Roads, Rivers and Rails
Railroad
"January 2nd we took train over [l + T R-R] [Rail-Road?] to Titusville, 47 <47> miles fare $2.20 left on time, 1.36 P.M. – along road we saw lakes all covered with water hyacynth so thick you would not think of water being beneath. A number of cattle I saw in the lakes the water up their sides, sometimes nearly covering their backs + they grazing on the Hyacynth. There are great quantities of this plant on the st Johns River and it is said to be the <accumulated> growth of only about 4 years On reaching Titusville took room at Mrs. Decker $1.00 a day." - Excerpt from Travel Diary, January 2, 1896.
