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It's late autumn, 1901, in Titusville, Pennsylvania.

Franklin Tarball stands on a wooden platform in a railroad station.

His gray beard juts out from a thick woolen scarf as Tarball cranes his neck, trying to spot the incoming train.

The tracks extend for miles, eventually disappearing in the horizon.

Tarball cracks his knuckles in the tails.

Then he finds a seat and waits for the train that will bring home his daughter, Eida.

Franklin is anxious to see his daughter.

These days she lives in New York City.

She's making a name for herself as a journalist and as an editor of a magazine called McCluers.

But recently she wrote home with a message that raised Franklin's concerns.

She said she was coming back to Titusville, and that she had some important news.

Franklin Tarball dips his head, waiting anxiously for the train to arrive.

He hopes his daughter is alright, that she's healthy and happy.

Maybe he thinks she's coming home to share some exciting news, something to celebrate.

In the distance, a train whistle cuts through the cold air.

Franklin Tarball looks up and sees plumes of thick black smoke.

Few moments later the train arrives at the station and comes to a screeching halt.

Franklin searches the platform as the passengers disembark.

Then he sees his daughter, Eida, and she steps down from a train car.

She's wearing a wide hat with a sloping brim.

Franklin nearly tears up.

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