Cedar Bridge – Singin' One's Journeys

April 18, 2017 by traveler 0

Historical Destruction

One of the last posts I posted on my Iowa?!? travel blog was a recounting of my trips last May to the six Bridges of Madison County--yes, the ones upon which the book and 1995 movie were based. In : //iowasites.wordpress.com/2016/05/15/the-bridges-of-madison-county-pt-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Part one, I wrote about my first stop, which was to the iconic Cedar Bridge. It was the only one still open to vehicular traffic, so I drove RB through the wooden structure before getting out of the car and taking several pictures.

Cedar Bridge sat adjacent to a : //www.madisoncountyconservation.org/cedar-covered-bridge-park/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">pretty little park where one could take a picnic lunch and enjoy the afternoon. It was actually a reconstruction of the original 1883 bridge that was destroyed by fire in 2002.

Anyway, on my way to work this morning, I heard a radio DJ announce that the bridge had been : //www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2017/04/15/famous-madison-county-cedar-covered-bridge-destroyed-by-fire-winterset-iowa/100497976/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">completely destroyed over the previous weekend. As with the 2002 fire, investigators suspected arson, and the Madison County sheriff planned to provide an update at a news conference this afternoon. I worked throughout the day, but for some reason, the news stayed on my mind. I kept checking the Web to see what information was available.

They finally announced a few moments ago that a : //whotv.com/2017/04/18/arrest-made-in-cedar-bridge-arson-investigation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">17-year-old kid had been arrested and charged on Monday night, with the investigation still underway.

It saddens me that there are those who seek some sort of gratification from destruction--be that the burning of a historic bridge or : //www.cnn.com/2017/04/17/us/facebook-homicide-victim-trnd/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">taking the life an innocent older gentleman who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Fortunately, the bridge can be replaced. : //whotv.com/2017/04/17/in-wake-of-cedar-bridge-burning-plans-in-the-works-to-rebuild-once-again/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Plans to do so are already under discussion.

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May 15, 2016 by singin1 0

Bridges of Madison County, Iowa Trips

The Bridges of Madison County (Pt. 1)

I woke up early Saturday morning with an appointment in Des Moines scheduled in the afternoon, so I decided impulsively to drive an extra 20 miles to Winterset to see the famous covered bridges of Madison County. This would give me a chance to “test drive” my new walking shoes and dash cam–both not yet picked up from the post office–plus the cowboy hat I’d recently received. One of my nieces and I had visited Winterset back in 2008 to see actor John Wayne’s birthplace. I’d been living in Iowa less than three years and was only then beginning to explore the state. I simply didn’t know that the bridges were in the area. So, I’m glad I had another chance to visit them. By the time I got the cam, figured out how to set it up and looked up information about the bridges online, it was already 11…

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