BROWN BAG LUNCH

EVERY TUESDAY IS "BROWN BAG LUNCH" DAY AT THE CLINTON ENGINES MUSEUM IN MAQUOKETA, IN THE BASEMENT COMMUNITY ROOM, FROM 12 TO 1 P.M.   ANYONE INTERESTED IN HISTORY IS WELCOME.   FREE...JUST BRING
A SANDWICH OR SALAD AND THE BEVERAGE AND DESSERT WILL BE FURNISHED BY THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, SPONSOR OF THE WEEKLY SESSION.     TODAY, RICHARD E. STIMMEL HAD THE PROGRAM ON THE HISTORY OF HIGHWAY 61.     HIGHWAY 61 RUNS 1,400 MILES FROM NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA TO THE CITY OF WYOMING, MINNESOTA.    IT GENERALLY FOLLOWS OF THE COURSE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, THUS MAKING MANY SECTIONS OF IT THE GREAT RIVER ROAD.     RICHARD
INVITED  GUESTS (HIGHWAY EXPERTS) TO HELP HIM PRESENT THE PROGRAM.    ABOVE, LEFT TO RIGHT:     FROM AMES, THE LIBRIARIAN FOR THE IOWA DOT, LEIGHTON CHRISTIANSEN.....RICHARD E. STIMMEL....BRETT WILKERSON, DUBUQUE COUNTY ENGINEER.....CLARK SCHLOZ, JACKSON COUNTY ENGINEER AND TODD KINNEY, CLINTON COUNTY ENGINEER.    TODAY'S PROGRAM WAS SO INTERESTING THAT IT LASTED UNTIL NEARLY 1:30.
PHOTO BY DENNIS VOY