42N Observations
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

New Amish Arrivals in Wisconsin

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A lone Amish buggy trots near Platteville, Wisconsin on Father's Day 2009. Since the year 2000 hundreds of Amish families have moved f...
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Military Convoy Retraces Historic Route through Cedar Rapids

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On Sunday, June 21, a convoy retracing the 1919 transit of military vehicles on the Lincoln Highway pulled into Cedar Rapids, Iowa for the n...
Sunday, June 21, 2009

Climbing Platteville, Wisconsin's Mighty M

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Just to the east of Platteville, Wisconsin is a rise of land off the prairie with a gigantic white "M" on it, facing to the west...
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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Trucking Fleets Idle in Eastern Iowa

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A visible sign of the nation's economic health can be seen within a city block of each other in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. For several months ...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Ultralights Fly in Marion, Iowa

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Update from December 30, 2008 post: Each year around Independence Day the small private airport located in Marion, Iowa hosts the fly-in...
Sunday, June 14, 2009

Ford Model T Battery / Coil Survives into 21st Century

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Placed in a lot box of old mason jars at a recent auction in Raymond, Iowa was this ancient-looking battery or coil housing. Clearly the For...
Tuesday, June 9, 2009

JOB 38:11 Stop Right Here

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Basically the translation of verse 11 of chapter 38 is 'stop right here and go no further.' Silas did not accept that notion but Sis...
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Monday, June 8, 2009

BNSF Moves Coal Through Raymond, Iowa

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A fast moving line of freight cars trekked through Raymond, Iowa on Sunday, afternoon June 7th. Led by two locomotives from the BNSF (Burl...
Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Statue of Liberty on a Dry May's Island

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About a year ago this miniature Statue of Liberty was up to her heels in Cedar River flood water on May's Island in Cedar Rapids, Iowa ...
Monday, June 1, 2009

Demon's Hole in 42N Country

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Though not quite an ossuary annex, this fixture located at the heart of 42N country certainly holds one of its Renaissance church counterpa...
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Sunday, May 31, 2009

Face on Mars Resembles Lion

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( top and bottom original photo source: NASA ) The Viking 1 orbiter photographed the so-called Face on Mars on July 25, 1976 while performi...
Monday, May 25, 2009

Strength & Sovereignty Guard the Grand Lodge of Iowa

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Since 1955 two identical white marble statues of lions guard the entrance to the Masonic Grand Lodge of Iowa in 42N country. A mid-afterno...
Sunday, May 24, 2009

Memorial Day 2009: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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The remembrance of Amercian war dead is celebrated annually as Memorial Day . One of the many ways in 42N country that the sacrifice is r...
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Monday, May 18, 2009

Lee's Summit Preservation of Rail History

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A Missouri Pacific Lines caboose is on display at the 1905 train depot in Lee's Summit, Missouri . The caboose is the only rail car on ...
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