From the Lawrence Daily World for Feb. 24, 1909: “It takes nearly every state in the union to provide all the food we eat in Lawrence, grocers point out. While many things are raised here, we need input from many other places with California almost indispensable to the good eaters of the town. … The Lawrence Committee is seeking ways to establish easier transportation to and from the university ‘hill’ and a West Lawrence-University Boulevard is being suggested by some.”