Diaries and letters of Frank M. Fokelman, 1879-1888.

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Fokelman, Frank M. Diaries and letters of Frank M. Fokelman, 1879-1888.

Diaries and letters of Frank M. Fokelman, 1879-1888.

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Two diaries by and nine letters written to and about Frank M. Fokelman, a railroad dispatcher who worked for the St. Louis, Kansas City, and Northern Railway Company, the Wabash, St. Louis, and Pacific Railway, and the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company in the 1870s and 1880s. The first of the two diaries was kept by Fokelman from 1880 to 1881 and describes his travels mainly from Stanberry to Brunswick, Missouri, while working as a railroad employee. The second diary, kept from 1885-1888, includes a personal account of a tour of Colorado and Utah Fokelman made in the summer of 1885, with descriptions of Pueblo and Leadville, Colorado, as well as Salt Lake City. It also describes his later return to Colorado to improve his health and find employment, and his work as a clerk with the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company, including his hours, wages, and living expenses. The letters were written by Fokelman's various railroad employers from 1879 to 1888, and include letters of recommendation for Fokelman as well as letters written to him authorizing his leaves of absence for health reasons.

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