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Day 16: June 21, 2021 SD Done Comment via blog |
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This was another day when assurance of my route came quickly.
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I crossed this bridge when I left US-12 to drive through Bristol, SD, and
snapped the floating ducks just before entering the town. The pictures of
the speed limit sign and the twin lines of poles wer taken on the way into
Andover, SD. The last two pictures show what had to be an auto service
station in Groton and my return to US-12.
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The first picture is the only one here that is of a building with genuine
Yellowstone Trail connections. It housed the association's headquarters
between 1916 and 1918. The second building is the 1928 Alonzo Ward Hotel
and the third is the 1904 Brown County Courthouse. The Capitol Theater was
built in 1926. All are in Aberdeen, SD.
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Ipswich, SD, was, just as the sign says, the home of the Yellowstone
Trail. The first building pictured is the home of the guy who started it.
When J.W. Parmley built this house in 1919, he had rocks gathered during
his travels added inside and out. The museum was not open so I couldn't
get inside but some of those rocks can be seen in the chimney visible in
the second picture of the house and in the front
walk and rear wall. The other building is the
Parmley Land Office which was the original 1912-1916 YTA headquarters.
The arch is apparently the second one built because the first was "obliterated by a severe storm". That happened after the arch was moved from Main Street to 5th Avenue which carried the Yellowstone Trail. Presumedly, thwe second arch was also erected over 5th Avenue before it was moved to the park. I'm guessing that the two plaques in the current arch are from the original. The one facing the camera was to honor men who had died in the recently concluded world war. The other one was to honor Joseph M. Parmley for his Yellowstone Trail efforts. |
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Garmin routed me across this two-track near Bowdle, SD, I was all for it.
I drove out far enough to be sure there were really wires strung between
those posts. Then I did take the "stairway" to Java, SD, where
the clouds made two of the steps look pretty good.
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A wooden Yellowstone Garage stood on this Selby, SD, corner in 1917. The
brick Chesky Garage, complete with "LADIES RESTROOM" replaced it
in 1928. The Walworth County Courthouse was built in 1913 and the Selby
Opera House in 1908. I don't know when Berens Motel was built or anything
else about it. I just liked the coordinated hotel, lounge, and cafe signs.
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The Missouri River isn't really this wide here. A flood control dam,
completed in 1959, created a reservoir, Oahe Lake, through with the river
hidden within it. I snapped a picture of the railroad bridge, completed
in 1961, from the automobile bridge which was completed about the same
time as the dam.
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On the other side of the river/lake, I drove a few miles off the Trail to
visit a pair of monuments. I paused on the way to snap a picture of an
observant bystander. The first of the monuments reached is an obelisk
dedicated to Sakakawea, the Native American who traveled with Lewis and
Clark. The second is dedicated to Sitting Bull and might also be his grave
site. He was for sure buried at Fort Yates, ND, and people there claim he
still is. But some of his descendants claim to have "retrieved"
his bones and reburied them here in 1953 as told by
a newer marker.
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I saw something rather unusual in McLaughlin, SD, and it wasn't a head-on
train collision. The pictured locomotives are on different tracks, and
only the one on the left is moving. It is passing through the intersection
where a crossing gate has me stopped. The short train cleared the
intersection but the gate did not immediately open. It wasn't long,
however, before a workman walked through the intersection with a phone to
his ear. He walked to a switch just beyond then walked back to the gate
which he lifted by hand. I was too surprised to immediately snap a
picture, and the line of cars behind me precluded waiting while I grabbed
a camera. I pulled on through then looked back to see him lower the gate
after the last car was through then head to the other gate to do the same.
I hope he didn't have to do that for the rest of the day.
There is another car "collection" in Morristown, SD. It seems to be predominately Pontiacs with a dash of -- Holy oil smoke, Batman! -- Chevy Vegas. The ultra-cool museum sign is in Lemmon, SD. |
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I made it over the state line to spend the night in
this room at Mirror Lake Lodge in
Hettinger, ND.
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