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After leaving New Orleans Nov 26. at noon we rode all afternoon, thru villages beside cane, and rice fields etc. Jenerette, where the Walker's (Nellie Loars family) were reared, looked like a nice little city. When this photo was taken we were being ferried down and across the Great Father of Waters, = the Mississippi River. The long train was divided into three ports; all in one ferry boat. Just as the sun was settling we landed in Beaumont, Texas and about midnight we went thru San Antonio I never supposed I could be persuaded to go straight thru old San Antonio. I saw some palm trees, and an arched gateway, bearing the word - Welcome - (the Gateway - not the trees.