"Meet Me in St. Louis" - Part 3
by
Robert V. Goss
Published in Points West, Spring 2010
Buffalo Bill Historic Center
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| Authors Disclaimer: Unfortunately my original piece was cut considerably, in order to, I assume, fit within the confines of the space available. Standard procedure in editing - no problem. However, the ending in the final cut came out embarrassingly boring in my opinion. I include now the last two paragraphs of my original work: |
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John Holms passed away a mere four years later after a short illness, but Gus developed a life-long passion in transportation, whether by river, horse-drawn coach, or auto. He assisted his brother Aron “Tex” Holm with his Yellowstone Park camping and stagecoach operation and in 1910 Gus established the first auto livery and garage in Cody. He later became a member of the first Highway commission in Wyoming and the Wyoming Good Roads movement. Gus participated in a remarkable 5000-mile auto adventure with A.L. Westgard in 1920 that traversed the primitive planned Park-to-Park Highway auto route that would connect the national parks in Wyoming, Montana, Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado. His efforts were instrumental in bringing that concept into reality. Gus took his final voyage in June, 1956 and the comforting melody and lyrics of “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere” graced his memorial service.
As a connoisseur of travel in this great country, award-winning journalist Charles Kuralt once mused, “I started out thinking of America as highways and state lines. As I got to know it better, I began to think of it as rivers. Most of what I love about the country is a gift of the rivers. . . . America is a great story, and there is a river on every page of it.
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Happy Trails to You All, whether liquid, solid or metaphysical in nature.
Geyser Bob
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