Feb. 25, 1902 Dan & Julia left Chattanooga at 5 a.m. and reached Nashville at eleven. They spent the rest of the day hunting rooms, and finally decided to board with Mrs. Lawton at 906 S. Cherry and had their trunks brought out. They matriculated and arranged their work. (She does not say what college) She was taking some difficult courses, Latin, Geometry, Civics, Literature, and apparently a Saturday class in Browning. On Monday, April 21,1902 they had a letter from homefolks which gave her a case of "blues". "We (Dan & Julia) decided to go home;" so they went to town immediately bought a ring for Caria, and Dan bought two watches. Packed her trunk slept 2 hours and started home at 1:40 a.m. Got to Cameron, on the train, at Daylight on Thurs. paid four dollars for a carriage and came home. (She does not tell where home was, but it appears it may have been the Graham Farm near Sharp.) Her spirits were greatly lifted to be with family again.( Aunt Julia was 28 years old, Grandmother was 56 years old, and John Wesley--Pa--was 61 years old.) She became very involved with the chores and helping the family. She and Haney worked out a program. (She never describes what it was, but soon indicates it was a means of preparing to go back to college to get her permanent Texas Teacher's certificate.)
On Wednesday, June 18 Julia baked light bread and buns, sewed some and packed her trunk and retired very late. The next morning she arose early took a bath, finished packing and Pa, Dan, Haney and Julia started to Huntsville. Ate dinner just before we got to Cameron. Reached Branchville, a beautiful little village about dusk. It was her first time to camp out. She slept in the wagon and waked on Friday about sun up and made some real good coffee and fried meat, all ate a hearty breakfast and were on their way by 6:30. All enjoyed the ride through Brazos bottoms. The corn was burnt very bad and still dry. They reached Hearne about 11 O'clock and bought a bale of hay and a bag of meal for the mules, and they ate dinner at an old man's house on the hill about two miles east of Hearne. They had a hard pull through the sand but got to Wheelock an hour by sun and camped on Cedar Creek, a beautiful place. By Saturday, June 21, they headed toward Madisonville and reached there at 7 o'clock but didn't have a very good camping place and slept cold, but resumed their journey early on Sunday morning. They got to 4 mile spring before sun down and found a nice camping spot, but the water was not very good.
On Monday, June 23 they were about ready to start when they realized the mules had taken advantage of being loosed to pick, and they were delayed an hour while the boys hunted the mules and got ready to depart; but they reached Huntsville about 8:30 and went to college and met some of the teachers, got a boarding place with Mrs. Smead in Sam Houston's old home, three ladies were also boarding there. She wrote a letter to her Mother and then they ate a melon. On Tuesday, June 24, 1902 Pa started home early. Julia decided to take primary work for a permanent certificate. She registered and went to all her classes and went to town after dinner to get a Sailor (?) and an umbrella, they cost a $1.00 each. (I think the sailor may have been a summer hat, but do not know this.) On Friday June 27, it rained all day and she wore Mrs. Smead's overshoes.