"Why, little lady, it is already in wide use in places like New York, and even here in Chicago, where the Palmer House Hotel uses it to light all its rooms," he said. "But to answer your question, I would say in ten years, every major city in America will illuminate their streets and many of their homes with electric lights."
He was right. By 1902, electricity had replaced gas as the main method of lighting homes in Chicago; and even in Denver, city trolleys were all electric powered, and the homes of the wealthy were all wired for electricity.
We took a short cruise on Lake Michigan, traveling to Leland, Michigan, aboard the passenger steamer Manitou. We stayed a few days in one of the resort hotels and then returned to Chicago. Two days later, we were on the train en-route to Denver. I
