West of El Centro

West of El Centro

Ohio--Delaware County--Sunbury--History--Early 20th century
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This scene was west of

El Centro. First after El C

came desert - and a gypsum

or some other kind of crusher,

then a down grade - with mts

in the background. The mts

shown in photo. In the

valley, after the crusher

were thousands of flowers -

prettiest of which was the

Oco-tillo (Oc-o tee-o) will

its tall, whiplike

branches covered with terrible

thorns and tiny green leaves

the whips tipped with a long

seven or eight inch bravel

covered with half inch long

coral and yellow blossoms, quite

the handsomest red blossoms I've

ever seen. Even Chas. who hated

like sixty to stop, got out and came

to Mrs Hatchard and I who were gathering

the blossoms, and said they were beautiful.

He even let me carry the remains

of that boquet clear to Pasadena.

There were many other new dainty

beautiful flowers in that valley.

The Mts were wonderful.

Daisy E. Green Wheaton

early 1900s

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