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Little Red School House
© jan albers | all rights reserved Brothers School Brothers, Oregon Recent statistics put the enrollment at this K-8 school at six students, which represents about one-sixth of the town’s population....
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In Hot Water
© jan albers | all rights reserved Thermopolis, Wyoming This city, home to plenty of geothermal hot springs, is aptly named – the word apparently derives from the Greek words for “city” and “hot...
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Happy Anniversary
© jan albers | all rights reserved North Ridgeville, Ohio (Uncle) Fred and (Aunt) Mandy Stobe, on their 50th wedding anniversary. Fred took her out to dinner but refused to pay 50 cents for a cup of...
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Open Road
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Meeting Place
© jan albers | all rights reserved Coffee Cup Cafe, Hay Springs, Nebraska This is the story told to us about the restaurant by Selma Kudrna, who owned a tax services business in town and who was...
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End of Road, West
© karen e. titus | all rights reserved Newport, Oregon The Yaquina Bay Bridge, opened in 1936, is on U.S. Route 101, the north-south route at the far western edge of Newport. Route 20 comes to an...
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What’s in a Name
© jan albers | all rights reserved © jan albers | all rights reserved Boston, Mashachusetts © jan albers | all rights reserved In Boston, Route 20 either begins or ends, depending on which direction...
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Git Western!
© jan albers | all rights reserved Helen Davis Burns, Oregon “Either of you named Jan?” A short, sturdy woman bounded out of the Harney County Historical Society building and headed to a station wagon...
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Hard Bargain
© karen e. titus | all rights reserved Shipshewana, Indiana Shipshewana claims to be home to the Midwest’s largest outdoor flea market. It’s also a place for the van-driving set and the buggy-driving...
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Nugent Hardware
© karen e. titus | all rights reserved Waterloo, New York This business hasn’t traveled far since opening in 1887 – it started two doors up the street from its current site, according to owner William...
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