Thursday, February 26, 2009

States of Mind (4)

LaRue Swamp and Southern Illinois Farmland

LaRue Swamp and farmland - view from LaRue-Pine Hills Nature Area, Shawnee National Forest, Wolf Lake, Illinois

1885 Bushing Covered Bridge - Ripley County Indiana

The Bushing Covered Bridge built in 1885 in Ripley County, Indiana. (My great-great-grandfather, Benjamin Nocks, moved from Ripley Co. to Iowa in the mid-1850s.)

42 Julia Belle Swain heading upriver just south of Lansing IA, on a two-day fall color tour

The Julia Belle Swain heading upriver, just south of Lansing, Iowa.

kansas 021

Doniphan County, Kansas - My great-grandfather, grandfather, father and uncle farmed near this spot....

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