Posts in October 10, 2021

I jumped the gun recently in making an Ebay purchase. I read the description of the item a little too quickly and fixated on “north of Carthage, Illinois” and “Long Creek Bridge.” I grew up north of Long Creek and have crossed it many times. In fact, it ran along what we called the “bottom” where my father pastured cattle. I saw the postcard and the bridge and purchased it. I jumped the gun just a little bit. When I looked more closely, there were clues this was not the bridge in which I had an interest: The description said “Northeast of Carthage.” The bridge I was thinking of was directly north of Carthage. While the picture was taken 60 years before my first memories, the approach on […]