A touch of civic pride, history, and myth in Troy Grove, La Salle County, Illinois, birthplace of James Butler (“Wild Bill”) Hickcok accompanied by a heroic image, which, like Hickok’s heroic reputation, has seen better days. Troy Grove, once known as Homer, is a tiny village in north central Illinois, about 2 1/2 miles east [...]
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A Source of the Wild West
Posted in Pictures, Travel Tales, US 51 2008, tagged Troy Grove IL, U.S. Route 51, Wild Bill Hickok, Wild West on 2010-02-01 | Leave a Comment »
Hotel Ponder 1947
Posted in Pictures, Travel Tales, US 51 2008, tagged Amite LA, Hotel Ponder, U.S. Route 51 on 2010-01-04 | 2 Comments »
22 June 2008, Amite, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. Near the beginning of our journey up old U.S. 51 in June 2008 we came upon the Ponder Hotel. The building, sitting across the railroad tracks from the highway, did not instantly grab my attention, but its name struck my fancy and the inclusion of 1947 on its [...]
Seul Choix Point Light
Posted in Pictures, Travel Tales, US 51 2008, tagged lighthouses, Michigan on 2009-10-30 | Leave a Comment »
Seul Choix Point Light, nearly the only choice for harbor from a storm at the top of Lake Michigan, a scene from our trip through the Upper Peninsula in June 2008. Some say that the lighthouse is haunted.


