Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park, Time Capsule

Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park is near Royal, Nebraska.

Previous articles in the series:
Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park, Rocks, Gravel, Stone, Ash and Chalk

Bicentennial Time Capsule

To commemorate the nations bicentennial the time capsule was sealed in July of 1977. There are 58 items, selected for their historical significance, that occupy the two cubic feet of space inside the capsule. It will be re-opened on July 4, 2075. The time capsule is located on the Iowa State Capitol Complex and is part of Monuments and Memorials tour.

Previous articles in the series:
Allison Monument
American Revolution
Bicentennial Fountain

Sioux City History and Culture by Bicycle Part 128; Abraham Lincoln Statue

Abraham Lincoln was one of America's most beloved and favorite President's. Almost every American city has a statue or some sort of tribute to him. Sioux City is no exception. Located on 24th St just inside the south entrance to Grandview Park is a statue of Lincoln that was erected at the city's Centennial. Buried next to the statue is a time capsule that is not to be opened until 2054, Sioux City's 200th celebration.

Photo's;
Abraham Lincoln
Plaque
Time Capsule

Sioux City History & Culture by Bicycle Part 14: South Bottoms Memorial

During the meat packing & stockyards boom in Sioux City the area known as the South Bottoms was home to many immigrants from different ethnic backgrounds. They put aside their differences & worked together at the stockyards & meat processing plants located very close to where they lived. Many did not have their own transportation & either took public transportation or walked to work every day. This area of Sioux City was very close by where they worked.

The city officials of Sioux City eventually forced these migrant workers to move when they re-constructed the Floyd Flood Control Channel & this part of Sioux City. I-29 & other parts of Sioux City now occupy where these hard workers once resided & struggled to make a living. There are still many descendants of these people today still in Sioux City & the surrounding area.

As part of the memorial there is a time capsule that is not to be opened until 2025. I'd love to see what is in it when the city opens it.

The memorial is located at the east end of Chris Larsen Rd, near where it intersects with Floyd Blvd. It is constructed out of the stone that made up the support piers for the old Pacific Short Line Bridge that I posted about earlier. This area is the beginning or one of the ends of the SIoux City Riverfront.

Here is more info. on the South Bottoms & the pics.:
South Bottoms Memorial