RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Man, Was I Ever Being Historical This Past Weekend
Saturday, I went to the monthly Fox Lake Historical Society meeting in the morning and then out to Lake Villa's Lehmann Mansion for a Civil War Encampment and manned the Sons of Confederate Veterans booth during the afternoon. Enjoyed the skirmish between blue and gray in the field by the Illinois Highway 83 bridge. I can only imagine what the people driving over the bridge thought with the cannons going off and rifle fire. The Lehmann Mansion was the home of Ernst J. Lehmann, founder of Chicago's Fair department stores in the 1870s.
Yesterday, I went to the Petersen Historical Farmstead in McHenry and the Spring Grove Fish Hatchery for their open houses in conjunction with the competition among 25 historic sites for $1 million in preservation funds compliments of American Express.
I have already reported on the fish hatchery, see "A Day at the Hatchery" and will post about the other three.
Guess I'm Still Hooked on History. --RoadDog
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