Letter signed T.K. Skinker to wife. Describes walk in the country. I took the Olive street car out to DeBaliviere Ave. and there took the Midland to the Ashby road. It is a country of orchards and small fruits as well as grain. The farm houses are frequent, all well painted, and look comfortable. It is a strange collection of German names, Henry Thilker, Hermann Luedloff, August Protschke, Mrs. Mina Fey &c. Turning eastward out of the Link road, I walked along the Clayton road, past the Log-Cabin Club grounds. . . . The Marshes arrived about six o’clock., 1902 Aug 17

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists primarily of Skinker family correspondence, the bulk of which is between Thomas K. Skinker and his wife, Bertha Rives Skinker. The collection also contains several folders of tax receipts of Thomas Skinker dated 1839-1886. This finding aid was compiled by keying in the document descriptions on the folder covers. These document descriptions were presumably written by a Missouri Historical Society archivist soon after the collection was purchased in 1978.