Author Archives: Jeff

Dec 27

Looking back at the 2012 Liberty Bowl

Posted on Wednesday, December 27, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

Looking ahead to Saturday, and looking back to 2012, here are links to my pages from Iowa State’s last trip to the Liberty Bowl. (Recycling pixels is green, right?) Missouri’s state of confusion Liberty Bell of the West Shiloh Battlefield … Continue reading →

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Dec 26

A very short summary of short Iowa trips

Posted on Tuesday, December 26, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

I didn’t get around Iowa much in 2017. In fact, the trips I did take were often part of larger ones: To and from Colorado in April, passing through different parts of southwest Iowa Short jaunts in May around Benton … Continue reading →

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Dec 22

942

Posted on Friday, December 22, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

The town of Delphos snuffed itself out this fall, and no one noticed. The community of 25 submitted a notice of discontinuance to the City Development Board that was accepted Oct. 4 (PDF). A lot of the people in the … Continue reading →

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Dec 21

Rhode Island renumbers I-295 exits

Posted on Thursday, December 21, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

October 12, 2017: At the time, the exit on RI I-295 for US 6 was Exit 6; now it’s Exit 9. I was traveling south so I didn’t take many pictures on that interstate. This one has two state capitals … Continue reading →

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Dec 20

50th anniversary of four-lane 63 in Traer

Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

With the calendar ticking down toward 2018, I don’t have much space left to cover an anniversary I kept putting off. US 63 was four-laned through Traer in 1967. Structures were far enough from the road that there were no … Continue reading →

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Dec 19

Benton County in-town endpoint photos added

Posted on Tuesday, December 19, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

I said I was going to start including post-1969 pre-1980 endpoints in pages as I got around to them, and fortunately, the biggest cluster of such points is in easy driving distance. All of the Benton County spurs except IA … Continue reading →

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Dec 18

Pinstripe still a southward bowl game, barely

Posted on Monday, December 18, 2017, at 10:01 AM by Jeff

This line from a rundown of bowl game watchability got me thinking. Most bowl games feature teams that got to go to a cool place. This does not—the game is played in Navy’s home stadium in Annapolis, and Virginia isn’t … Continue reading →

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Dec 16

20th anniversary of ‘Titanic’ and some reflections

Posted on Saturday, December 16, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

ISMAY: But this ship can’t sink! ANDREWS: She is made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can. And she will. It is a mathematical certainty. — From James Cameron’s Titanic July 28, 2015: Scale model of the Titanic’s bow as it … Continue reading →

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Dec 15

IA 192 is dead

Posted on Friday, December 15, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

April 6, 2008: BGS on I-29/80 for IA 192 at the 24th Street Bridge, the first construction related to the massive expansion of I-80 in Council Bluffs that’s still going on today. IA 192 has an interesting history. The Iowa … Continue reading →

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Dec 14

Mushrooms will grow in Hamburg school, but intentionally

Posted on Thursday, December 14, 2017, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

October 2, 2015: The original Hamburg High School. Two weeks ago, the Hamburg School District sold their original school building for $25,000, the Valley News of Shenandoah reports. (Second story: KMA.) There was a higher bid but it would have … Continue reading →

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