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A typical grill found at all rest areas in North Carolina. The purpose is simple, to allow users to cook their own meals while on the road without making a campfire. However, I have never seen any used in my travels.
Some rest areas in Iowa are fully developed with facilities such as restrooms and wireless Internet service, but others are not developed and only offer parking. This rest area south of Story City on southbound I-35 is signed as a "Prairie Area" instead of a rest area; there is a rest area with full facilities just south of here.
The new Southeast Wyoming Welcome Center is made of rammed earth and introduced travelers to green design
My wife and I stopped at the Interstate 40 NC Welcome Center on our way home from Tennessee. It had been raining but stopped long enough for me to take a few pictures. The I-40 rest area/visitor's center is very scenic.
The new Southeast Wyoming Welcome Center is made of rammed earth and introduced travelers to green design
In 1860, State Geologist Alexander Winchell reported that oil and gas deposits lay under Michigan's surface. First commercial production was at Port Huron where twenty-two wells were drilled, beginning in 1886. Total output was small. Michigan's first oil boom was at Saginaw, where production began in 1925. About 300 wells were drilled here by 1927, when Muskegon's "Discovery Well" drew oil men the country over to that field. The Mt. Pleasant field, opened in 1928, helped to make Michigan one of the leading oil producers of eastern United States. Mt. Pleasant became known as the "Oil Capital of Michigan." Efforts of the industry itself resulted in excellent state laws regulating petroleum output. Well depths range from 1,000 to 6,000 feet. New wells are constantly opened as exploration continues.
Plaque for the "Crossing the Plains" sculpture, at a rest area near York, Nebraska, off of Interstate 80 westbound. A picture of the work is a few photos down, in my photostream.
During the early 1800’s, northern Georgia was heart of the sovereign, independent Cherokee Indian Nation. By this time Cherokee were the most progressive Indian tribe in North America in 1821, they became the first American Indians with a written form of their native language, invented by Sequoyah, an uneducated Cherokee.
New Echota, the Cherokee national capital, was located 10 miles north. There a constitutional government of executive, legislative, and judicial branches ruled the Nation. Once the largest town in the area, New Echota considered of houses, stores, taverns, a Council house, Supreme Court house, and a printing office which published a nation bilingual newspaper, the CHEROKEE PHOENIX.
Most of the 17,000 Cherokee were farmers and lived in small log cabins but some grew very wealthy and owned great plantations such as the Vann House, located 27 miles north.
In 1838, at gunpoint, the Cherokee were rounded up and imprisoned by state and federal armies. Later that year they were forced to what is now Oklahoma. Four thousand Cherokees died on the terrible march west known as the “Trail of Tears.”
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Almost like Bunch Grass, was growing near a wooded area that hadn't been mowed. It was growing at a rest area, along Interstate 81, not far from Wytheville, VA.
Yellow and white striping common to U.S. highways prior to 1972, when federal regulations required use of yellow striping for both center lines and solid no-passing lines with white striping used to mark center lines on one-way or four-lane roadways and side edging. Solid black centerline is raised asphalt strip that was common to Oklahoma highways (particularly Portland Cement paving) from the late 1920s to the mid 1960s.
In 1860, State Geologist Alexander Winchell reported that oil and gas deposits lay under Michigan's surface. First commercial production was at Port Huron where twenty-two wells were drilled, beginning in 1886. Total output was small. Michigan's first oil boom was at Saginaw, where production began in 1925. About 300 wells were drilled here by 1927, when Muskegon's "Discovery Well" drew oil men the country over to that field. The Mt. Pleasant field, opened in 1928, helped to make Michigan one of the leading oil producers of eastern United States. Mt. Pleasant became known as the "Oil Capital of Michigan." Efforts of the industry itself resulted in excellent state laws regulating petroleum output. Well depths range from 1,000 to 6,000 feet. New wells are constantly opened as exploration continues.
My wife and I stopped at the Interstate 40 NC Welcome Center on our way home from Tennessee. It had been raining but stopped long enough for me to take a few pictures. The I-40 rest area/visitor's center is very scenic.
The TVR T350 was built from 2002 until 2006. The car has a TVR 3.6 litre Speed Six engine, producing 350 bhp,
West Point, GA- I-85 N Bound after crossing the Chatahoochie River from Alabama sees the Official Welcome Center to assist travelers from out of the state to Georgia attractions and accommodations as well as a rest area.
The new Southeast Wyoming Welcome Center is made of rammed earth and introduced travelers to green design
The new Southeast Wyoming Welcome Center is made of rammed earth and introduced travelers to green design
This sign is posted at all of the rest areas in New Mexico that I've visited. I've never seen these signs in any other state. There is no "maybe" option, so I don't push any buttons. This is at the rest area just outside of Wagon Wheel, New Mexico, on I-40.
(Photo of the day for 4 March 2007.)
The new Southeast Wyoming Welcome Center is made of rammed earth and introduced travelers to green design
Lancaster Services in 1972. Motorway Serves Area on Motorway M6. Also known as Forton Services.
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The torch in the middle of the flag represents liberty and enlightenment. The rays illustrate their far-reaching influence. There are a total of 19 stars on the flag, with the outer circle representing the 13 colonies. The stars in a semi-circle stand for the states admitted to the Union prior to Indiana. The star directly above the torch symbolizes Indiana, the 19th state. Indiana's flag has a blue background with yellow symbols. Learn more fun facts about Indiana.