
Coast to Coast by Railroad
United States entirely by rail. He made the return trip to New York two
weeks later, and in August took his family back by railroad to live in
Nevada City.
Niles Searls described his journey in a series of letters to his
wife Mary (nicknamed “May’”) who had remained in Butternuts
with the two boys. Their descendants saved these letters, and many
other family papers, which are now in the possession of the present editor, Mrs. Frances Long.
Niles Searls died in 1907 and Mary in 1909. Both are buried
in Greenwood Cemetery, Nevada City, California.
New York
Saturday May 8th
Beloved May
After waiting till now Stewart! has been employed to attend to
some business that will detain him for a week & Judge Field will
stop to go with him. Mr. Morgan formerly of Sierra Co. but now
of Nevada. with two ladies, & myself start tonight by the Erie
R.R. Have my tickets through to Sacramento at a cost of $238—
I went to Hempstead last night & am delighted with the place. It is
just like the Western Prairies. If the soil was rich I should buy a
place there yet today.
Love to children
Your
Niles
Erie R.R. Sunday May 9th
Beloved May
We are going on pleasantly. Are now just west of Phillipsville.*
Expect to reach Cleveland by Atlantic & Great Western Road this
evening & to be in Chicago tomorrow at 9 AM.
Our company consists of James Morgan & two young ladies
from Sac City® by the name of Nash, who I think have been East
at school, Capt O'Connor who used to own in the gold Tunnel at
Nevada & a gent named Doyle from White Pines.
Most of them will stop at White Pines. [Nevada] The station
for that place is Elko, & they have 100 [miles] of staging. There
4 William M. Stewart, Searls’ law partner, later U.S. Senator from Nevada.
5In Allegany County, N. Y. Niles and Mary lived here briefly in 1853.
6 Sacramento City, now Sacramento.
5