I set a personal record by visiting 142 new sites this past year. These are all first-time visits for Liz and myself. Whenever on a trip, we are always looking for new places to play.
States and places played:
North Carolina-- 4
Virginia-- 1 (first-ever Virginia site)
Iowa-- 15
Florida-- 8
Wisconsin-- 4
Missouri-- 17
Oklahoma-- 1
Illinois-- 22
South Carolina-- 24
West Virginia-- 7
Alabama-- 5
Indiana-- 16
Ohio-- 13
Kentucky-- This gives a total of 858 NTN-Buzztime Sites I've visited.
Way Too Much Time Playing the Game. --RoadDog
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.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
The Jefferson Highway
November 18th Carthage (Mo) Press "Louisiana man travels Jefferson Highway from Canada to New Orleans"
Not as well-known as the Lincoln Highway and definitely Route 66 (as folks in southwest Missouri well-know), but the Jefferson Highway ran from Winnipeg, Canada, to New Orleans from 1916 to 1926 when the named highways were given numbers. US-71 shadows the old Jefferson most of the way.
Mike Conlin is the man pushing the old Jefferson Highway and has a blog about it.
Back in its heyday, it was called the Palm to Pine Highway and was a vital part of the National Auto Trail System.
It is still called the Jefferson Highway around Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Wadena, Minnesota. It passed through Alexandria and Shreveport, Louisiana; Marshall, Texas; Muskogee, Oklahoma; Baxter Springs and Paola, Kansas; Carthage and Lee's Summit, Missouri; Des Moines, Iowa; and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Conlin is selling Jefferson Highway merchandise and advertising, but doesn't expect to get rich. This effort is more of a hobby.
web site www.jeffersonhighway.com
Just Another Named Highway. --RoadDog
Not as well-known as the Lincoln Highway and definitely Route 66 (as folks in southwest Missouri well-know), but the Jefferson Highway ran from Winnipeg, Canada, to New Orleans from 1916 to 1926 when the named highways were given numbers. US-71 shadows the old Jefferson most of the way.
Mike Conlin is the man pushing the old Jefferson Highway and has a blog about it.
Back in its heyday, it was called the Palm to Pine Highway and was a vital part of the National Auto Trail System.
It is still called the Jefferson Highway around Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Wadena, Minnesota. It passed through Alexandria and Shreveport, Louisiana; Marshall, Texas; Muskogee, Oklahoma; Baxter Springs and Paola, Kansas; Carthage and Lee's Summit, Missouri; Des Moines, Iowa; and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Conlin is selling Jefferson Highway merchandise and advertising, but doesn't expect to get rich. This effort is more of a hobby.
web site www.jeffersonhighway.com
Just Another Named Highway. --RoadDog
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Tidbits: Indiana-- Iowa-- Missouri-- Ohio
From American Profile.com. Some interesting facts.
INDIANA-- Oldenburg (pop. 647) was incorporated in 1869 by German settlers. Called "Village of Spires" because of its many churches.
IOWA-- Exira (pop. 810) has "The Plow in the Oak Tree. The handles and part of the blade stick out of a live bur oak. Legend has it that a farmer was plowing his field when Union soldiers passed by on their way to the Civil War. He leaned the plow against a sapling, joined the soldiers and the tree grew around it.
Good story. I'll have to check it out next time through.
MISSOURI-- Cuba (pop. 3,230) has the world's largest rocking chair a little ways west of town on Route 66 at the Fanning US--66 Outpost and General Store where you can also get your Route 66 wine. This is a new attraction along the old road.
Cuba is also called the City of Murals and has an authentic Route 66 motel on the 1920s Wagon Wheel Motel with its giraffe stone.
OHIO-- Columbus is home of the nation's largest college campus by enrollment at Ohio State University with 53,715 students. I am not a Buckeye fan at all, however.
Columbus and OSU have a connection to the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant chain. Two Ohio Stae students from Buffalo, NY, were not happy with the wings around Columbus and started the chain.
Always Something Interesting. --RoadDog
INDIANA-- Oldenburg (pop. 647) was incorporated in 1869 by German settlers. Called "Village of Spires" because of its many churches.
IOWA-- Exira (pop. 810) has "The Plow in the Oak Tree. The handles and part of the blade stick out of a live bur oak. Legend has it that a farmer was plowing his field when Union soldiers passed by on their way to the Civil War. He leaned the plow against a sapling, joined the soldiers and the tree grew around it.
Good story. I'll have to check it out next time through.
MISSOURI-- Cuba (pop. 3,230) has the world's largest rocking chair a little ways west of town on Route 66 at the Fanning US--66 Outpost and General Store where you can also get your Route 66 wine. This is a new attraction along the old road.
Cuba is also called the City of Murals and has an authentic Route 66 motel on the 1920s Wagon Wheel Motel with its giraffe stone.
OHIO-- Columbus is home of the nation's largest college campus by enrollment at Ohio State University with 53,715 students. I am not a Buckeye fan at all, however.
Columbus and OSU have a connection to the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant chain. Two Ohio Stae students from Buffalo, NY, were not happy with the wings around Columbus and started the chain.
Always Something Interesting. --RoadDog
Monday, December 28, 2009
How Bleak is Route 66's Future?-- Part 2
Back to the March-April 2008 Preservation magazine article.
Two articles accompanied the pictures. The first one, "Scenes from an Open Road" by Ann Beattie, did a great job summing the old road in my opinion.
"Route 66 was the Romantics' toad, an optimistic road, the 'Mother Road,' as John Steinbeck called it in The Grapes of Wrath. It was going to stretch thousands of miles and provide travelers with unique places to eat and to spend the night as they made their journeys, their individual journeys that nevertheless took them to many of the same places accomplishing something, or perhaps searching for the holy grail of relaxation.
It was a road that had pride of place, and also a sense of humor: The neon signs you found there were illustrative, but many were created to amuse. If the Saturday morning cartoons appealed to the kids, the cowboys on bucking broncos and 10-foot-high hamburgers dripping neon-red ketchup, pointing to diners along Route 66, were there to make the grownups smile.
The signs were either so understated they were plaintive ('vacancy'), or they were happily hyper; the leaping lizards and sky-high ladies whirling lassos described something that wasn't exactly true, but wasn't entirely false, either. The wonderlands they blinked at and pointed to were outdoor graphic novels: The talk and visuals were interrelated; the world was telling its story and you-- assuming you weren't too cool to converse-- were telling yours."
Man, I sure wish I could write like this, but that will never happen.
Great summation Ann Beattie.
Still Gettin' My Kicks. --RoadDog
Two articles accompanied the pictures. The first one, "Scenes from an Open Road" by Ann Beattie, did a great job summing the old road in my opinion.
"Route 66 was the Romantics' toad, an optimistic road, the 'Mother Road,' as John Steinbeck called it in The Grapes of Wrath. It was going to stretch thousands of miles and provide travelers with unique places to eat and to spend the night as they made their journeys, their individual journeys that nevertheless took them to many of the same places accomplishing something, or perhaps searching for the holy grail of relaxation.
It was a road that had pride of place, and also a sense of humor: The neon signs you found there were illustrative, but many were created to amuse. If the Saturday morning cartoons appealed to the kids, the cowboys on bucking broncos and 10-foot-high hamburgers dripping neon-red ketchup, pointing to diners along Route 66, were there to make the grownups smile.
The signs were either so understated they were plaintive ('vacancy'), or they were happily hyper; the leaping lizards and sky-high ladies whirling lassos described something that wasn't exactly true, but wasn't entirely false, either. The wonderlands they blinked at and pointed to were outdoor graphic novels: The talk and visuals were interrelated; the world was telling its story and you-- assuming you weren't too cool to converse-- were telling yours."
Man, I sure wish I could write like this, but that will never happen.
Great summation Ann Beattie.
Still Gettin' My Kicks. --RoadDog
Saturday, December 26, 2009
How Bleak is Route 66's Future?
I'm finally getting around to reading the many, many back issues of magazines that I have accumulated.
The March-April 2008 issue of Preservation Magazine of the national Trust for Historic Preservation had an article by Ann Beattie featuring the photography of Edward Keating who has won a Pulitzer Prize for Photojournalism.
They are in black and white and, in my opinion paint a really bleak picture of the road as it appears today. Nothing but ruins and even the places doing well look bare and sparse.
It said that Keating had "spent many hours traveling Route 66, capturing its landscapes and historic architecture." Much of the the shots were in the west, which with its vast openness, tends to always look barren and bleak, especially in black and white.
Pictures were of the La Mesa Motel in Santa Rosa, NM, two pictures of ghost town Glenrio, Texas, the cross near Groom, Tx. and an abandoned motel and the ruined Triangle Motel in Amarillo, Texas.
Operating motels were the Munger Moss Motel in Lebanon, Mo, Western Motel near OKC,, Blue Swallow in Tucumcari (where the daytime shot did absolutely nothing for that wondrous old sign) and Route 66 Motel (formerly the Royal Palacio) in Tucumcari.
To believe these shots, Route 66 is on its last legs with an undeniably bleak future.
Personally, I have to disagree and Will Discuss the Subject Later. --RoadDog
The March-April 2008 issue of Preservation Magazine of the national Trust for Historic Preservation had an article by Ann Beattie featuring the photography of Edward Keating who has won a Pulitzer Prize for Photojournalism.
They are in black and white and, in my opinion paint a really bleak picture of the road as it appears today. Nothing but ruins and even the places doing well look bare and sparse.
It said that Keating had "spent many hours traveling Route 66, capturing its landscapes and historic architecture." Much of the the shots were in the west, which with its vast openness, tends to always look barren and bleak, especially in black and white.
Pictures were of the La Mesa Motel in Santa Rosa, NM, two pictures of ghost town Glenrio, Texas, the cross near Groom, Tx. and an abandoned motel and the ruined Triangle Motel in Amarillo, Texas.
Operating motels were the Munger Moss Motel in Lebanon, Mo, Western Motel near OKC,, Blue Swallow in Tucumcari (where the daytime shot did absolutely nothing for that wondrous old sign) and Route 66 Motel (formerly the Royal Palacio) in Tucumcari.
To believe these shots, Route 66 is on its last legs with an undeniably bleak future.
Personally, I have to disagree and Will Discuss the Subject Later. --RoadDog
Friday, December 25, 2009
A Merry Christmas to You
I finished watching my three favorite Christmas movies earlier today. That would be #1 "A Christmas Story," #2 "Christmas Vacation" and #3 "It's a Wonderful Life."
Today, the Chicago Tribune ran its list of Top Ten Christmas Movie Favorites.
1. A Christmas Story (1983)
2. "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV-1966)
3. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
4. The Santa Clause (1994)
5. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
6. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV-1964)
7. White Christmas (1954)
8. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
9. Elf (2003)
10. Love Actually (2003)
I never heard of #10. WHAT!! No "Christmas Vacation?" By the way, this year is the 20th anniversary of "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." Well Done.
Happy Christmas Trails to You. --RoadDog
Today, the Chicago Tribune ran its list of Top Ten Christmas Movie Favorites.
1. A Christmas Story (1983)
2. "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (TV-1966)
3. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
4. The Santa Clause (1994)
5. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
6. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV-1964)
7. White Christmas (1954)
8. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
9. Elf (2003)
10. Love Actually (2003)
I never heard of #10. WHAT!! No "Christmas Vacation?" By the way, this year is the 20th anniversary of "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation." Well Done.
Happy Christmas Trails to You. --RoadDog
Thursday, December 24, 2009
How Bad Was It?-- The Lincoln Highway in 1915-- Part 4
Continuing the "fun"trip across Iowa way back then, before "hard surface roads."
In a magazine article in Motor Age, Bement wrote that "Joy was having the time of his life...he laid on his back in 18 inches of gumbo mud with the rain in his face and examined parts to see how they were standing up."
We have pictures of them fixing a brake west of Ames, Iowa, May 31st, then adjusting them. Next, they are fording what appears to be a stream, but is actually the highway west of Boone. The water eventually got to what they called "within 10 inches of tops of fence posts."
June 1st, breakfast was again taken on the side of the road. No McDonald's Dollar breakfast selections for them.
I Think I Would Even Stick With an Interstate at This Point. --RoadDog
In a magazine article in Motor Age, Bement wrote that "Joy was having the time of his life...he laid on his back in 18 inches of gumbo mud with the rain in his face and examined parts to see how they were standing up."
We have pictures of them fixing a brake west of Ames, Iowa, May 31st, then adjusting them. Next, they are fording what appears to be a stream, but is actually the highway west of Boone. The water eventually got to what they called "within 10 inches of tops of fence posts."
June 1st, breakfast was again taken on the side of the road. No McDonald's Dollar breakfast selections for them.
I Think I Would Even Stick With an Interstate at This Point. --RoadDog
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Not Your Ordinary House-- "A Christmas Story"-- Part 3
Sadly to say, only the exterior and backyard scenes (the Black Bart shootout) were shot here. Fake snow had to be brought in because of lack of the stuff. Interior shots were filmed on a sound stage in California. The tire changing/really bad word and tongue on the flagpole scenes were filmed in Canada.
However, owner Brian Jones, has done a great job replicating the interior to the way we remember it from the movie from the lamp, its shipping crate and the bar of soap. You don't see do not touch signs as visitors are encouraged to re-enact as many scenes as they desire. You can even sit in the kitchen cupboard where Randy. Mommie's Little Piggy, sat when he thought Dad was going to kill Raphie.
Jones, a California native, bought the house in December 2005 for $150,000, after seeing it listed on e-Bay. He spent an additional $250,000 putting it back into its movie form (it had been modernized into a duplex).
It opened Thanksgiving weekend 2006 and this past August had its 100,000th visitor. Of course, there are many others who stop by and just peek into the windows.
Definitely on My List of Places to Go. --RoadDog
However, owner Brian Jones, has done a great job replicating the interior to the way we remember it from the movie from the lamp, its shipping crate and the bar of soap. You don't see do not touch signs as visitors are encouraged to re-enact as many scenes as they desire. You can even sit in the kitchen cupboard where Randy. Mommie's Little Piggy, sat when he thought Dad was going to kill Raphie.
Jones, a California native, bought the house in December 2005 for $150,000, after seeing it listed on e-Bay. He spent an additional $250,000 putting it back into its movie form (it had been modernized into a duplex).
It opened Thanksgiving weekend 2006 and this past August had its 100,000th visitor. Of course, there are many others who stop by and just peek into the windows.
Definitely on My List of Places to Go. --RoadDog
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Not Your Ordinary House-- "A Christmas Story"-- Part 2
The article says that even when the house is closed, folks still come by to see that holuiest of holy grails, THE MAJOR AWARD from Italy "fra-gil-le" that gave off "the soft glow of electric sex gleaming in the window."
You know, the infamous bane of Mom, the LEG LAMP!!!
It's the house of that holiday classic, and my favorite seasonal movie, "A Christmas Story."
I have lost count of how many times I have seen it, but anxiously anticipate seeing it in a few days when TBS has the 24-hour marathon starting at 6 PM Christmas Eve. Good old Ted for remembering us.
CULT CLASSIC
The 1983 movie has become a cult classic. If you're like me, you can almost say the lines as they are happening on screen. The house and its infamous furnace and questionable electric wiring, was built in Cleveland in 1895. The movie's creators were searching for a house with a 1940s feel and I'd have to say this one was perfect casting.
This one, unlike the Delta House from "Animal House" is still standing and in better shape than ever.
Not Falling for the Tongue/Flagpole Trick...Again. --RoadDog
You know, the infamous bane of Mom, the LEG LAMP!!!
It's the house of that holiday classic, and my favorite seasonal movie, "A Christmas Story."
I have lost count of how many times I have seen it, but anxiously anticipate seeing it in a few days when TBS has the 24-hour marathon starting at 6 PM Christmas Eve. Good old Ted for remembering us.
CULT CLASSIC
The 1983 movie has become a cult classic. If you're like me, you can almost say the lines as they are happening on screen. The house and its infamous furnace and questionable electric wiring, was built in Cleveland in 1895. The movie's creators were searching for a house with a 1940s feel and I'd have to say this one was perfect casting.
This one, unlike the Delta House from "Animal House" is still standing and in better shape than ever.
Not Falling for the Tongue/Flagpole Trick...Again. --RoadDog
Monday, December 21, 2009
Not Your Ordinary House-- "A Christmas Story"-- Part 1
It is in Cleveland, Ohio, but it supposedly was in Hammond, Indiana, and a famous holiday movie was filmed there. Actually, mu favorite all-time Christmas movie, beating out #2 "Christmas Vacation and #3 "It;s a Wonderful Life." I refer to "A Christmas Story."
The house still stands even though a considerable amount of money has been spend to take it back to its appearance in the 1940s.
The December 6th Chicago Tribune had a nice article by Phil Marty about this holiest of bb gun palaces, where Ralphie, his mom and dad and brother Randy lived in Hammond, Indiana, but actually, it is located in Cleveland.
A Christmas Story House and Museum can be found at 3159 West 11th Street in Cleveland, about 345 miles from Chicago. More information at:
www.achristmasstoryhouse.com.
I'm Not Finished Yet. --RoadDog
The house still stands even though a considerable amount of money has been spend to take it back to its appearance in the 1940s.
The December 6th Chicago Tribune had a nice article by Phil Marty about this holiest of bb gun palaces, where Ralphie, his mom and dad and brother Randy lived in Hammond, Indiana, but actually, it is located in Cleveland.
A Christmas Story House and Museum can be found at 3159 West 11th Street in Cleveland, about 345 miles from Chicago. More information at:
www.achristmasstoryhouse.com.
I'm Not Finished Yet. --RoadDog
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Mary Lincoln's "Personal Prison" Along the Lincoln Highway in Illinois-- Part 3
Mary Lincoln also started marshaling the support of friends, some in powerful places, and got her release September 10, 1975. She then moved to Springfield and lived with her sister. Time was spent traveling in Europe, before returning to Springfield and dying there at age 62 July 16, 1882.
Today, you can see the bed and dresser supposedly used by her at the Batavia Depot Museum. There is also a hospital ledger with notes on her moods and activities. One of these from may 20, 1875, reads "Case is one of mental impairment which possibly dates back to the murder of President Lincoln-- More pronounced since the death of her son, but especially aggravated during the last 2 months."
I have to wonder if she ever forgave her son Robert?
It is not known for sure which room she was in, but most believe it was on the second floor in what is now Apartment 2A.
The building stands a little ways off Illinois Highway-31 which also used to be the Lincoln Highway (interesting connection). A small brown sign explains the Lincoln connection of the building. Most of the once-sprawling grounds have been sold off, but there is still a garden out front.
Historians have long been divided on whether Mary Lincoln was insane or not. Some believe she was, others think she was the victim of an uncaring son.
But, Something to See Your Next Trip on the Lincoln. --RoadDog
Today, you can see the bed and dresser supposedly used by her at the Batavia Depot Museum. There is also a hospital ledger with notes on her moods and activities. One of these from may 20, 1875, reads "Case is one of mental impairment which possibly dates back to the murder of President Lincoln-- More pronounced since the death of her son, but especially aggravated during the last 2 months."
I have to wonder if she ever forgave her son Robert?
It is not known for sure which room she was in, but most believe it was on the second floor in what is now Apartment 2A.
The building stands a little ways off Illinois Highway-31 which also used to be the Lincoln Highway (interesting connection). A small brown sign explains the Lincoln connection of the building. Most of the once-sprawling grounds have been sold off, but there is still a garden out front.
Historians have long been divided on whether Mary Lincoln was insane or not. Some believe she was, others think she was the victim of an uncaring son.
But, Something to See Your Next Trip on the Lincoln. --RoadDog
How Bad Was It? The Lincoln Highway in 1915-- Part 3
Continuing with Henry Joy's photos from 1915 as shown in the Lincoln Highway Association's Spring 2008 Forum.
Nearing the town of Lamoille in Iowa, more difficulties were encountered, namely, stuck in the mud again.
Another phot was of a wash-out east of Ames May 31st. The road had been literally washed away near what appears to be a bridge. Another shows the crossing of a two foot washout a short time later.
They had to put new tire chains on west of Ames.
Then there was mud, mud, mud, and then some more mud in all the pictures.
Mud wasn't the only problem. On the afternoon of the 31st, a brake had to be repaired and adjusted.
I'm sure they were happy to later find a team of four horses "dragging" the Lincoln Highway near Ames on the 31st. The horses were pulling several wooden contraptions across the dirt with two me standing in the back. This stretch was actually looking non-rutted, flat, and dry. Joy and party must have been smiling.
This little part of the trip continues next entry.
And We Complain About the Occasional Roadwork. --RoadDog
Nearing the town of Lamoille in Iowa, more difficulties were encountered, namely, stuck in the mud again.
Another phot was of a wash-out east of Ames May 31st. The road had been literally washed away near what appears to be a bridge. Another shows the crossing of a two foot washout a short time later.
They had to put new tire chains on west of Ames.
Then there was mud, mud, mud, and then some more mud in all the pictures.
Mud wasn't the only problem. On the afternoon of the 31st, a brake had to be repaired and adjusted.
I'm sure they were happy to later find a team of four horses "dragging" the Lincoln Highway near Ames on the 31st. The horses were pulling several wooden contraptions across the dirt with two me standing in the back. This stretch was actually looking non-rutted, flat, and dry. Joy and party must have been smiling.
This little part of the trip continues next entry.
And We Complain About the Occasional Roadwork. --RoadDog
Here's a Blog About One of Our favorite Route 66 Towns
I came across the Historic Tulsa Blog which on December 15th had an entry on the 11th Street Bridge which for so many years carried Route 66 traffic through town. Several pictures accompanied it, including ones from 1817, 1936 and several from 2009. It is a reinforced concrete multi span structure across the Arkansas River.
In 1929, it was altered to add ornate Zig Zag art deco and PWA Classical-oriented art deco sides. Currently, it is closed, in disrepair and unsafe even for foot traffic.
Plans are in effect to restore it and make it the center piece of a Route 66 center.
http://historictulsa.blogspot.com
Here's what David Wickline had to say about it in his "Images of 66" book:
"The Cyrus Avery 11thy Street Bridge (19158) spanning the Arkansas River, Tulsa. This multi-span concrete arch bridge has both Zigzag Art Deco and Classical Oriented Art Deco (OK, I'm going to have to find out what these are) styling. It was used by Route 66 travelers from 1926-1973. The new I-244 Interstate Bridge was practically built on top of the 11th Street Bridge at the western end."
Why Dis the Chicken Cross the Bridge? --RoadDog
In 1929, it was altered to add ornate Zig Zag art deco and PWA Classical-oriented art deco sides. Currently, it is closed, in disrepair and unsafe even for foot traffic.
Plans are in effect to restore it and make it the center piece of a Route 66 center.
http://historictulsa.blogspot.com
Here's what David Wickline had to say about it in his "Images of 66" book:
"The Cyrus Avery 11thy Street Bridge (19158) spanning the Arkansas River, Tulsa. This multi-span concrete arch bridge has both Zigzag Art Deco and Classical Oriented Art Deco (OK, I'm going to have to find out what these are) styling. It was used by Route 66 travelers from 1926-1973. The new I-244 Interstate Bridge was practically built on top of the 11th Street Bridge at the western end."
Why Dis the Chicken Cross the Bridge? --RoadDog
David Wicklines 66 Roadhouse-- Part 3-- Good eating Continued
Keeping with the Route 66 model, David's menu contains great road food located along the Mother Road as well as auxiliary food items and names.
Some examples:
BREAKFAST
66 Sunrise Special-- $4.66
Betty Boop Blueberry Hill Pancakes-- $4.66
Wide-A-Wake Coffee-- 5 cents
BLUE PLATE SPECIALS
Cotton Eyed Joe's Pulled Pork-- $8.66
Texas Style CFS (Country Fried Steak)-- $8.66
Cowboy Pan Seared Steak-- $9.99 (Hey, it's under $10!)
SALADS
Route 60 Chop Salad-- $3.66 side, $6.69 dinner
Tumbleweed Steak Salad-- $6.66 (Oops, that Could be devilish)
SOUP
Roadhouse Chilli-- $3.99 cup $5.66 bowl
These are just some of the offerings in each category. Go on line to find the whiole thing.
Where's Dave Come Up With All These Names. And I'm Not Finished Yet. --RoadDog
Some examples:
BREAKFAST
66 Sunrise Special-- $4.66
Betty Boop Blueberry Hill Pancakes-- $4.66
Wide-A-Wake Coffee-- 5 cents
BLUE PLATE SPECIALS
Cotton Eyed Joe's Pulled Pork-- $8.66
Texas Style CFS (Country Fried Steak)-- $8.66
Cowboy Pan Seared Steak-- $9.99 (Hey, it's under $10!)
SALADS
Route 60 Chop Salad-- $3.66 side, $6.69 dinner
Tumbleweed Steak Salad-- $6.66 (Oops, that Could be devilish)
SOUP
Roadhouse Chilli-- $3.99 cup $5.66 bowl
These are just some of the offerings in each category. Go on line to find the whiole thing.
Where's Dave Come Up With All These Names. And I'm Not Finished Yet. --RoadDog
Friday, December 18, 2009
Mary Lincoln's "Personal Prison" Along the Lincoln Highway in Illinois-- Part 2
Mary Todd Lincoln's son Robert, by this time was a prominent lawyer in Chicago, initiated court proceedings to have his mother involuntarily committed. After a three hour hearing, a Cook County jury found Mary to be insane and the next day she was taken to Bellevue Place.
This was not one of those horrible public insane asylums you so often hear about from the late 1800s. Bellevue catered to wealthy women and took more of a modern approach to the insane, advising plenty of bed rest and fresh air as well as activities such as piano and croquet. A period advertisement referred to it as a place "For the insane of the Private Class." Definitely not your pc-speak of today.
LIVING IN A PRISON
Even so, Mary Lincoln considered this place akin to prison.
An August 1875 letter said "It does not appear that God is good, to have placed me here." She said prayers three times a day to let her out, but to no avail. "I have worshipped my son and no unpleasant word ever passed between us, yet I can not understand why I should have been brought out here."
Historians report that she constantly lobbied for her release and that as time went on, she became more incensed that he would have placed her there.
No Place for a First Lady. --RoadDog
This was not one of those horrible public insane asylums you so often hear about from the late 1800s. Bellevue catered to wealthy women and took more of a modern approach to the insane, advising plenty of bed rest and fresh air as well as activities such as piano and croquet. A period advertisement referred to it as a place "For the insane of the Private Class." Definitely not your pc-speak of today.
LIVING IN A PRISON
Even so, Mary Lincoln considered this place akin to prison.
An August 1875 letter said "It does not appear that God is good, to have placed me here." She said prayers three times a day to let her out, but to no avail. "I have worshipped my son and no unpleasant word ever passed between us, yet I can not understand why I should have been brought out here."
Historians report that she constantly lobbied for her release and that as time went on, she became more incensed that he would have placed her there.
No Place for a First Lady. --RoadDog
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