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thursday, decembcr 6, 1979
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Ancient grain receipti rustle across the
wooden floor, which is strewn with a few
remaining kernels of forgotten grain.
The receipts and the grain are the only
, reminder of the bustle of activity which
once Tilled the deteriorating elevator office.
, The rotting walls once posted feed and
livestock notices, but as time forgot the
- legislative notices, the business crumbled.
The elevator, which is between Grand
Island and Lincoln, once was a major
shipping and receiving point for the area.
But as Highway 30 lost its appeal to
westward-bound travelers, the business
sifted from the area. Horses were replaced
by tractors and this elevator was replaced
by modern technology.
Kven the sign which hoisted the
elevator's name is obscured from the eyes
of passers-by. A rusty moss covers all
the exterior walls as if to seal in the
loneliness and deterioration which looms
inside.
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