I didn't know that one (Boeckman Bridge) was gone. Too bad. Mike On Tue, 15 May 2007, beatku@mchsi.com wrote: >Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 08:29:39 -0500 >From: "Nancy & Jerry Thompson" <beatku@mchsi.com> >Subject: Re: [MOMILLER] Kliethermes Bridge >To: <momiller@rootsweb.com> > >I absolutely agree with you about these unrecognized treasures. Throughout >my childhood my family used to camp near the Boeckman bridge, sometimes for >more than a week at a time. The water was clear. The fishing was great. >My parents loved coming home to Miller County at every opportunity to >reconnect. It was no surprise when the bridge was put on the National >Register of Historic Places. However, it was a great surprise when the >decision makers chose to tear it down. > >Unfortunately it all comes down to money. The area around this bridge is >very hilly and the road takes a sharp bend at the approach to the bridge. >It would not have been a simple matter to put a new bridge along side the >old and traffic didn't warrant all the imminent domain of good farm land in >order to create a new approach. > >When the bridge was torn down my sister and I went down and retrieved a >board--our way of clinging to this warm memory of our childhood. > >Nancy T.