Route #7
COLUMBIA
MO.
Sept. 1
1966
That was a noble effort you made in your letter of August 18th, and I am happy to say that every word of it was legible. I prefer your own handwriting to typewriting and I am glad you don't use the typewriter.
What have you heard from readers of your article? It's certainly a corking good thing.
I believe I have written you about the Neihardt Annual Pageant at Bancroft. It was a whale of a success. There were upwards of 1500 people present, and the mood of affection and happiness was overpowering.
We have just returned from a 3500-mile trip through the west. We saw Sigurd and his wife in Phoenix and we visited all the tourist traps in addition to some other things. I visited my Grandfather's homestead again in northwestern Kansas. I sat on the low mound which is all that is left of the old sod house. I do love that place, and it has become beautiful in a dreamy, lonesome way.
John Neihardt
John Neihardt
