Monthly Archives: November 2016

Profile Response: Rick Erwin, City Museum, Saint Louis, MO

Posted on November 4, 2016 by paulefallon

“If you build it, they will come.” That paraphrase of the voice Kevin Costner heard in his Field of Dreams more than twenty-five years ago has become the mantra of great development successes, and the bane of endeavors gone bust. … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 361 – Oklahoma City OK

Posted on November 3, 2016 by paulefallon

October 31, 2016 – Sunny, 80 degrees Miles Today: 24 Miles to Date: 18,736 States to Date: 46 I indulge in local culinary delights of the highbrow and fast food variety wherever I go. Today an old high school friend … Continue reading →

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Profile Response: William Iseminger, Cahokia Mounds Historic Site, Collinsville, IL

Posted on November 3, 2016 by paulefallon

One thousand years ago, Cahokia was the largest city north of Mexico. Twenty thousand people lived in in a complex urban environment in the wide fertile valley of the Mississippi/Missouri basin. They built mounds for ceremonial and functional use. The … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 360 – Norman OK to Oklahoma City OK

Posted on November 2, 2016 by paulefallon

October 30, 2016 – Overcast, 75 degrees Miles Today: 48 Miles to Date: 18,712 States to Date: 46 Oklahoma City went from 0 to 10,000 citizens in a day: April 29, 1889. For the next hundred years, OKC continued to … Continue reading →

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Profile Response: Amanda Rudy, Belleville, IL

Posted on November 2, 2016 by paulefallon

“People are so much better than things.” Amanda Rudy’s philosophy keeps her surrounded by people. The night I visited, two of Amanda’s three housemates, her boyfriend Kyle, and friends Lisa and Kirk filtered in and out of the three bedroom … Continue reading →

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Trip Log – Day 359 – Pauls Valley OK to Norman OK

Posted on November 1, 2016 by paulefallon

October 29, 2016 – Sun, 85 degrees Miles Today: 60 Miles to Date: 18,664 States to Date: 46 Back in College Station TX I visited the land that inspired my New York born father to pioneer west. Our Conestoga wagon … Continue reading →

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Profile Response: New Harmony Salon, New Harmony IN

Posted on November 1, 2016 by paulefallon

The weight of Utopia makes the air in New Harmony thick with promise, sweet with possibility. Although there are Indiana farmers born to this fertile land along the Wabash who adhere to red state politics with the same faith they … Continue reading →

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