tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12631722.post7324041046153620333..comments2024-03-23T15:06:27.495-05:00Comments on The Lucas Countyan: Roads less traveled: Olmitz Hill & beyondFrank D. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09553291415988366101noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12631722.post-7073100100763508902022-07-15T15:39:04.077-05:002022-07-15T15:39:04.077-05:00Thanks for sharing this. I was trying to figure ou...Thanks for sharing this. I was trying to figure out where my grandmother's family would have been living when she was born in 1925, and I'm pretty sure it's right where the collection of Stephens State Forest signs now live.<br /><br />The land was owned by my grandmother's grandfather, Judge Emerson Solomon Wells. The family's house burned down in 1937, and the newspapers said there were no plans to rebuild at the spot. From the looks of things, they never did. <br /><br />Anyway, it looks beautiful. I'll hike there when I finally make my someday-maybe genealogy trip to Iowa. Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06733562786067510488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12631722.post-62134425616270604882014-09-30T09:02:33.043-05:002014-09-30T09:02:33.043-05:00Not exactly, but there was considerable optimism i...Not exactly, but there was considerable optimism in rural areas into the 1980s that sufficient funding would be available to pave more of the state's designated Farm-to-Market road system (used to pave the "road to nowhere" and other projects). I've heard, but not investigated, that long-range planning called for a paved H-32 that would continue north and south at the "T" where paving now ends, connecting with Highway 34 to the south; north and westerly with a paved H-20 and Williamson; and north and east to the Monroe County line. Funding priorities shifted and that didn't happen.Frank D. Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553291415988366101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12631722.post-59656779930290985122014-09-30T07:43:59.842-05:002014-09-30T07:43:59.842-05:00"County Road H32, also known as the Squirrel ..."County Road H32, also known as the Squirrel Road or the Road to Nowhere"<br /><br />Lots of rumors about why that road was built. Any insights?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com