In September 1949, the masons held their national convention in San Francisco and Knights Templar groups from all over the country chartered trains to attend the meeting. One of these was in Detroit, and we’ve already seen some menus from that trip. Apparently, they went via the Rio Grande westbound but returned on the Santa Fe.
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This menu was used on the last leg of the group’s return trip from Chicago to Detroit over the Michigan Southern route, which meant that it left from Central Station rather than LaSalle Street Station in Chicago. The distance from Dearborn Station, where their Santa Train arrived, to Central was a bit more than a half mile, but most conventioneers probably had too much luggage to walk. Continue reading