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mrose:
Lincoln was horizontal signals forever and ever until maybe the last 5-10 years or so. I haven't been back there and seen them in the years since, but I honestly have trouble picturing them any other way. That was always one of those things that reminded me I was there.
Stephane Dumas:
The new US-77 Freemont bypass is now uploaded on GSV. https://maps.app.goo.gl/PYnoB7uF31snBAMu6
roadman65:
I noticed that in the shield for Nebraska state routes, the covered wagons are not being pulled by horses. Instead it appears to be some sort of cattle instead of usual animals pulling those sort of buggies.
Does anyone know the reasoning to the history to the shield’s design. Wiki says it’s based on artist Robert Cochran back in the 20’s to focus on the state’s history, but Wiki is jot creditable as far as facts as it’s made where anyone can post or repost and has no fact checkers to check the accuracy of its articles.
I think next to the Sunflower of Kansas, the Nebraska shield is quite interesting in design. I actually like the covered wagon on them as it’s fitting for such a state in part of the Great Plains where those were the first transport vehicles prior to our autos of today.
Rothman:
--- Quote from: roadman65 on November 21, 2023, 08:02:37 AM ---I noticed that in the shield for Nebraska state routes, the covered wagons are not being pulled by horses. Instead it appears to be some sort of cattle instead of usual animals pulling those sort of buggies.
Does anyone know the reasoning to the history to the shield’s design. Wiki says it’s based on artist Robert Cochran back in the 20’s to focus on the state’s history, but Wiki is jot creditable as far as facts as it’s made where anyone can post or repost and has no fact checkers to check the accuracy of its articles.
I think next to the Sunflower of Kansas, the Nebraska shield is quite interesting in design. I actually like the covered wagon on them as it’s fitting for such a state in part of the Great Plains where those were the first transport vehicles prior to our autos of today.
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Surely you have heard of oxen?
J N Winkler:
--- Quote from: roadman65 on November 21, 2023, 08:02:37 AM ---I noticed that in the shield for Nebraska state routes, the covered wagons are not being pulled by horses. Instead it appears to be some sort of cattle instead of usual animals pulling those sort of buggies.
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It is (as Rothman alludes) a Conestoga wagon being hauled by oxen, and reflects the fact that the Oregon/California Trail followed the Platte River for hundreds of miles in what is now Nebraska.
--- Quote from: roadman65 on November 21, 2023, 08:02:37 AM ---Wiki says it’s based on artist Robert Cochran back in the 20’s to focus on the state’s history, but Wiki is not creditable as far as facts as it’s made where anyone can post or repost and has no fact checkers to check the accuracy of its articles.
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Though he designed the pioneer wagon silhouette that has been used on the state route marker in some form since (IIRC) the 1920's, Cochran wasn't known primarily as an artist--he was chief engineer of the Department of Roads and Irrigation ("Department of Ruts and Irritation" to its detractors) and also, for a time, governor.
While Wikipedia does allow anyone to create an account and edit, and also permits anonymous (IP) edits, there is a degree of article curation and page patrolling, and it is generally trustworthy to the extent that information is cited to reliable sources.
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