In 1918, the United States government bought 13,000 acres of sand prairie next to the Mississippi River as a site to test artillery. In short order, the Savanna Proving Grounds boomed to life with the firing of 75mm and 155mm howitzers. After WWI, warehouses were built to store ammunition, and Savanna Ordnance Depot was born.
Hey, y'all. I just added some new photos to the Midwestern Ruins album. While roaming around the River Road on a blustery, wet Mother's Day, I stopped at Lock and Dam 13 for the photo below. It's now in the Illinois GRR photo album. Let me know what you think of the new pics.
I have been immersed in the Great River Road guide book project for a good year now. It’s time for a minor course correction. Rather than waiting until I have every chapter done and putting out a single book, I am going to push hard to finish three chapters now that are close to being
I just added a new category of pictures called "Midwestern Ruins." You can get to them by following the "Images - Of Places" link on the left or by clicking here. Dean
I’m really nothing but a big kid, which probably doesn’t surprise those of you who know me. Put me on a cart and wheel me through a big factory with lots of noise and shiny things, and I am giddy and overwhelmed - giddy in a manly kind of way, of course. John Deere
Wednesday got off to a rough start. At 5:30 in the morning, the hookers in the room next to mine were fighting with their pimp. This woke me up. Unable to get back to sleep, I decided to go ahead and start my day, so I jumped in the shower, which, for some reason,
