Covered Bridges Make River Crossings a Treat
October 26, 2012
Fall colors accentuate the quaintness of this little Vermont covered bridge. (Carol M. Highsmith)
It’s fall in the United States, the season when millions of Americans take to country roads to check out pumpkin patches, apple-cider stands - and covered bridges.
These structures stand year-round, of course, but they take on an especially quaint character against a canopy of vividly colored autumn leaves.
Covered bridges originated in China and can be found throughout Central Europe. But not in the concentrations you’ll find in America’s Upper Midwest and New England.
Interest in these nostalgic bridges grew in 1992 with the publication of the best-selling book, "The Bridges of Madison County."
Madison County is in Iowa, not far from the midwestern state with the most covered bridges.
The Kennedys of Indiana, a large bridge-building family, designed and built this lovely covered bridge in rural Rush County, Indiana. (Carol M. Highsmith)
That would be Indiana, with more than 150 of them. And here’s how much Indianans care about them:
Back in 1986, the 19,000 or so people living in rural Rush County would have been alarmed if you told them there were “activists” in their midst.
But there were, by the hundreds: indignant crusaders who sprang up like summer thunderstorms in towns such as Rushville, Moscow and Homer.
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