If you read this article first the rest might make more sense.
Bob Ausberger, via Larry Jackson, asked if I would take some pictures of a project Bob has started and so Butch and I went to the site yesterday and shot some before photos. Lincoln Highway goes right through the heart of Jefferson and when you keep on following it out of town west, cross the Raccoon River, and start up 'Danger Hill' at the top, on your right, you can still see the site of the Hillcrest Motel. That is, what is left of it. Bob has some big ideas for refurbishing that particular spot on the map. As I walked around the place I too got excited about the prospects. It is a beautiful location.
Here are a few of the pictures I took.
Hillcrest Motel has 8 units.
This is a two-story house behind the motel that could be refurbished. The location is ideal. If Butch and I were just starting out on our retirement adventure we would have been very tempted to take on this project.
When mother nature takes back a spot it can be pretty picture.
In the '40s there were mile markers to help locate accidents along this stretch of highway. It was called 'Danger Hill' for a reason. These markers were placed a tenth of a mile apart. Three of them remain and are visible on your right as you are headed back to town. This is the first one and is across the highway from the Hillcrest Motel. Once past the bridge two more can be seen.
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