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Friday, July 28, 2023

"AFTER A JOURNEY OF 5000 MILES"

PRESIDENT RELAXES ON TRAIN TRAVELING ALONG PACIFIC COAST RANGE

Seattle, Washington (JFK+50) On July 28, 1923, President Warren G. Harding "was on board the train which left Washington June 20."  The President, after a journey of more than 5000 miles to Alaska, Canada, and return to Seattle, "is traveling along the Pacific coast range* south to the Yosemite National Park."

The President and First Lady, according to The Evening Star, spent the day "in relaxation" after a strenuous program the previous day.

The Presidential party is expected to depart San Diego for Panama on August 6.

*The Pacific Coast Ranges stretch along the western coast of North America from Alaska to Mexico.  They are part of the North American Cordillera which also include the Rocky Mountains & Sierra Nevada.

SOURCE

"President Rests On Speeding Train," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., July 28, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

 
 
Canadian Coast Range
Whistler, British Columbia
January 1 2013
Photo by Normherr