Category Archives: Sequences

Feb 18

Y is for Yarmouth

June 1, 2015: The Yarmouth school building in northwest Des Moines County. The Yarmouth school building is visible from a distance on X31. According to the Mediapolis 1975 centennial book, the school was still in use at that time, 14 … Continue reading

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Feb 17

Z is for Zero

There’s nothing there.

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Dec 23

Photo 28,000

June 8, 2015: US 67/State Street heading toward I-74 in Bettendorf. The view ahead will change as part of the I-74 bridge construction project. It’s hard to tell how many standalone I-74 shields with the state name will remain after … Continue reading

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Oct 22

Photo 26,000

June 24, 2014: Entering Missouri on the new I-70 Mississippi River bridge. My summer Missouri vacation re-clinched I-70 between Denver and central Maryland (3 miles of new road) and clinched the entirety of I-44. Kansas City is used as the … Continue reading

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Mar 17

Photo number 25,000

Dyer, Indiana, Oct. 6, 2013 After adding my fall 2013 vacation pictures to iPhoto, and culling the bad, duplicate, and out of focus ones, this photo earned the designation as the 25,000th in my collection. It’s a good encapsulation of … Continue reading

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Jul 13

Lincoln Highway in Pottawattamie County

June 22, 2013 This is what’s left of the Honey Creek Cut, in public view anyway. At the time, it was much deeper and considered a notable work of engineering. However, the cut was bypassed by the end of the … Continue reading

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Jul 12

Lincoln Highway in Carroll County

July 5, 2013: In downtown Carroll, the city erected special Lincoln Highway pillars at intersections between 3rd Street and the courthouse. One has a time capsule. (Just because I skipped a day doesn’t mean I should skip a county. Oops!)

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Jul 11

Lincoln Highway in Harrison County

June 22, 2013 The Iowa Welcome Center/Lincoln Highway Interpretive Center northeast of Missouri Valley is a definite stop for any traveler. A film inside the welcome center, as well as the displays and representations of the early days of highway … Continue reading

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Jul 10

Maybe not the Lincoln Highway in Crawford County

Hold on, because this may get confusing, and I haven’t had time to make maps yet. The presumed route of the Lincoln Highway heading out of Denison from the present north US 30/59 intersection was southwest on later-abandoned concrete around … Continue reading

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Jul 08

Lincoln Highway in Greene County

May 15, 2011: A Lincoln Highway marker is on Lincolnway in Jefferson’s business district, between IA 4 and the courthouse. Visible in the background is the Mahanay Memorial Carillon Tower. Greene County plays a very important role in Lincoln Highway … Continue reading

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