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Texas

Taken at the Texas Travel Information Center off Route 75 in Denison, Texas.

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Eisenhower Birthplace

I drove with coworkers to Dallas for a conference. We stopped in Denison, Texas, on the way home to see Dwight Eisenhower’s birthplace. It was just after dawn, a couple hours before the visitor center opened and the tours began. … Continue reading

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Cattle Drive Statues

Apparently nothing happened in Texas and Oklahoma except cattle drives. There’s a monument to one every mile or so. Or so it seemed. The first one we saw was in McAlester, Oklahoma, along Route 69. We passed it at dusk … Continue reading

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Oklahoma

In September, I worked at a conference in a suburb of Dallas, Texas. I drove down with coworkers. It took us 19 hours, or something like that. We pulled off Interstate 44 west of Joplin, Missouri.   A little while … Continue reading

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Olde Massey

Outside Dubuque, Iowa

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