Arriving at the Reimers!

March 5, 1930  At 7:15 p.m. I arrived in Fowler, Kans., where someone picked me up immediately; and for night I went to K. H. Reimers.

After waiting all day on the 4^th and probably much of that night as well, Cornelius boarded a local train to Fowler, Kans., which was another 360 miles/570 km farther on his journey.  In those days, there were express trains that traveled rapidly with few stops between large cities.  Thus far, Cornelius had traveled on expresses, but now he would have switched to a local that stopped at every little town and hamlet along the way, which took much longer.  By now, he was probably experiencing the nerves that any prospective groom would feel.  Someone picked him up at the Fowler train station, and he spent the night at Klaas H. Reimers.  Surely he went to see his bride, Margaretha H. Reimer; but he does not mention that, only that he stayed at her brother’s house for night.