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I'm retired from gainful employment teaching mathematics on the secondary and college level. A 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee and 1997 Jeep Wrangler gets me into the back country from coast to coast.As an avid off roader and traveler there are many opportunities for photos. Cameras used were all Canon from AE-1, F1's, AT-1, A-1,T-80, T-90, and EOS's up to my present digital Canon 5D Mark III and Canon 7D. Some galleries are from scanned negatives or slides, i.e. Antarctica, Polar Bears,and New Zealand and England. Please enjoy the photos.
I now use a Canon 7D, and EOS 5D Mark III.
I now use a Canon 7D, and EOS 5D Mark III.
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![Old Mill - Peotone : The windmill at Peotone provided a variety of grain products. Fine wheat, rye and buckwheat flours, as well as cornmeal were common products the grist mill offered. The local livestock industry depended upon the mill as its primary source for feed. Thus, the mill's busiest time of year was during the autumn when livestock farmers would stock up for the winter with the mill's freshly ground grain products. The mill's surplus product was stored in a building that was once attached to west side of the windmill. Income for Rathje came from a "toll" which the mill charged. The toll was essentially a fraction of the finished product, these tolls were governed by state laws. In 1885 the wind powered grist mill was switched over to steam power. Tales handed down through the Rathje family speak of the windmill's sails rotting and cite this as the reason for the change over to steam power.[2]
The exact date the mill ceased operation can not be projected with any great accuracy. It is suspected that the mill ended operations sometime around 1889. It is known, however, from the Genealogical Record of 1900 that by that date the mill had been rendered unprofitable by modern mill methods and Rathje had abandoned it.[2] The mill, however, continued to operate in some capactity until World War I when it finally closed entirely in 1917.[3]
[edit]](http://moabjeeper.smugmug.com/Architecture/Old-Mill-Peotone/i-z9qTcmg/1/Ti/IMG_0021-Ti.jpg "Old Mill - Peotone : The windmill at Peotone provided a variety of grain products. Fine wheat, rye and buckwheat flours, as well as cornmeal were common products the grist mill offered. The local livestock industry depended upon the mill as its primary source for feed. Thus, the mill's busiest time of year was during the autumn when livestock farmers would stock up for the winter with the mill's freshly ground grain products. The mill's surplus product was stored in a building that was once attached to west side of the windmill. Income for Rathje came from a \"toll\" which the mill charged. The toll was essentially a fraction of the finished product, these tolls were governed by state laws. In 1885 the wind powered grist mill was switched over to steam power. Tales handed down through the Rathje family speak of the windmill's sails rotting and cite this as the reason for the change over to steam power.[2]
The exact date the mill ceased operation can not be projected with any great accuracy. It is suspected that the mill ended operations sometime around 1889. It is known, however, from the Genealogical Record of 1900 that by that date the mill had been rendered unprofitable by modern mill methods and Rathje had abandoned it.[2] The mill, however, continued to operate in some capactity until World War I when it finally closed entirely in 1917.[3]
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![Utah Byway Route 128 : State Route 128 (SR-128) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. The entire length of the highway has been designated the Upper Colorado River Scenic Byway, as part of the Utah Scenic Byways program. This road also forms part of the Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway, a National Scenic Byway. Residents of Moab frequently refer to SR-128 as "the river road",[3] after the Colorado River, which the highway follows.
The highway was originally constructed to connect rural cities in eastern Utah with Grand Junction, Colorado, the largest city in the region. Part of the highway was merged into the Utah state highway system in 1931; the rest was taken over by the state and assigned route number 128 in 1933. Today, the highway is used as a scenic drive for visitors to the area.[4]
The highway crosses the Colorado River at the site of the Dewey Bridge, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This bridge was the longest suspension bridge in Utah until April 2008 when it was destroyed by a fire started by a child playing with matches.[5] The future of the bridge is uncertain, with Grand County conducting a study to determine the feasibility of reconstructing it.
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[hide]](http://moabjeeper.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Utah-Byway-Route-128/i-Qjpbdpj/1/Ti/Route%20128%20Utah%20%281%29-Ti.jpg "Utah Byway Route 128 : State Route 128 (SR-128) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. The entire length of the highway has been designated the Upper Colorado River Scenic Byway, as part of the Utah Scenic Byways program. This road also forms part of the Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway, a National Scenic Byway. Residents of Moab frequently refer to SR-128 as \"the river road\",[3] after the Colorado River, which the highway follows.
The highway was originally constructed to connect rural cities in eastern Utah with Grand Junction, Colorado, the largest city in the region. Part of the highway was merged into the Utah state highway system in 1931; the rest was taken over by the state and assigned route number 128 in 1933. Today, the highway is used as a scenic drive for visitors to the area.[4]
The highway crosses the Colorado River at the site of the Dewey Bridge, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This bridge was the longest suspension bridge in Utah until April 2008 when it was destroyed by a fire started by a child playing with matches.[5] The future of the bridge is uncertain, with Grand County conducting a study to determine the feasibility of reconstructing it.
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