mobilene Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 I made a trip down US 40 and the NR in eastern Indiana on Halloween. It was actually a partial trip -- my road-trip friend and I were taking it easy, and we spent a lot of time in the antique stores in Centerville and Cambridge City, and we ran out of daylight before we got halfway down the road. Denny wrote about the Dayton Cutoff some time ago, which I reference in my blog post about where the Cutoff ends, just inside Indiana. http://jimgrey.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/th...-dayton-cutoff/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilene Posted November 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 More from this trip: The city of Richmond. Half of its downtown was destroyed in a 1968 explosion: http://jimgrey.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/richmond/ There are two milestones on the Indiana National Road: http://jimgrey.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/in...oad-milestones/ Centerville reminds me of one of the many little towns on the NR in Maryland: http://jimgrey.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/arch-city/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnu11 Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Jim: I enjoyed your blog and the photos on it. Thought I'd leave this note here about Richmond. I spent part of my younger years either working there or visiting. One of my memories was an old Miller Dairy soda fountain just the other side of the river. We'd go there maybe once a month and get a real honest chocolate shake. This was back in the late 50s. Now for kids from Fairfield, that was big doin's!!! Richmond has fallen on hard times, for those who don't realize it. The current recession has been a very painful event there. But there are still some wonderful things to do and see around there, and the people were always just ... the best. Take U.S. 27 south through Liberty and another 6 or 7 miles, you are at the Brookville Lake. There, you can see Fairfield if you look into the water on the right angle of the sun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilene Posted December 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Thought I'd leave this note here about Richmond. I spent part of my younger years either working there or visiting. One of my memories was an old Miller Dairy soda fountain just the other side of the river. We'd go there maybe once a month and get a real honest chocolate shake. This was back in the late 50s. Sure wish the soda fountain was still there -- I would have stopped! jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnu11 Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Complete with Vaughn Monroe and Perry Como music. I also wish I could buy a milk shake for those prices! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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