Kinda Wet in NE and IA
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Day 5: April 3, 2026 Kinda Wet in NE and IA Comment via blog |
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I spent last night on the west side of Omaha. That meant I got to start
today with a drive through the city. Rain of varying intensity was falling
which I assume was at least part of the reason that getting through the
city took longer than I thought it should. I was quite happy to see the
Gateway in Council Bluffs, IA, and not just because it gave mt something
to take a picture of.
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My next camera target was this nicely restored Sinclair station in
Oakland, IA.
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I'm mostly following the current US-6. Some of it is signed as historic,
plus I'm following some signed historic sections that are not part of the
current alignment. All of it is the Grand Army of the Republic Highway.
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I'd plotted a course home along US-6 but had not planned stops or marked
points of interest. When I've driven for some time without naturally
encountering something (in my view) interesting, I'll consult sources
such as a list of POIs loaded on my GPS. Doing that today led me to the
site of a 1933 Bonnie and Clyde Shootout near Dexter, IA. The markers, one
for the shootout and one for the abandoned park where it occurred, were
too wet to read and the air too wet to stand there trying. I've since
learned that several members of the gang, including Clyde Barrow, were
wounded, and that Buck and Blanche Barrow were captured. Bonnie and Clyde
were not.
I was slightly past the site when I decided to turn off to see it, so I circled back and approached it from the north. As I continued on as the shortest path back to my route, I came upon another similar, but more photogenic, marker. The marker is for a 1948 plowing match and beside it is a painted plow of a type used in the match. |
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In Urbandale, IA, I again followed my POI off course, but only a tiny
distance, to see this Sword in the Stone.
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Near Brooklyn, IA, I left my plotted path on current US-6 to follow some
Historic Route 6 signs, and was rewarded with this restored Standard Oil
station.
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