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High Bridge, Boone, IA

High Bridge, Boone, IA

The bridge is 3 1/2 miles west of Boone. The river isn't very wide.
There is a wagon bridge two blocks up the river from the bridge.
There is a watch tower at each end of the bridge and only the men in
those are allowed on the bridge. A double railroad track, the C. & N. W.,
crosses the bridge. Two log cabins are under the bridge but are not in the picture.

Fort Dodge, Des Moines, & Southern Ry. Bridge

Fort Dodge, Des Moines, & Southern Ry. Bridge, Boone, IA

Postmarked Dec. 29, 1910 and addressed to Mrs. J. J. Schlegel, Story City, Iowa R. R. 1.

Message reads: "Arrived house all O. K. The trains were all on time.
Rollan says he will stay house the rest of the winter. Say did you find a little round
Eastern Star pin in your house or buggy? I lost mine somewhere between there and here.
Let me know if you find it please. Goodbye. Ella Teu?phelou(?)

Kate Shelly Bridge

Railroad Bridge, Across the Des Moines River at Scene, of Kate Shelly
Incident, July 6, 1881, Boone, Iowa.

Divided back postcard with 1903 copyright, and postmarked June 1?, 1912 at Boone Iowa.

"Magazines and newspapers of all nations have published the story of Kate Shelly's heroism that dark and stormy night
in July, when, a girl of only fourteen years, she crossed the old wooden structure, since replaced by the
above steel bridge, on hands and knees, during the violent storm then raging, the river at the time being
much higher than shown in this picture, nearly reaching the ties."

ddressed to Mrs. Hugh Currie, Chadron, Neb. Message reads: "we are having a swell time resting eating also taking in the city. Your Friend, Mrs. H. Beals."