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https://www.wjsmithconstruction.com/greenville-home-additions/ Her father, half Irish, was a bit upset as he was hoping for a St. Patrick’s Day baby. He did ask if I could hold up the birth for a few more hours. The baby was already 9 days late. I briefly considered his request, then. . .

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Cutler-Donahoe Covered Bridge

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https://thelonelycreative.com/contact-us/ The Cutler-Donahoe Bridge is the only remaining covered bridge in Madison County, Iowa to have two names. The bridges were usually named after the family that lived the closest, but both the Cutlers and the Donahoes demanded naming rights. Guess they didn’t have bidding wars back then.

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https://www.wjsmithconstruction.com/general-contractors-grimesland-nc/ This bridge was built in 1870 by Eli Cox. It is 79 feet in length. It was originally located over the North River near Bevington. It was moved to its present site in Winterset’s City Park in 1970 for preservation.

Another Madison Country Bridge–The Hogback

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Vicodin Online Purchase Another covered bridge from Madison County. Now that I have dug into my archives from last October, I am determined to get this series of bridges posted, and then I can cross this off my photo to-do list.

Order Klonopin Online This bridge was built in 1884 by Benton Jones. (Benton appears to have done most of the bridge building in the county.) It runs 97 feet long across the North River.

https://www.appliquecafeblog.com/background-photo/ The people who named the creeks and rivers in this central Iowa region had a utilitarian approach to their job. A few of the many water ways near Winterset are known as Middle River, South River, North River . . . you get the general idea.

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Buy Ativan Online Without Prescription They were a little more inventive when it came to naming the actual bridges. Though most of the county’s covered bridges were named after the bridge’s closest neighbor (or neighbors if there was a bit of an disagreement), Hogback got its name from the limestone ridge which forms the west end of this valley.

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Order Lyrica Online I took these photographs on the last day of a 16 day road trip from Wisconsin to New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and back. By the time we hit Iowa we were getting close to home, but I couldn’t miss the opportunity to check out these bridges. They are all only a short drive from either Interstate 80 which cuts east-west through Iowa, or Interstate 35 which bisects the state with its north-south route.

https://bettierose.co.uk/patricks-barn/ A map provided by the Madison County Chamber of Commerce shows all the locations of the bridges and other locations from the movie The Bridges of Madison County, plus the birthplace home of John Wayne.

Order Tramadol Overnight Ha! Bet you didn’t know John Wayne had to share Winterset’s limelight with all the covered bridges in the area. I didn’t take a photo of his home. I think the bridges had more appeal, and I was running out of time and energy.

Holliwell Bridge, A Bridge of Madison County

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Built in 1880 by Benton Jones, it is the longest covered bridge in Madison County, Iowa. It measures 122 feet in length. It is one of only two bridges in the county that remains at its original site. It is located a few miles southeast of Winterset.

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It was featured in the 1995 movie, The Bridges of Madison County.

Imes Covered Bridge from Madison County

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Remember the movie The Bridges of Madison County?   It was a hit in 1995, and nominated for an Oscar. (Meryl Streep for Best Actress in a leading role, but Susan Sarandon won for her role in Dead Man Walking.) Directed by Clint Eastwood, and produced by Eastwood and Kathleen Kennedy, the film is a narrative about choices and consequences.

The story begins: It is autumn, 1965. Robert Kincaid (Clint Eastwood) comes to Madison County, Iowa, to photograph the Roseman and Holliwell covered bridges. He is a professional photographer on assignment to the National Geographic magazine and he is lost. Pulling his green pickup into the driveway of a farmhouse, he asks for directions. Francesca Johnson (Meryl Streep) is at home, alone.  Her husband and two children are visiting the Illinois State Fair for the next 4 days. Francesca has been married for 15 years and is anticipating “time alone with herself” as the stranger approaches her for information.

The movie was adapted for screen by Richard LaGravenese from Robert James Waller’s novel, The Bridges of Madison County.

The Bridges of Madison County was made on location in Madison County not far from Des Moines in central Iowa.

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Madison County originally had 19 covered bridges, but only six remain today.

The large number of covered bridges in this one county began as an economical move. The bridges were covered by order of the County Board of Supervisors in the early 1880s to help preserve the large flooring timbers. The floor boards were much more expensive than the lumber required to cover the sides and roof of the bridge.

Typically the bridges were named for the resident (or residents) who lived nearest to the bridge, an easy referencing method for the locals.

The oldest of the remaining covered bridges, the Imes  is 81 feet in length. It was originally located over the Middle River west of Patterson, Iowa. In 1887 it was moved to a spot over Clinton Creek southwest of Hanley.  The Imes Bridge was moved again to its present site over a natural ravine just east of St. Charles in 1977 and renovated in 1997. All 6 bridges are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Interior Woodwork

There is a fair amount of heavy duty wood reinforcing the inside of the barn.

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Even the birds’ can get their nest covered in Madison County–if they build them in the eaves of the covered bridges.

I took photographs of the six bridges last autumn, on our trip home from the Southwest. There are more to come.

(I am plain worn out posting all those “whites in winter” shots. At least the bridges are mostly red, and surrounded by green trees and grass.)