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  • Collection: UIS History Harvest 2022 - The Great Road Trip

Koepke_Chris_Logan_Scan_B_5.pdf
This was a photo taken by Logan of his hometown of Ottawa, Illinois. After moving away 5 years ago, he came back to visit family and took this picture of the Fox River converging. He took this picture as a reminder of his hometown.

Koepke_Chris_Logan_Scan_B_4.pdf
This photo was taken by Logan on a vacation with friends. Him and his friends always get together once a year and explore a national park. While hiking at night at the Grand Canyon, Logan took this picture because when he looked up at the night sky,…

Koepke_Chris_Logan_Scan_B_3.pdf
This photo was taken by Logan with a drone while down in Palm Springs on vacation to golf with friends.

Koepke_Chris_Logan_Scan_B_1.pdf
Taken on a trop to see military friends, Logan and his friends stopped by Sequoia National Park. Logan's sole purpose for visiting was to see the trees since they are the biggest trees by volume. volume.

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Trip to Devil's Tower by Geri Walsh's sister Mary Hadder. On this page, Mary wrote about the Native American legend there. While there she visited with her family.

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When Mary was five years old, she took a trip with her family to South Dakota. But because she was too young, she didn't remember the trip. She returned years later and created this scrapbook page.

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This page recounts the story of the "dude ranch" the family stayed at during their visit to Estes Park, Colorado. They rode horses every day and did group activities like square dancing. They got to put on a performance on the last day they were…

Meckes_Michelle_Scan_B_1.tif
Photograph of Michelle Meckes' father in his favorite car. This car was a 1971 Chevy Impala. Michelle Meckes stated that he had the car since 1974 and that he drove this car every chance he got, often going for drives in the country.

Ford_Tahnya_Scan_A_7A.pdf
A photo taken at Walt Disney World, FL, in 2022

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Owen_Ken_Scan_B_2.pdf
This is an import part of tourism in the 1950s and 1960s. This booklet is the same as maps you would pick up today at visitor centers. States would produce these every year. This copy left out McDonald county from the map. The County then stated…
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