I am sharing my 'favorite' Traveler.

Laura Sellman was a teacher and a risk taker. Her permanent home was in Carroll County, Maryland, but she set up, with a friend, one of the first 'AirB&B's' in the 1890's in Chicago for the World's Fair.

     "Mrs Laura S Sellman, of the vicinity of Warfieldsburg, and her son Willie are visiting Mrs Sellman's sister, Mrs E C Coxwell, De Soto, Mo. They expect to return home in July, and on the return trip will stop awhile to visit Mrs Sellman's brothers, Messrs J Wesley and Ezra J Pool, at Pullman, Ills. Mrs S writes to order the Sentinel for her sister, Mrs Coxwell.

The American Sentinel Saturday, June 14, 1890.

     "Mrs Laura S Sellman and Miss M T Hartsook, of Warfieldsburg, are settled in their new home at 7050, Oglesby avenue,Brookdale, adjacent to Chicago and within walking distance of the south entrance to the World's Fair grounds, where they are ready to provide lodgings for their eastern friends at $1.25 per day.  They attended the opening of the exposition on the

1st inst, and are sure it surpasses anything of the kind heretofore attempted. The American Sentinel Saturday, May 13, 1893

     "Among those who registered during the month of July, at the lodging house kept by Mrs L S Sellman and Miss Hartsook, at No. 7050 Oglesby avenue, Chicago, were Mr and Mrs Jno T Orndorff, of this city; Messrs. F D and J B Reese, of Owings' Mills; Mr and Mrs Robert Coxwell, Miss Hetty Coxwell, Mrs Ernest Coxwell and daughter, of De Soto, MO; Miss Mary Prugh, Mr Prugh and nephew, of Dayton, Ohio; Mr Milton G Pfoutz and Mr H M Waybright, of Trotwood, OH   The American Sentinel Saturday, August 5, 1893"

After the fair, they closed up and moved back to Maryland.