"Summer Travel for the Historic Minded"
Burfordville, Missouri – Home of the Bollinger Mill
~~~~ Burfordville, Missouri, a small unincorporated community in western Cape Girardeau County, is home to the Bollinger Mill State Historic Site and the Burfordville Covered Bridge. A settlement began here in January 1800 when George Frederick Bollinger, a Swiss-German immigrant from western North Carolina led about 20 families to the area. In 1796, Bollinger had Read More ...
Amana Colony – The Community of True Inspiration
The Amana Colonies, a historic utopian society located in the rolling hills of Iowa’s River Valley, were established shortly before the Civil War by a group of German-speaking European settlers who belonged to a religious group known as the Community of True Inspiration. Here, they began a communal system of living in seven different villages, which Read More ...
Arlington Road, Missouri – True Vintage Route 66
~~~~ Just about eight miles west of Rolla, Missouri, Route 66 makes its way to Arlington Road. A dead-end pathway today, this original portion of Route 66 was once one of the most important roads in Phelps County. Today, this short three-mile trip rewards Mother Road travelers with the fading remains of several sites including Read More ...
I really love your articles. I’m from Oregon and it’s good to see someone write about the history out here!
For your Lost Landmarks collection, you should check out the Buckhorn Baths Motel in Mesa, AZ. It’s still there, but who knows for how long. The extensive taxidermy collection has already been donated to the university.
‘Demolished date’ typo for captions of several NYC train station photos: “New York City, NY – Train Gate, 1942 The original Pennyslvania Station in New York City was opened in 1910. By 1945, the station peaked with more than 100 million passengers traveling through each year. It was demolished in 1863, causing international outrage and galvanized the modern historic preservation movement. Photo by Marjory Collins, 1942.”
RH Flint
Golden, CO
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