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Wyoming
Archive for June, 2011
Jesus and the Flamingos
June 23, 2011Shaker Village
June 22, 2011
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Mount Lebanon, New York
A settlement designed to fail. Which it did, in 1947, when the last seven members of the community left this site.
Happy Father’s Day!
June 19, 2011
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Father’s Day Parade
Freeport, Illinois
Evening Lights
June 16, 2011
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Northwestern Ohio
One-Stop Shopping
June 12, 2011
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DeCastros Market
Hay Springs, Nebraska
Rural buildings are a marvel of business efficiency.
Ashes to Ashes
June 10, 2011
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Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park, near Plainview, Nebraska
Some 12 million years ago, this area of Nebraska’s grasslands became covered with up to two feet of ash from a volcano in southern Idaho. While local animals survived the ashfall itself, they soon perished from eating ash-covered grass. Their skeletons were found in what was once an ancient watering hole, now the site of a remarkable archeological dig.
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Scientists have uncovered more than 200 fossil skeletons, including barrel-bodied rhinos (in 1992, they discovered a rhino cow with a calf positioned nose to nose), a giraffe-like camel called Aepycamelus, sabre-toothed deer, five species of horses, a raccoon dog, a Secretary Bird, and a giant tortoise.
Opening Night
June 8, 2011From Friday’s opening reception of 20/20 Vision: Travels Along America’s Accidental Highway at the Carnegie Center in New Albany, Indiana.
They came:
They saw:
They listened:
And we enjoyed.
It’s Show Time!
June 3, 2011
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Seneca, New York
The end of one road, at least: 20/20 Vision: Travels Along America’s Accidental Highway opens tonight at the Carnegie Center!
Cowboy Line
June 1, 2011
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Long Pine, Nebraska
It shouldn’t be surprising that this drive-in has closed–the town’s population is less than 400. In busier days, Long Pine was a hub on the so-called Cowboy Line, which paralleled Route 20, for the Chicago and North Western railroad. Today this route is being developed into a trail for biking, walking, and horseback riding.
The Accidental Highway 