1861: May 11-July 11: The Journey West to Minnesota and back.

Monday, May 20, 1861:  From Suspension Bridge, N.Y. to  Windsor, Canada West by train; then by ferry across the river to Detroit, Michigan. The hotel where they stayed in Detroit is unknown.

Great Western Railway of Canada
Suspension Bridge, N.Y.	9:30 a.m.
Thorald [Clifton]	9:48 a.m.
St. Catharine's	9:53 a.m.
Hamilton	11:00 a.m.
Dundas	11:20 a.m.
Paris	12:18 p.m.
Woodstock	1:04 p.m.
Ingersoll	1:23 p.m.
London	2:25 p.m.
Komoka	2:50 p.m.
Newbury	3:45 p.m.
Bothwell	3:53 p.m.
Chatham	4:42 p.m.
Windsor	6:05 p.m.
then by ferry to Detroit, Michigan

Times are based on the railroad schedule printed for July 1861.

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