Chapter 23Carol had been unable to find anything on the Valley Hotel, so we decided to drive through Missouri Valley via the Lincoln Highway and see what we could see. However, there was no strange vibration or the electroplasmic sensation of several ghosts. I told Phil the transmogrifier wasn't there and he decided I was right, just not for the same reasons. Dow City was an hour from Missouri Valley, and the transmogrifier fed in Dow, so maybe it didn't need to feed in Missouri Valley. Therefore it would bypass and go on to the next town. He might be right, but it didn't make much difference. We continued on the highway and headed to Central City, Nebraska, the next stop on 1915 George's route.
Like most of the towns on 1915 George's route, Central City was small, with a population of ju
