"Second day morning 7th [October 7, 1867] Got 4 miles past Ottumwa & camped in a nicer place than we had night before last & got an earlier start than we did yesterday 
morning. Came through Agency City & Batavia. Now 3 miles of Fairfield & boiling meat and turnips for dinner. Think we will have a feast. A little cloudy & windy this morning, clear now & the wind pretty brisk from S. East."My cousins and I spent the night in
Ottumwa. We had Mexican food which sounds much better than boiled meat and turnips. (I haven't eaten a turnip since I left for college!) Agency City is now just called Agency. Most of the streets were paved. A few miles down the road we pulled into Batavia. These small towns all seem to have the same four things: a water tower with the town's name, a United Methodist Church, a Masonic or IOOF (Oddfellows) Lodge, and a cemetery.
I have not seen one Starbucks in all of Iowa! Of course, we are sort of... um... off the beaten path! 
OMG, you really ate turnips. Now that's one vegi that my Mom did NOT make me eat. And...I think Aunt Ruth tried but I was not going for it.
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Sounds like a fun time retracing the steps.
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