38 Siouw City Academy of Science and Letters. 



When we arose in the morning we found the kitchen 

 snowed up. The cook stove was completely covered. 

 The dining room was half full of snow and it was still 

 storming; indeed, it continued storming all that day and 

 the next. It was nothing less than a genuine north- 

 western blizzard of wind and snow. On the whole, com- 

 ing as I did almost direct from California, where run- 

 ning water never freezes, I thought I had been given a 

 rather cold reception in Sioux Oity. 



Since the kitchen was snowed under, our hotel could 

 not serve breakfast. About 8:30 a. m. I started out to 

 get a bite to eat. The storm had not abated and I found 

 the streets almost impassable. But I was successful in 

 that I finally succeeded in getting what was called a 

 "hot breakfast"" at the Sioux QMj House, located on Pearl 

 street between Fifth and Sixth, i 



While going in search of this meal I met at the 

 postoffice^ Mr. Samuel T. Davis, whom I looked upon as 

 a friend as soon as I learned that he was from Pennsyl- 

 vania, the state in which I was born. The severeness 

 of the storm caused some of those who went through it 

 to give up their half-formed intentions of locating here, 

 but after talking with Mr. Davis about Pennsylvania, 

 California and some other states we made up our minds 

 to stay in Sioux City. In closing the conversation I said 

 to him, "I'll be in Sioux City on the morning of January 

 1, 1900, and as the sun rises over the hills to the East 

 I'll say, ^Hail, old Fellow! I'm still here.' " It came to 

 pass. On the morning of January 1, 1900, Mr. Davis 

 took breakfast with me at my house. Forty-four years 

 had passed since we first met that stormy day in the 

 little postofifice. You can guess what we talked about. 



LiOCATES A TOWNSITE. 



After looking around to see what could be done I 

 made up my mind that I must pay expenses during the 

 winter. So I went across the river, took up a claim in 

 Nebraska and went to cutting cord wood and saw logs. 

 In this way I made enough extra money to buy a com- 



1. Rather on the corner of Fifth and Pearl. Building is still 

 standing. 



2. Located on the corner of Second and Pearl streets. 



