it was a challenge for harry to get from independence to grandview. nowadays, we just go right up the highway, but back then, it was like planes, trains, and automobiles. he had to walk to the railroad station and hop on the train to get to kansas city and then take a trolley or some kind of other conveyance to get from kansas city to independence, so they wrote a lot of letters and were grateful for that because they have that to read and study their courtship. so we have letters that started back in 1910 and their early years, we are assuming there that they wrote about every two weeks. --if you look on the dates that's if you look at the dates on the letters, assuming we have everything, which is a big assumption. they talked about books. harry talked about things going on at the farm. they would go out to shows and the theater and musicals and things like that. that first letter was december, 1910. june, 1911, harry proposed to her in a letter. [laughter] tammy: not the best move. he wrote to her. he said, speaking of diamonds, would you wear a so

then their family moved back out to the grandview farm in 1906. this is a photo of the truman farm home, which still exists. and you can visit it. this is what we know as the truman home today. her family moved in there with her grandparents in 1904 after her fau father died and she attended barstow -- how many people are local? yes. barstow back then was considered a kind of a finishing school. it wasn't the kind of school we think of now. bess went there. many of the girls that she went to school with were planning to move on to college. many of them were going to go to some of the seven sisters schools on the east coast like basser and radcliffe and thing like that. sadly, bess couldn't do that because her family couldn't afford it. how many of you know the story of truman and the cake plate? it is a family legend. truman visited his cousins mary and nellie, who lived across the street from bess and her family at the gates house. they lived at 216 north del mayor, and the gates home was at 219 north delaware. harry had a good relationship with

it was a challenge for harry to get to indianapolis from grandview. now, we zoom up the highway, but back then, it was like planes, trains, and automobile. he had to walk to the railroad station and hop on a train to get to kansas city and take a trolley or some kind of other conveyance to get from kansas city to independence, so they wrote a lot of letters. we're grateful for that because now we have that to read and study their courtship. and so we have the letters that started back in 1910, and the early years were assuming that they wrote about every two weeks. if you look at the dates on the letters, kind of assuming we have everything, which is a big assumption. they talked about books. they talked about -- harry talked about things going on on the farm. they would go out to shows and the theater and musicals and things like that. and that first letter was december 1910, so june 1911, harry proposed to her in a letter. not the best move. he wrote to her, speaking of diamonds, would you wear a solitary on your left hand? should i get it? and so h

it was a challenge for harry to get to independence from grandview. back then it was kind of planes, trains and automobiles to get from grandview to independence. he had to walk to the railroad station and up on a train to get to kansas city and then take a trolley or other kind of conveyance to get from kansas city to independence. so they wrote a lot of letters and were -- we are grateful for that because now we have that to read and study their courtship. we have lettuce and start back in 1910, and the early years, we are assuming they wrote about every two weeks if you look at the dates on the letters. assuming we have everything which is a big assumption. they talk about books, they talk about things going on on the farm, they would go out to shows in the theater and musicals and things like that. and then, the first letter was december 1910, so june 1911, harry proposed to her in a letter. not the best news. he wrote to her. he said speaking of diamonds, would you wear a solitaire on your left hand, should i get it? and so he goes on rambling ab

back then it took like plane, trains and automobiles to get from grandview to independence. you had to walk to the railroad station and hop on a train to get to kansas city and then a trolley or some conveyance to get from kansas city to independence, and so they wrote a lot of letters and we are grateful for that, because now we can read and study their courtsh courtship. and so we have the letters that started back in 1910, and the early years were assuming that they wrote about every two weeks. if you are looking at the date s ton the letters that kind of assuming that we have everything which is a big assumption. they talked about books and they talked about, and harry talked about things going on, on the farm, and they would go out to shows and the theater and musicals and things like that. and so that first letter was december 1910, and in that june, harry proposed to her in a letter. not the best move. he wrotet to her, and he said speaking of diamonds, would you wear a solitary on your left hand should i get it? and so he goes on the rambling about the other stuff in

the family moved to grandview in 1906. this is a photo of the truman home. this is what we know as the truman home today. her family moved in with her grandparents in 1904, after her father died, and she attended barstow. how many people are local? yes, barstow back then was considered a finishing school. it was not the kind of school we think of now. and bess went there. many of the girls she went to school with were planning to move on to college, planning to go to some of the seven sisters schools on the east coast, and sadly, bess could not do that because her family could not afford it. how many of you know the story of truman and the cake plate? [laughter] tammy: according to family legend, truman visited his cousin, mary ethel, who lived across the street from bess and her family at the gatehouse, at 217 north delaware. harry had a close relationship with his cousins and visited them a lot. according to the story, bess's mother had sent a cake to the nolan family and of course, the cake plate had to be taken back to the home, and so, harry's cousin, m