Trip 1: July 9 to July 22

William Jennings Bryan's first campaign trip began on July 9, 1896 at the Chicago Coliseum, when he delivered an address later known as the "Cross of Gold Speech." This powerful oration landed Bryan the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, and the first trip follows Bryan from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to his birthplace in Salem, Illinois and subsequently to his home in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Day	Date	City	State	Railroad	Location	Time	Crowd
Thursday	July 9	Chicago	IL	Illinois Central	Chicago Coliseum
Monday	July 13	Chicago	IL	Illinois Central	Depot	3:00 PM
Monday	July 13	Champaign	IL	Illinois Central	Depot	5:55 PM	1,500
Monday	July 13	Tolono	IL	Illinois Central	Depot
Monday	July 13	Tuscola	IL	Illinois Central	Depot
Monday	July 13	Mattoon	IL	Illinois Central	Depot		1,000
Monday	July 13	Effingham	IL	Illinois Central	Depot
Monday	July 13	Odin	IL	Illinois Central	Depot
Monday	July 13	Salem	IL	Illinois Central	Porch of Sister's Home	12:00 AM
Tuesday	July 14	Centralia	IL	Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern	City Park	6:10 PM
Wednesday	July 15	Salem	IL	Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern	Courthouse Yard
Wednesday	July 15	Salem	IL	Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern	Outdoors
Thursday	July 16	East St. Louis	IL	Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern	Depot
Thursday	July 16	St. Louis	MO	Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern	Depot	8:45 AM	3,000
Thursday	July 16	Washington	MO	Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern	Depot
Thursday	July 16	Chamois	MO	Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern	Depot		100
Thursday	July 16	Jefferson City	MO	Missouri Pacific	Depot
Thursday	July 16	California	MO	Missouri Pacific	Depot
Thursday	July 16	Sedalia	MO	Missouri Pacific	Depot	2:55 PM
Thursday	July 16	Warrensburg	MO	Missouri Pacific	Depot
Thursday	July 16	Holden	MO	Missouri Pacific	Depot
Thursday	July 16	Pleasant Hill	MO	Missouri Pacific	Depot		300
Thursday	July 16	Kansas City	MO	Missouri Pacific	Coates Hotel Balcony	6:30 PM	60,000
Thursday	July 16	Kansas City	MO	Missouri Pacific	Coates Hotel	9:00 PM
Friday	July 17	Kansas City	MO	Burlington and Missouri River	Depot	11:00 AM
Friday	July 17	St. Joseph	MO	Burlington and Missouri River	Depot	12:30 PM
Friday	July 17	Falls City	NE	Burlington and Missouri River	Depot		500
Friday	July 17	Table Rock	NE	Burlington and Missouri River	Depot
Friday	July 17	Tecumseh	NE	Burlington and Missouri River	Depot		400
Friday	July 17	Lincoln	NE	Burlington and Missouri River	Capitol Balcony	7:00 PM	20,000
Tuesday	July 21	Omaha	NE	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	15th St. and Douglas	7:45 PM	15,000
Wednesday	July 22	Council Bluffs	IA	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific	Grand Hotel Balcony	3:00 PM	1,500