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Leslie Temple Farmers National Grain Coop, Omaha, NE Oct 3, 1933 detailhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/william-leslie-temple-farmers-national-grain-coop-omaha-ne-oct-3-1933-detail-2.jpgWilliam Leslie Temple Farmers National Grain Coop, Omaha, NE Oct 3, 1933 detail 2https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/william-leslie-temple-farmers-national-grain-coop-omaha-ne-oct-3-1933.jpgWilliam Leslie Temple Farmers National Grain Coop, Omaha, NE Oct 3, 19332018-07-03T17:06:22+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/07/04/tillotsons-greenwood-neb-elevator-appears-in-another-oil/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/imgres-1.jpgimgres-1https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/the-set-up.jpgThe Set Uphttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/corn-and-cathedrals-16x20-oil-on-canvas-plein-air-2015-kim-david-cooper.jpgCorn and Cathedrals, 16x20, oil on canvas, Plein Air, 2015, Kim David Cooper2018-06-28T23:23:32+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/07/03/tillotsons-1951-greenwood-neb-elevator-depicted/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/detail-left-elevator.jpgDetail Left Elevatorhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/greenwood-cathedrals-full-painting.jpgGreenwood Cathedrals Full 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through the gap between the main house and storage annex at Helena, Okla. The wind was blowing so hard--accelerating through the gap--that I couldn't stand quite still while getting the photo. 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south elevator and Tillotson's storage annex at Orienta, Okla. 2018-06-11T17:50:55+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/06/11/leaving-texas-and-hightailing-it-across-the-high-plains-of-oklahoma/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/imagejpeg_0.jpgimagejpeg_0https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/shattuckok.jpgShattuckOKhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9240.jpgIMG_9240https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9242.jpgIMG_9242https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9239.jpgIMG_92392018-06-08T15:56:58+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/06/08/a-friday-photofest-from-follett/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9231.jpgIMG_9231https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9220.jpgIMG_9220https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9212.jpgIMG_9212https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9189.jpgIMG_9189https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9185.jpgIMG_9185Tillotson headhouse and ladder-climb challenge.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9178.jpgIMG_9178Tillotson from Follett streetside.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_91641.jpgIMG_9164The Tillotson's outside driveway doors.2018-06-06T02:00:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/06/07/follett-tex-was-standard-according-to-the-medford-plan/2018-06-06T00:30:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/06/06/looking-for-details-of-the-mayer-osborn-elevator-in-follett-tex/2018-06-05T00:11:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/06/05/in-follett-tillotson-and-mayer-osborn-twins-are-sold-to-new-owner/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9233.jpgIMG_9233https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9227.jpgIMG_9227https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9225.jpgIMG_9225https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9221.jpgIMG_9221https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9219.jpgIMG_9219https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9217.jpgIMG_9217https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9214.jpgIMG_9214https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9213.jpgIMG_9213Mayer-Osborn has a boom, like many of the elevators I visited. As far as could be told, it's a boom without a bust. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9211.jpgIMG_9211Insulators and wires.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9209.jpgIMG_9209No Smoking!2018-06-05T22:02:50+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/06/04/arriving-in-follett-tex-and-stumbling-onto-a-big-surprise/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9147.jpgIMG_9147https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9204.jpgIMG_9204https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9158.jpgIMG_9158A Chalmers & Borton manhole cover in the storage annex.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9150.jpgIMG_9150https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_9149.jpgIMG_91492018-06-04T23:38:56+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/06/01/dimensions-details-of-tillotsons-45-job-in-booker-tex/2018-05-30T02:06:00+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/05/31/how-the-working-grain-fortress-in-booker-tex-came-to-be-in-1945/2018-06-01T14:33:51+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/05/30/how-the-tillotson-elevator-in-booker-tex-revealed-itself-to-a-visitor/2018-05-28T20:17:02+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/05/29/an-early-morning-visit-to-an-early-tillotson-elevator-at-booker-tex/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9067.jpgIMG_9067https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9120.jpgIMG_9120https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9117.jpgIMG_9117https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9116.jpgIMG_9116https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9115.jpgIMG_9115https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9114.jpgIMG_9114https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9112.jpgIMG_9112https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9110.jpgIMG_9110https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9108.jpgIMG_9108https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9106.jpgIMG_91062018-05-28T16:32:16+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/05/25/roundup-of-tillotson-elevator-photos-from-hartley-dalhart-and-gruver-tex/2018-05-25T16:46:23+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/05/24/symmetrical-form-an-elevators-face-and-one-of-the-first-curved-headhouses/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/roto-flo-03.jpegRoto-Flo 03https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/roto-flo-01-1.jpegRoto-Flo 01 1https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/roto-flo-02.jpegRoto-Flo 022018-05-25T21:29:10+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/05/23/could-tillotsons-elevator-in-gruver-tex-have-taken-on-the-tornado-of-71/2018-05-24T14:45:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/05/22/groovin-in-gruver-tex-at-a-47-tillotson-elevator/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9057.jpgIMG_9057https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9056.jpgIMG_9056https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9053.jpgIMG_9053https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9052.jpgIMG_9052https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9051.jpgIMG_9051https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9048.jpgIMG_9048https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9045.jpgIMG_9045https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9042.jpgIMG_9042https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9040.jpgIMG_9040https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9038.jpgIMG_90382018-05-21T18:42:58+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/05/21/storage-and-more-storage-in-sunray-tex/2018-05-19T19:02:25+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/05/18/trying-to-trace-the-sweep-of-tillotsons-hand/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9022.jpgIMG_9022https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9016.jpgIMG_9016https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9015.jpgIMG_9015https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9014.jpgIMG_9014https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9012.jpgIMG_9012https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9011.jpgIMG_9011https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9007.jpgIMG_9007https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9006.jpgIMG_9006https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9003.jpgIMG_9003https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9002.jpgIMG_90022018-05-16T19:02:17+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/05/17/onward-to-dalhart-tex-and-memories-of-a-wild-ride/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9019.jpgIMG_9019https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_9009.jpgIMG_9009https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8992.jpgIMG_89922018-05-15T18:58:59+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/05/16/photo-details-of-tillotsons-300000-bushel-elevator-in-hartley-tex/2018-05-16T17:59:19+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/05/15/specifications-show-tillotsons-hartley-elevator-measured-up/2018-05-14T18:23:28+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/05/14/in-hartley-tex-the-tillotson-elevator-keeps-companions/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8983.jpgIMG_8983https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8974.jpgIMG_8974A closer view of the metal-clad wooden elevator. Note the modest eaves, which reduced the chance of catching sparks from a passing train.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8972.jpgIMG_8972https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8971.jpgIMG_8971https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8970.jpgIMG_8970https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8969.jpgIMG_8969https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8968.jpgIMG_8968Tillotson Construction Co. records don't show it, but we think the storage annex at Hartley was one of their later jobs.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8967.jpgIMG_8967https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8966.jpgIMG_8966https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8965.jpgIMG_89652022-11-08T11:57:34+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2014/02/24/a-reader-recalls-his-youthful-days-at-the-grain-elevator-in-emmetsburg-iowa/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0720.jpgDSC_0720The T.E. Ibberson name on the manhole cover. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0719-1.jpgDSC_0719-1The Ibberson nameplate. Photo by Kristen Cart https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0714.jpgDSC_0714This T.E. Ibberson elevator, foreground, keeps company with a Tillotson elevator, right, in Dallas Center, Iowa. Photo by Kristen Cart 2018-05-11T19:46:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/05/11/fave-photos-from-our-visit-to-elevators-in-hereford-canyon-and-bushland-tex/2018-05-11T15:39:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/05/10/bushland-tex-stuck-to-tillotsons-plan-perfected-in-49/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8895.jpgIMG_88951950 Tillotson Elevator, Ag Producers Co-op, Bushland, Tex.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8889.jpgIMG_88892018-05-08T00:21:17+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/05/08/tillotsons-bushland-tex-elevator-was-scene-of-scary-fall/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8901.jpgIMG_8901https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8912.jpgIMG_8912Wheels will turn and brooms will sweep inside the 1950 Tillotson Elevator owned by Ag Producers Co-op, Bushland, Tex.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8911.jpgIMG_8911Hello? Is anybody in there? Ag Producers Co-op, Bushland, Tex.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8910.jpgIMG_8910Ready to work, ready to play peek-a-boo, in the 1950 Tillotson at Ag Producers Co-op, Bushland, Tex.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8908.jpgIMG_89082018-05-07T16:31:04+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/05/07/tillotsons-bushland-tex-elevator-peculiarity/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8903.jpgIMG_8903https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8902.jpgIMG_8902https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8897.jpgIMG_8897https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8923.jpgIMG_8923https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8891.jpgIMG_88912018-05-07T14:57:38+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/05/09/tillotsons-bushland-tex-elevator-glistens-with-paint-is-that-a-good-thing/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8927.jpgIMG_8927https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8921.jpgIMG_8921https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8920.jpgIMG_8920Stairs to basement show some grace of their own.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8919.jpgIMG_8919Wheels will turn inside the 1950 Tillotson Elevator owned by Ag Producers Co-op, Bushland, Tex.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8918.jpgIMG_8918https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8917.jpgIMG_8917https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8915.jpgIMG_8915https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8914.jpgIMG_8914Looking at the I-40 overpass, Ag Producers Co-op elevator, Bushland, Tex.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_89121.jpgIMG_8912https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/img_8909.jpgIMG_89092018-05-07T02:17:22+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/05/04/the-320000-bushel-tillotson-elevator-in-canyon-tex/2018-05-04T14:08:32+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/05/03/the-surprise-in-canyon-texas/2022-07-02T12:14:09+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/05/02/catching-the-tillotson-elevator-in-canyon-texas/2018-05-03T11:39:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/04/30/horizontal-member-on-hereford-elevator/2018-04-29T18:27:46+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/05/01/specs-show-capacities-of-the-tillotson-elevator/2018-04-29T17:50:56+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/04/27/handsome-in-hereford-texas/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_8845-e1524771251222.jpgIMG_8845https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_8842.jpgIMG_8842https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_8841.jpgIMG_8841Embossed manhole cover with Tillotson Construction Co., Omaha, Neb.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_8840.jpgIMG_8840https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_8838.jpgIMG_8838https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_8835.jpgIMG_8835https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_8833.jpgIMG_8833https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_8832.jpgIMG_8832https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_8831.jpgIMG_8831https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_8827.jpgIMG_88272018-04-29T17:48:56+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/04/26/texas-oklahoma-road-trip-takes-us-to-20-elevators-so-get-ready/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_8808.jpgIMG_8808This Ford Ranger violated Tesla parking en route to Texas and Oklahoma.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_4850.jpgIMG_4850The Czech sausage sandwich in question.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_4785.jpgIMG_4785Our Grandfathers' Grain Elevators gets inside the main house at Booker, Texas.2018-04-29T17:47:55+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/04/11/our-correspondent-visits-thornton-iowa/2018-04-11T00:19:44+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/04/02/a-visit-to-omahas-vinton-street-elevator/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_4615.jpgIMG_4615https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_4614.jpgIMG_4614https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_4613.jpgIMG_46132018-04-03T03:20:51+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/03/28/glimpse-of-omahas-vinton-street-elevator/2018-03-28T19:48:48+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/03/21/home-built-travel-trailers-and-the-demise-of-a-tricked-out-53-ford-in-iowa/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/unnamed-3.jpgunnamed-3https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/regchas.jpgReg&Chashttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/homemade.jpgHomemadehttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fordtrailer.jpegFord&trailer2018-03-21T16:39:20+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/03/20/socal-elevators-tall-headhouse-reminds-us/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/unnamed.jpgunnamedColton elevator's broad shoulders.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/unnamed-1.jpgunnamed-1https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/scan-5.jpegScan 5Vinton Street elevator in Omaha, circa 1947. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_4560.jpgIMG_4560https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_4557.jpgIMG_4557Colton elevator side view.2018-05-04T13:10:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2018/03/12/a-postcard-reveals-tillotson-elevator-activity-before-the-big-changes-of-1938/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sr-m-concepta.jpegSr. M. ConceptaSister Mary Conceptahttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/margaret-01.jpegMargaret 01Margaret Irene in 1931https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mcdunn-dorcey.jpegMcDunn DorceyBridget and William McDunnhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/map.jpegMaphttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/post-card-03.jpegPost Card 03https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/post-card-02.jpegPost Card 02https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/post-card-01.jpegPost Card 012018-03-15T19:35:26+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2017/10/06/three-elevators-near-bozeman-montana-provide-a-little-variety/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_8355.jpgIMG_8355https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_8354.jpgIMG_8354https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/img_8352.jpgIMG_83522017-12-18T21:58:29+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2017/09/06/conversation-with-sherman-johnson-scion-of-johnson-construction-of-salina-kansas/2017-09-09T18:29:09+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2017/08/18/the-minatare-nebraska-concrete-elevator-mystery-solved/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_4580.jpgIMG_4580https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/img_4577.jpgIMG_4577https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dsc_0766.jpgDSC_0766The Minatare elevator was an intriguing photography subjecthttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dsc_1114.jpgDSC_1114Jerry Osborn, my dad and traveling companion2024-12-28T04:50:05+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2016/07/25/another-look-around-wahoo-neb-yields-treasure-beyond-reinforced-concrete/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/tillotson-wahoo-01.jpgTillotson Wahoo 01https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/tillotson-wahoo-02.jpgTillotson Wahoo 022017-08-09T01:40:35+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2017/08/07/a-small-missouri-company-has-big-plans-for-idle-elevators-to-serve-as-vertical-farms/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/static1-squarespace.jpgstatic1.squarespacehttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mfaelevator.jpgMFAelevatorhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pier-92-san-francisco-1.jpgPier 92 San Francisco (1)2017-08-21T12:49:12+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2017/07/25/records-for-tillotsons-minatare-nebr-job-include-specs-give-total-cost-picture/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dsc_0771.jpgDSC_0771https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dsc_0813.jpgDSC_0813Kelley Bean is the current owner of the property.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dsc_0777-copy.jpgDSC_0777 copyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dsc_0760.jpgDSC_0760https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dsc_0742.jpgDSC_0742No one in the town remembers exactly when the elevator was last usedhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dsc_0711.jpgDSC_07112017-07-27T17:39:46+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2017/01/02/a-slip-formed-lesson-in-character-building-at-blencoe-iowa/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/kimberly-osborn188.jpgkimberly-osborn188https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/kimberly-osborn186.pngkimberly-osborn186https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/kimberly-osborn187.jpgkimberly-osborn187Mayer-Osborn pay stubs from August, 19542017-01-03T02:15:47+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2016/09/05/monuments-go-up-memories-surround-them-but-all-ultimately-subside-and-vanish/2017-04-05T17:22:46+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2016/08/18/part-of-the-latest-craze-grain-elevators-get-mysterious-visitors-at-all-hours/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/pokemon-elevator-01.jpegPokemon Elevator 012016-08-17T03:01:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2016/05/11/a-tour-of-odebolt-iowa-reveals-much-about-its-historic-mayer-osborn-elevator/2016-05-11T14:00:34+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/07/16/mccooks-elevator-all-original/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0421.jpgDSC_0421https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_04221.jpgDSC_0422The interior of the drive wayhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_04172.jpgDSC_0417The elevator leg, which lifts grain from the pit to the top of the binshttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_04171.jpgDSC_0417The elevator leg, which lifts grain from the pit to the top of the binshttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0422.jpgDSC_0422An interior view of the drivewayhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0417.jpgDSC_0417The elevator leg which lifts grain from the pit to the top of the bins for distributionhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_04111.jpgDSC_0411The elevator leg and open bin, from the drivewayhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_03981.jpgDSC_0398https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0411.jpgDSC_0411https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0398.jpgDSC_03982016-05-10T18:45:29+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2016/05/07/vandals-strike-tillotsons-vinton-street-elevator-leaving-the-owners-with-an-expensive-cleanup/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/644369_10152681898735294_1745767005_n.jpg644369_10152681898735294_1745767005_nhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/548020_10152123317010294_1936170426_n.png548020_10152123317010294_1936170426_n2016-05-07T13:56:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2016/05/04/the-elevator-in-odebolt-iowa-exemplifies-the-integrity-of-mayer-osborns-style/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_22601.jpgIMG_2260https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsc_2991.jpgDSC_2991The Mayer-Osborn elevator in Odebolt, Iowa was one of the few they built that was never painted white.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsc_3027.jpgDSC_3027https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_2252.jpgIMG_2252Tim pointed out the bin diagram for the elevator.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_2249.jpgIMG_2249https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_2268.jpgIMG_2268https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_2265.jpgIMG_2265Dick Duffy shares memories of 1954https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_2248.jpgIMG_2248The big wheel controls grain distribution to the bins. It is a simple, elegant solution to a mechanical problem.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/img_2243.jpgIMG_2243The "blue leg" is an original, painted in Mayer-Osborn's standard 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01https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0288.jpgDSC_0288https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/revised_dalhart_grain_elevator_img_4937.jpgRevised_Dalhart_Grain_Elevator_IMG_4937Description English: I took photo with Canon camera in Dalhart, Tex., taken on 26 July 2010 by Billy Hathorn via Wikipedia Commonshttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dsc_0414.jpgGreenwood Nebraska frontGreenwood, Nebraska 2016-01-30T19:55:20+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2016/01/25/tillotsons-design-plans-set-trends-in-elevator-form-and-function/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/medford-02.jpegMedford 02https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/medford-01.jpegMedford 01https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/elevator-plans-02.jpegElevator Plans 02https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/elevator-plans-01.jpegElevator Plans 01https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/richland_nebraska_front_from_tilden_1.jpgRichland,_Nebraska_Front_from_Tilden_12016-02-27T23:41:34+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2016/01/21/will-the-1949-tillotson-elevator-in-paullina-iowa-please-stand-up/2016-01-20T19:13:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2016/01/15/abraham-tillotson-who-fought-in-the-revolution-was-too-wealthy-for-a-pension/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/page-42.jpgPage 42https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/elevator-photos0081.jpgElevator photos008The Tillotson family was adept at seizing opportunities such as the demand for grain storage in the 1940s.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/elevator-photos008.jpgElevator photos008https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/page-4-1.jpgPage 4-1https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/page-331.jpgPage 33https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/page-33.jpgPage 332016-01-14T21:15:10+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2016/01/08/concrete-reinforcing-steel-institutes-ratings-for-our-grandfathers-projects/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/steel-institute-01.jpegSteel Institute 01https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/steel-institute-02.jpegSteel Institute 022016-01-05T19:55:03+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2016/01/06/the-atlanta-kan-elevator-suggests-our-grandfathers-designs/2016-01-05T19:23:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/11/24/the-debruce-grain-elevator-disaster-in-wichita-reexamined/2016-02-07T19:13:23+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/11/10/our-grandfathers-grain-elevators-mourns-the-passing-of-contributor-neil-a-lieb/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/unnamed.jpgNeil Lieb later in lifehttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/unnamed-1.pngunnamed-12015-11-10T03:05:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/10/23/travel-notes-from-a-wyoming-hunting-trip/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_1031.jpgDSC_1031https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0981.jpgDSC_0981https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0968.jpgDSC_0968https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0346.jpgDSC_0346https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0164.jpgDSC_01642015-12-10T06:21:39+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/10/19/omahas-florence-mill-offers-antiquities-to-elevator-enthusiasts-in-oct-24-sale/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/12144948_1082373501859277_6234689862261171471_n1.jpg12144948_1082373501859277_6234689862261171471_n[1]2015-10-27T18:30:34+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/10/05/hunting-trips-afford-opportunities-for-two-types-of-photography/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_1215.jpgDSC_1215https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_1180.jpgDSC_1180https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_1168.jpgDSC_1168https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_1038.jpgDSC_1038https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_1026.jpgDSC_1026https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_1009.jpgDSC_1009https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0967.jpgDSC_0967https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0502.jpgDSC_0502https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0501.jpgDSC_05012024-09-12T06:51:22+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/09/30/the-pocahontas-iowa-elevator-remains-a-lovely-monument-to-tillotson-ingenuity/2020-02-05T03:56:36+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/09/09/bruce-selyem-an-old-hand-in-elevator-photography-is-still-in-the-game/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0889.jpgDSC_0889https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_06741.jpgDSC_0674https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0065.jpgDSC_0065https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0557.jpgDSC_0557https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0697.jpgDSC_06972015-09-10T17:51:25+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/08/07/elevator-investigations-move-farther-afield-with-a-side-trip-to-alta-iowa/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0579.jpgDSC_0579https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_6488.jpgDSC_6488https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0593.jpgDSC_05932022-01-21T17:22:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/08/05/as-we-sensed-during-our-visit-the-tillotson-elevator-in-hinton-iowa-was-part-of-big-doings/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/hintonby-brad.jpgHinton by Brad2015-08-05T03:01:01+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/contributors/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_6897.jpgIMG_6897https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/se-studio-2-02-11-091.jpgse studio 2-02-11-091https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/img_0509.jpgIMG_0509https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc02410.jpgDSC02410https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/kerchief-02-version-2.jpgKerchief 02 - Version 22026-02-12T14:22:44+00:00weekly0.6https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/08/03/a-long-time-elevator-man-sends-greetings-from-hardy-iowa-and-shares-some-lore/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gilmorecity08.jpgGilmoreCity08https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gilmorecity04.jpgGilmoreCity04https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gilmorecity06.jpgGilmoreCity06https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gilmorecity07.jpgGilmoreCity07https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gilmorecity03.jpgGilmoreCity03https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gilmorecity02.jpgGilmoreCity02https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gilmorecity01.jpgGilmoreCity01https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gilmorecityaerial.jpgGilmoreCityaerial2015-08-02T20:51:28+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/07/29/tillotson-elevator-in-hinton-iowa-is-fully-upgraded-to-fulfill-todays-mission/2015-07-29T13:21:38+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/07/31/looking-inside-and-outside-tillotsons-elevator-in-cavalier-n-d/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_6982.jpgIMG_6982South view. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_6981.jpgIMG_6981https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_6980.jpgIMG_6980https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_6979.jpgIMG_6979North view. 2015-07-28T18:04:01+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/07/27/a-tillotson-elevator-remains-on-call-for-extra-capacity-in-cavalier-n-d/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_6962.jpgIMG_6962https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_6961.jpgIMG_69612015-07-25T15:49:39+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/07/24/with-its-stepped-headhouse-could-the-elevator-in-odebolt-iowa-be-from-mayer-osborns-lineage/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/crackerjoffice.jpgcrackerjofficehttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/unnamed.jpgunnamedhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ode-top.jpegOde tophttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/blen-north.jpegBlen North2016-01-26T12:58:46+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/07/08/the-demise-of-mayer-osborn-construction-remains-an-enduring-puzzle/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/unknown-person-studio-copenhagen-denmark-sweden001.jpgunknown person, studio copenhagen denmark sweden001Albert Skoog as a boyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/grandma_album_pg650001-copy.jpgGrandma_Album_Pg650001 copyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/grandma_album_pg650001-copy-2.jpgGrandma_Album_Pg650001 copy 2This image was found among Grandma's pictures. It was the car her uncle wrecked in an ultimately fatal accident.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0591.jpgDSC_0591https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0419.jpgDSC_0419The Blencoe, Iowa elevator built by Mayer-Osbornhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/christoffersen025.jpgchristoffersen025Mayer-Osborn elevator at McCook, Neb. during a family visit, ca 1949. This elevator was a prototype for the Blencoe elevator.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/audrey-gerald-bill-alice026.jpgaudrey gerald bill alice026Audrey, Gerald, William and Alice Osborn, ca. 1950https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/alberts-obit.jpgAlbert's obit2021-04-15T21:15:51+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/07/06/a-mystery-unfolds-at-the-tillotson-elevator-of-blencoe-iowa/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_6409.jpgDSC_6409"Grain Storage Const. Co, 1959, Council Bluffs, Iowa" is embossed on the manhole coverhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0438.jpgDSC_0438This elevator is attributed to the Tillotson Construction Company of Omaha, but evidence points elsewherehttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0427.jpgDSC_0427https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0421.jpgDSC_04212015-07-08T19:29:21+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/06/30/the-previously-unidentified-tillotson-construction-co-employee-could-be-mary-melia/2015-07-27T18:22:02+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/06/29/a-low-wing-airplane-sped-up-business-for-tillotson-construction-company/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/navion.jpegNavion2015-06-29T15:36:05+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/06/24/neglecting-to-lag-an-elevators-head-pulley-led-to-disaster/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/belwd135a.jpgbelwd135aThe Bellwood Gazette reported the Holland Brothers' elevator fire in 1902. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/conveyor_head_pulley_lagging_for_v_shaped1.jpgConveyor_head_pulley_lagging_for_V_shaped[1]2015-06-24T15:33:53+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/06/22/making-sense-of-a-chimney-near-a-wooden-elevator-in-alta-iowa/2015-06-20T18:59:58+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/05/26/mechanization-and-the-russian-wheat-deal-caused-elevator-construction-booms/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/uticabradperry.jpgUticaBradPerryAn aerial view of Utica, Neb. With the round headhouse, Brad Perry thinks it looks like it could be a Tillotson elevator. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tamorabradperry.jpgTamoraBradPerryThe old house at Tamora, which is just off Route 34 between Utica and Seward. Note the stepped, or partial, headhouse. The feed mill beside it was kind of a standard blueprint as well and would have been 1950s or 1960s construction. Sisters to it are found in Leigh, Minden, Holdrege, and Beatrice, Neb., and Red Oak and Shenandoah, Iowa.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/murphybradperry.jpgMurphyBradPerryhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/aurorabrad-perry.jpgAuroraBrad Perry2021-06-08T02:02:28+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/05/19/tillotson-construction-employees-share-playful-moments-outside-the-companys-omaha-office/2015-09-30T18:14:38+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/05/15/hampton-nebraska-grain-elevator-could-be-from-the-tillotson-construction-lineage/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bradshaw.jpgBradshaw by Brad PerryBradshaw, Neb. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/brad-perry-hampton-nebr.jpgBrad Perry Hampton Nebr.2015-05-15T12:33:01+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2015/05/11/virginia-slusher-remembers-her-years-as-tillotson-contructions-office-girl/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/virginia-slusher-06.jpegVirginia Slusher 06https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/virginia-slusher-05.jpegVirginia Slusher 05https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/virginia-slusher-04.jpegVirginia Slusher 04Johnny Hassman and Virginia Slusher celebrate her business school graduation. 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Watch for our next post, scheduled for Monday, to learn more details about the elevator. 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view of Tillotson Construction Company's Aurora South elevator, as seen Nov. 2, 2014, by Collin Quiring. 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Lieb, left, and Blaine Bell . https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/scan0024.jpgNeil A. Lieb collection The finished elevator. Photo from the Neil A. Lieb Archive. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/scan0023.jpgscan0023https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/scan0021.jpgscan0021In this 1950 photo from Neil Lieb's archive, he explains what we see inside a crate that's being hoisted to the top of the Alta, Iowa, grain elevator. "That’s the motor for the belt and probably the gearbox," he says. "We didn’t take it out of the crate till we got it on top because the crate was designed so we could lift it. That little crane could hold a lot of weight. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/scan0022.jpgscan0022In this 1950 photo from our contributor Neil Lieb's archive, we see a man standing atop a box as it's hoisted to the top of Tillotson Construction Company's newly completed Alta, Iowa, grain elevator. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/scan0020.jpgscan0020https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/scan0019.jpgscan0019https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/scan0018.jpgNeil Lieb 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Murphy The Aurora Coop's Murphy elevator and annex. Jim Russell died in a fall during the elevator's construction. 2014-07-12T21:40:14+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2014/06/26/screw-jacks/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/us855452-0.pngUS855452-0https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/us855452-1.pngUS855452-12014-06-25T20:49:03+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2014/06/23/in-dike-iowa-the-elevator-and-its-tillotson-annex-preside-over-a-sleepy-town/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dsc_0721.jpgDSC_0721https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dsc_0702.jpgDSC_0702https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dsc_0693.jpgDSC_0693The old elevator sits beside its wooden predecessor, as it did in 19462014-06-23T22:25:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2014/05/29/a-photographic-review-of-concrete-elevator-parts-and-components/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0515.jpgDSC_0515https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0513.jpgDSC_0513Traer, Kan.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0418.jpgDSC_0418https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_06731.jpgDSC_0673(1)https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_06701.jpgDSC_0670(1)https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0295.jpgDSC_0295https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_02171.jpgDSC_0217(1)St. Francis, Kan.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_02101.jpgDSC_0210(1)https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0410.jpgDSC_0410https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_067421.jpgDSC_0674(2)2014-05-31T00:46:32+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2014/05/16/an-unlikely-connection-to-tillotson-constructions-elevator-in-elkhart-kan/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo-1.jpgphoto-1https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/photo.jpgphoto2014-05-16T13:45:02+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2014/05/01/insights-from-a-ralston-iowa-elevator-maintenance-worker/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_6001.jpgDSC_6001https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_6010.jpgDSC_6010https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_5984.jpgDSC_5984The annex, slightly narrow than the elevator, is on the lefthttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_6016.jpgDSC_6016https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_5966.jpgDSC_59662014-05-02T01:17:32+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2014/04/18/the-vanished-glidden-elevator-a-concrete-giant-has-gone-the-way-of-the-wood/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/new-cooperative-inc-google-maps.jpgNEW Cooperative Inc - Google Mapshttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/glidden-ia-51443-google-maps.jpgGlidden, IA 51443 - Google Maps2014-04-23T14:45:14+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2014/04/10/charles-h-tillotson-straddled-the-divide-between-wood-and-concrete/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/charles-h-tillotson-7.jpegCharles H. Tillotson 7https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/charles-h-tillotson-4.jpegCharles H. Tillotson 4https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/charles-h-tillotson-5.jpegCharles H. Tillotson 5https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/charles-h-tillotson-3.jpegCharles H. Tillotson 3https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/charles-h-tillotson-1.jpegCharles H. Tillotson 1https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/charles-h-tillotson1.jpegCharles H. Tillotsonhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/tillotson-04.jpegTillotson 04https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/rydal-1951-new-overpass-on-hwy-36.jpgRydal 1951 new overpass on Hwy 36https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/charles-h-tillotson.jpegCharles H. TillotsonCharles H. Tillotson2014-04-09T23:55:34+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2014/04/03/a-tale-from-the-johnson-construction-elevator-at-galatia-kansas/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_05741.jpgDSC_0574(1)https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0526.jpgDSC_0526https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/the-post-crescent-26-mar-1959.jpgThe Post Crescent 26 Mar 19592019-07-31T05:10:58+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2014/03/19/the-1945-vintage-elevator-at-lodgepole-nebraska-and-the-death-of-bill-morris/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0446.jpgDSC_0446https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0369.jpgDSC_0369https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/elevator021.jpgelevator0212014-03-19T18:04:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2014/03/10/wrecking-out-details-are-provided-in-drawings-from-tillotson-records/2014-03-12T11:08:36+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2014/03/06/a-search-for-van-ness-elevator-images-yields-surprising-results/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/136334721.jpg13633472https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/13633472.jpg136334722015-11-23T15:38:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2014/03/03/aerial-view-shows-a-gleaming-elevator-and-distinctive-headhouse-in-glidden-iowa/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/la-femme-1.jpegGlidden, Iowa 2014-03-03T18:10:19+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2014/02/26/an-airplane-crash-ends-gandy-construction-an-early-elevator-player/2014-03-12T13:54:29+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2014/01/13/in-argentina-a-colorful-solution-for-abandoned-elevators/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_8910.jpgIMG_8910https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_8908.jpgIMG_8908https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_8906.jpgIMG_8906https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/img_8907.jpgIMG_89072014-02-23T15:18:29+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2014/01/24/a-mystery-is-solved-with-the-discovery-of-elevator-builder-van-ness-construction/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0580.jpgDSC_0580https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0586.jpgDSC_0586The wooden elevator at Wymore, Nebraska is representative of the style of Van Ness Constructionhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/charles_tillotson_obit__the_nebraska_state_journal__lincoln__nebr___19_june_1938.jpgCharles_Tillotson_Obit__The_Nebraska_State_Journal__Lincoln__Nebr___19_June_1938https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/beatrice-daily-sun-mar-22-1934.jpgBeatrice Daily Sun Mar 22 1934https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/beatrice-daily-sun-jun-28-1942.jpgBeatrice Daily Sun Jun 28 1942https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/belleville-telescope-kansas-august-15-1935.pngPocahontas elevatorThe Pocahontas elevator complex. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/clearfield-enterprise-september-6-1923.jpgClearfield Enterprise, September 6, 19232014-02-23T15:18:13+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2014/02/11/this-continuous-pour-and-the-marching-band-would-delight-our-grandfathers/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wilshire_grand_center.jpgWilshire_Grand_CenterPhoto by AC Martin. 2014-02-23T15:17:53+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2014/02/17/horner-and-wyatt-engineering-of-kansas-city-designed-grain-terminal-giants/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc02466.jpgDSC024662019-04-16T02:32:13+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2014/02/12/in-1954-near-the-booms-end-albert-city-iowa-had-a-gleaming-concrete-elevator/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/tillotson-02.jpegTillotson 02https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/tillotson-04.jpegTillotson 04https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/tillotson-03.jpegTillotson 03https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/charles-h-tillotson.jpegCharles H. Tillotson https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/la-femme-2.jpegAlbert City, IowaAlbert City, Iowa, ca. 19542014-02-11T20:00:17+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2014/02/05/tillotson-built-in-cotton-country-with-their-estill-south-carolina-elevator/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_3529.jpgDSC_3529Freshly harvested cotton field in central South Carolinahttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_3431.jpgDSC_3431https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_3406.jpgDSC_3406https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_3487.jpgDSC_34872014-02-07T05:12:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2014/01/06/the-tillotson-elevator-at-lincoln-nebraska-is-majestic-in-winter-light/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_31941.jpgDSC_3194The manhole covers display the company name on both the elevator and the annexhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_3194.jpgDSC_3194https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_3207.jpgDSC_3207https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_3137.jpgDSC_3137https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_3138.jpgDSC_3138https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_3169.jpgDSC_3169https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_3174.jpgDSC_3174https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_3184.jpgDSC_31842014-01-13T14:12:12+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/12/09/christmas-ideas-for-an-elevator-enthusiast/2013-12-09T22:03:06+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/12/06/the-tillotson-elevator-at-vail-iowa-is-fully-explained-with-builder-specifications/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_2980.jpgDSC_2980The ubiquitous curved headhouse exemplifies the Tillotson style at Vail, Iowahttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_2984.jpgDSC_2984https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_3006.jpgDSC_30062018-12-10T00:10:01+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/11/22/tillotson-elevators-in-oklahoma/2013-11-27T04:09:11+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/11/19/a-grain-elevators-unprecedented-allure-under-nebraska-moonlight/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/auroraemailauroracoop-com_20131029_072759-dragged-1.jpgauroraemail@auroracoop.com_20131029_072759 (dragged) 1This enticing view of Tillotson Construction's elevator at Murphy, Neb., was taken by Jerry Jacobs and is used with permission. 2013-11-26T16:59:44+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/11/14/an-innovative-elevator-from-1951-still-serves-at-cordell-oklahoma/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_2335.jpgDSC_2335https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_2333.jpgDSC_2333https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_2303.jpgDSC_2303The Mayer -Osborn Construction Company is identified on the manhole coverhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_2805.jpgDSC_2805https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_2318.jpgDSC_2318https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_2297.jpgDSC_22972013-11-16T06:06:52+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/11/05/dennis-russell-recounts-the-tragedy-of-his-brothers-death-on-the-murphy-neb-job/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/auroraemailauroracoop-com_20131029_072759-dragged.jpgauroraemail@auroracoop.com_20131029_072759 (dragged)This photo, provided by Kurtis Glinn, shows Tillotson Construction's Murphy elevator in the early 1960s. Note the ground storage of grain sorghum on the right. 2014-07-14T17:56:09+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/10/07/mayer-osborn-company-proposals-were-rejected-at-wauneta-nebraska/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fvc-bp6a.jpgFVC BP6ahttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0814.jpgDSC_0814https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0805.jpgDSC_0805https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0790.jpgDSC_07902013-10-08T01:29:52+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/09/25/the-mayer-osborn-elevator-in-tempe-arizona-is-a-jewel-in-an-upscale-setting/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0057.jpgDSC_0057https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0030.jpgDSC_0030https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0047.jpgDSC_0047https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0067.jpgDSC_0067https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0061.jpgDSC_00612016-09-09T03:16:52+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/09/10/mayer-osborn-elevator-contract-proposals-are-preserved-at-wauneta-nebraska/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/elevator-photos021.jpgElevator photos021The cover letter for the Mayer-Osborn contract proposal at Wauneta, Neb.2013-09-10T12:21:34+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/09/04/concrete-problems-plague-consecutive-elevator-projects-at-blencoe-iowa/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/blencoe_blowout-1-copy.jpgBlencoe_blowout-1 copyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0580.jpgDSC_0580The larger Tillotson elevator stands to the left. The Mayer-Osborn elevator obstructs the view of its large annex which extends behind it.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_05781.jpgDSC_0578https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0578.jpgDSC_05782013-09-24T21:44:33+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/08/26/a-chance-encounter-with-a-tillotson-elevator-in-jamestown-kansas/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0057.jpgDSC_0057https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0063.jpgDSC_0063A smaller elevator stands on a branch of the rail line. It's builder is unknown.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0065.jpgDSC_0065https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0069.jpgDSC_00692015-04-21T21:17:13+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/08/14/full-specifications-of-tillotson-constructions-elevator-in-moscow-kansas/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_2677.jpgIMG_2677The construction record was written with painstaking attention to detail. 2013-08-14T14:55:24+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/07/29/j-h-tillotson-contractor-built-their-elevator-scale-houses-with-distinctive-flair/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0023.jpgDSC_0023The scale house at Bradshaw, Neb. sports new siding over its concrete walls. Photo by Kristen Carthttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc0144_1153.jpg_DSC0144_1153The scale house at the now demolished elevator at McAllister, Kan., is the only clue we have to its builder. Photo by Gary Richhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0383.jpgDSC_0383Lodgepole, Neb.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0381.jpgDSC_0381https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0553.jpgDSC_0553The scale house at Monument, Kan., above, is almost identical to the one at Lodgepole, Neb.2013-07-30T04:07:18+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/07/26/elevator-scale-houses-express-graceful-utility-epitomize-contemporary-style/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0538.jpgDSC_0538https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0651.jpgDSC_0651The simple lines of the back of the scale house at Kanorado, Kan.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0523.jpgDSC_0523Scale house in Willows, Calif.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0411.jpgDSC_0411The scale house in Benton, Kan.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0884.jpgDSC_0884Daykin, Neb. scale house built by J. H. Tillotson, Contractor2013-08-08T12:23:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/07/19/a-photo-tour-at-kanorado-kansas-reveals-j-h-tillotson-design-details/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0687.jpgDSC_0687https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0655.jpgDSC_0655https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0664.jpgDSC_0664https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0642.jpgDSC_06422013-07-22T14:32:34+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/07/18/list-of-tillotson-construction-supervisors-includes-2-unfortunate-incidents/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/flagler-by-gary-rich.jpgFlagler by Gary Rich2013-07-18T23:04:06+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/07/12/elevator-builders-turned-to-wartime-projects-during-world-war-ii/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/unknown-gerald-osborn-william-osborn-iver-salroth.jpgUnknown, Gerald Osborn, William Osborn, Iver Salrothhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/elevator-photos026.jpgElevator photos0262023-01-22T23:52:15+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/07/08/painting-an-elevator-meant-swing-time-on-a-flying-scaffold-in-the-wind/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/scan.jpegScan2014-10-09T18:46:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/07/05/part-two-of-a-photography-outing-unfolds-visual-possibilities-at-roggen-colorado/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0285.jpgDSC_0285Empty containers frame Roggen's 1950 elevatorhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0296.jpgDSC_0296Gary Rich explores creative possibilities at the Roggen elevator.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0335.jpgDSC_0335Mayer-Osborn's Roggen, Colo. elevator has the typical stepped up headhouse.2013-07-06T14:38:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/06/25/despite-adms-no-admittance-the-mystery-of-moscow-is-solved/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/elkhart-207-copy-copyab.jpgElkhart 207 copy copyabTillotson's Moscow, Kan., elevator, right, was built in 1948. The annex had to come later. Photo by Kristen Cart. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/elkhart-204-copy.jpgElkhart 204 copyLooking down the crowded streets of Moscow at Tillotson's elevator, far right. Photo by Kristen Cart. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/elkhart-189-copy.jpgElkhart 189 copy2013-07-14T22:34:16+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/06/27/a-photography-outing-reveals-beauty-at-the-mayer-osborn-elevator-in-byers-colorado/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_0227.jpgDSC_0227https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_0206.jpgDSC_0206Another viewhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_0203.jpgDSC_0203https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_0221.jpgDSC_0221https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_0241.jpgDSC_0241https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_0212.jpgDSC_0212https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_0205.jpgDSC_0205https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_0229.jpgDSC_0229https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_0193.jpgDSC_01932013-06-26T05:44:18+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/06/21/did-shacks-temporarily-shelter-workers-at-tillotsons-vinton-street-site/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/vinton-street-shacks2.jpgVinton Street Shacks2013-06-20T22:25:31+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/06/12/the-big-springs-nebraska-elevator-proved-to-be-a-mayer-osborn-construction-job/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_0377.jpgdsc_0377The Big Springs, Neb. elevator in October, 2012https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_0582.jpgdsc_0582The Mayer-Osborn elevator lacked the annex when it was first built. It is the same plan as used in McCook, Neb. and Blencoe, Iowa.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_0573.jpgdsc_0573The Cheppell, Nebraska elevator built by Chalmers & Borton2013-06-13T02:27:05+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/06/10/the-vinton-street-elevators-driveway-took-special-planning-before-construction/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/vinton-street-shacks1.jpgVinton Street Shackshttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/vinton-street-drive-way.jpgVinton Street Drive way2013-06-08T18:52:04+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/06/03/the-vinton-street-elevator-was-tillotson-constructions-1950-hometown-showcase/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/scan0005.jpgscan0005Tillotson Construction used one of the color images from Vinton Street on its business card. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/vinton-street-shacks.jpgVinton Street Shackshttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/vinton-street-hoist.jpgVinton Street HoistConstruction of the hoist very early in the process of building the Vinton Street elevator. Note the Georgia buggies near the formwork. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/vinton-street-view-from-this-side-direction_.jpgVinton Street View from this side direction_This extreme view shows the elevator before painting. The individual pours can be seen in the drawform walls of the bins. Note the man leaning out of the window opening on the left. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/image-2594492-188361784-5-thumbnail_0_a93d9738049a7b868bd2441e197a6522_1.jpegImage-2594492-188361784-5-Thumbnail_0_a93d9738049a7b868bd2441e197a6522_1https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/image-2594492-188361817-3-thumbnail_0_18188e1480d4ba71a02c78abe4d7e422_1.jpegImage-2594492-188361817-3-Thumbnail_0_18188e1480d4ba71a02c78abe4d7e422_1Early formwork at the Vinton Street site. Note the Georgia buggies. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/image-2594492-188361849-3-thumbnail_0_8e60a4ab6fc24172b2cd59495fbd65fe_1.jpegImage-2594492-188361849-3-Thumbnail_0_8e60a4ab6fc24172b2cd59495fbd65fe_1https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/i-gksxrqw-ti.jpgi-GkSxrqw-Tihttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/i-n5mt92j-ti.jpgi-N5Mt92J-TiDriveway construction involved much formwork and https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/i-p27vpws-ti.jpgi-p27VpWs-TiConstruction of the hoist used at the Vinton Street site. Note the Georgia buggies in the foreground. 2013-06-08T18:32:47+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/04/11/world-herald-went-high/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/aerial32.jpgaerial322013-06-02T23:20:11+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/05/31/all-specs-and-the-bouncing-czechs-photos-delineate-elevators-in-david-city/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/farmers_co-op_elevator_3_-_david_city_ne.jpgFarmers_Co-Op_Elevator_(3)_-_David_City,_NEDavid City's "other" elevator. Photo by Tom McLaughlinhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/farmers_co-op_elevator_2_-_david_city_ne.jpgFarmers_Co-Op_Elevator_(2)_-_David_City,_NEThe Tillotson Construction of Omaha elevator also serves as a satellite antenna tower. Photo by Tom McLaughlinhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/david-city010-e1370020383711.jpgDavid City010A historical image taken in David City, dated October 28, 1964. This is not the Tillotson Construction elevator, but it's neighbor a short distance down the rail line.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/david-city-copyright.jpgDavid City copyrightA second view of the Tillotson Construction elevator, completed in 1951. Photo by Tom McLaughlin2013-05-31T23:13:32+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/05/21/the-elevator-at-bradshaw-nebraska-still-hides-the-identity-of-its-builder/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0081.jpgdsc_0081https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0015.jpgdsc_0015https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0090.jpgdsc_0090https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0107.jpgDSC_0107https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0051.jpgDSC_00512013-05-27T02:15:20+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/05/10/blue-skies-at-lodgepole-nebraska-and-a-perfect-photo-opportunity/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0252.jpgdsc_0252https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0256.jpgdsc_0256https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dsc_0249.jpgdsc_02492013-05-16T15:44:10+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/05/16/what-a-mayer-osborn-superintendent-could-earn-from-the-back-of-a-notepad/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dick-with-man0001.jpgdick with man0001https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ed-christoffersen-papers009a.jpgEd Christoffersen papers009ahttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ed-christoffersen-papers009.jpgEd Christoffersen papers009https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/dick-osborn0001.jpgDick Osborn0001https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/ed-christoffersen-papers008.jpgEd Christoffersen papers0082013-06-27T22:19:47+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/05/06/a-look-at-grain-operations-at-the-j-h-tillotson-elevator-in-lodgepole-nebraska/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/elevator-photos006.jpgElevator photos006https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0372.jpgdsc_0372https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0448.jpgdsc_0448https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_0226.jpgdsc_02262013-05-10T05:17:22+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/04/25/successful-concrete-tests-yield-enduring-elevator-at-cordell-oklahoma/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cordell-concrete-tests006.jpgCordell concrete tests006https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cordell-concrete-tests004.jpgCordell concrete tests004https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cordell-concrete-tests003.jpgCordell concrete tests003https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cordell-concrete-tests002.jpgCordell concrete 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tests0052013-04-25T21:00:50+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/04/22/newspaper-clippings-of-the-lincoln-nebraska-elevator-show-standard-construction-methods/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/christofferson043.jpgchristofferson043https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/christofferson042.jpgchristofferson0422013-05-20T19:45:54+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/04/17/mike-tillotson-remembers-flagler-1953-albert-city-1954-and-lincoln-1955/2013-04-22T02:40:38+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/04/12/the-cordell-oklahoma-elevator-project-fused-engineering-prowess-with-family-ties/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/christofferson0191.jpgchristofferson019(1)2013-04-15T02:55:19+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/03/22/iowan-frank-nine-recalls-working-for-tillotson-construction-in-the-mid-1950s/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/mail.jpegmailFrank Nine is seen in this recent photo. 2018-08-17T23:17:28+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/04/08/go-west-young-men-to-flagler-colorado-and-build-a-grain-elevator/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/scan-1.jpegScan 1Mike stands at the center of the frame while Tim captures Charles just after he has taken a rest break on the way to Flagler. 2013-04-08T20:33:17+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/04/03/mystery-elevator-identified-as-mayer-osborns-cordell-oklahoma-project/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/cordell-oklahoma-elevator.jpgCordell Oklahoma Elevatorhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/christofferson041.jpgchristofferson041https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/christofferson040.jpgchristofferson040https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/elevator012.jpgelevator012William Osborn photo provided by his granddaughter Diane Osborn Bell2013-04-02T17:07:38+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/04/05/building-a-mighty-elevator-required-specialized-carpentry-and-subtle-touches/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/scan.jpegScan2013-04-02T15:15:16+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/04/01/linking-together-preassembled-formwork-came-after-pouring-an-elevators-slab/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/scan3.jpegScanInitial formwork for new grain bins at Flagler in 1953. 2013-03-30T19:15:20+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/03/29/from-the-top-recalling-the-scene-at-tillotson-constructions-project-in-flagler-colorado/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_0536.jpgTim, Chuck, La Rose TillotsonFrom left, Tim and Chuck Tillotson and La Rose Tillotson Hunt in 2012. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/scan2.jpegScanIt could be Mike waving at the photographer in this photo from atop the Flagler annex. The Ford and 16-foot trailer are also evident. 2019-08-25T23:37:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/03/27/gordon-nebraskas-elevator-was-built-in-a-classic-mayer-osborn-style/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/145483037-971b43jz-etovalentine305copy.jpg145483037.971b43jz.etovalentine305copyA side view of the Mayer Osborn elevatorhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/145513525-fkds5ngx-wfromvalentine164copy.jpg145513525.fkDS5ngX.wfromvalentine164copyThe Mayer-Osborn elevator, identified by manhole covers inside the driveway, stands in front of Chalmers and Borton additions2013-03-27T18:27:52+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/03/25/tillotson-constructions-signature-the-curved-headhouse-was-a-practical-matter/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/scan-1.jpegScan 1Tillotson's Aurora, Neb., elevator, built in 1950, has a curved headhouse. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/scan-21.jpegScan 2The main house of Tillotson Construction's elevator at Dike, Iowa, built in 1946 (annex, left, 1949), is crowned by a rectilinear headhouse. 2013-03-23T03:45:30+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/03/18/history-is-preserved-in-pictures-at-st-francis-kansas/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0222.jpgDSC_0222A picture album, filled with historical treasures, which Shirley Zweygardt was pleased to sharehttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/elevator-photos007.jpgElevator photos007Farm truckshttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/elevator-photos011.jpgElevator photos011Another view, dated 1951https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/elevator-photos010.jpgElevator photos010In this photo dated 1951, an old wooden elevator stands immediately behind the concrete house. It was demolished to make room for the second bank of concrete bins, built in 2000.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/elevator-photos008.jpgElevator photos008Farmers line up their grain trucks at St. Francis, Kan.2013-03-18T22:20:09+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/03/13/kingfisher-co-op-documented-the-sequence-of-its-elevators-in-a-1984-history/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/scan-3.jpegScan 3https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/scan-2.jpegScan 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Chalmers and Borton annex is in the foreground, and the new annexes are behind the main house.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc_0204.jpgDSC_0204The manhole cover on the interior of the driveway identifies the builderhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc_02241.jpgDSC_0224(1)https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc_0222.jpgDSC_0222https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dsc_02482.jpgDSC_0248(2)2013-03-06T03:27:55+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/02/28/walking-the-plank-on-the-new-pocahontas-iowa-elevator-in-1954/2013-03-01T09:39:13+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/02/22/hunting-for-a-j-h-tillotson-elevator-in-st-francis-kansas/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/elevator-photos013.jpgElevator photos013Dated 1947, the postcard highlights a major local 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2https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/scan-4.jpegScan 4https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/scan.jpegScan2013-02-26T17:35:05+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/01/03/larryryan/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/pocahontasgrainelevatorebay.jpgpocahontasgrainelevator2013-06-24T17:19:58+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/01/31/is-it-a-tillotson-elevator-in-the-idaho-potato-commissions-tv-ad/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_1560.pngIMG_15602013-01-30T23:48:10+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/01/28/vintage-photos-show-aspects-of-how-a-grain-elevator-works/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/elevator-photos002.jpgElevator photos002https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/elevator-photos001.jpgElevator photos001https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/elevator-photos003.jpgElevator photos0032014-02-24T03:50:11+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/01/25/timeline-for-tillotson-const-j-h-tillotson-and-mayer-osborn-companies-and-jobs-2/2017-07-18T18:08:16+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/01/23/hanging-by-a-thread-on-the-wrecking-out-scaffold-a-young-workman-faces-mortality/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/scan1.jpegScanThe beginning of Tillotson Construction's job in Flagler, Colo. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_0536.jpgIMG_0536From left, Tim Tillotson, Chuck Tillotson, and La Rose Tillotson Hunt in 2012. 2013-01-23T02:04:08+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/01/21/an-inside-look-at-the-j-h-tillotson-elevator-at-hanover-kansas/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0689.jpgDSC_0689https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0681.jpgDSC_0681https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0679.jpgDSC_0679https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0677.jpgDSC_0677https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0673.jpgDSC_0673https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0671.jpgDSC_0671The manhole cover identified the builderhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0670.jpgDSC_0670https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0659.jpgDSC_0659The J. H. Tillotson straight-up elevator in Hanover, Kan. just after a rain2020-04-19T15:56:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/01/16/at-tillotsons-albert-city-iowa-job-a-deckhands-pendulous-moments/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/elevator013.jpgelevator013This photo, provided by Kristen Cart from Osborn family archives, shows a deckhand standing nonchalantly on elevator formwork. Kristen believes the picture may have been taken in Giddings, Texas, in 1945.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/mail.jpegmailThis photo, provided by Kristen Cart from Osborn family archives, shows a deckhand standing nonchalantly on elevator formwork. Kristen believes the picture may have been taken in Giddings, Texas, probably in 1945. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/th.jpegth2013-01-16T18:10:20+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/12/06/concretes-prevalence-in-elevator-construction-was-just-a-matter-of-time/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/scan.jpegScanPhoto from The American Grain Elevator: Function & Form, by Linda Laird, courtesy of Grain Elevator Press. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/images.jpegimages2013-01-11T23:45:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/01/11/m-woulda-coulda-shoulda-elevator-opportunity-in-tonkawa-oklahoma/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/img_9327.jpgIMG_93272015-09-14T22:39:51+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/01/07/the-j-h-tillotson-elevator-at-linn-kansas-stands-unused-idled-by-osha-changes/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_08841.jpgDSC_0884https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0848.jpgDSC_0848The Chalmers and Borton elevator at Linn is still in use.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0830.jpgDSC_0830The house next doorhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0884.jpgDSC_0884An old aerial photo of the Linn elevators after the annexes were builthttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0838.jpgDSC_0838The unusual square head house incorporates stylish details.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0861.jpgDSC_0861The elevator built by J. H. Tillotson is flanked by later additions.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc_0813.jpgDSC_08132013-01-12T08:01:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/01/03/our-grandfathers-construction-companies-managed-to-escape-the-dreaded-blowout/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ge-bird-city-parrish177.jpgge Bird City-Parrish177Written on the back of this photo: "This is the Bird City elevator that busted. This is the one Parrish built."2016-11-21T05:43:33+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2013/01/02/house-of-slip-formed-concrete/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/scan.jpegTillotson Home 2013-01-20T01:58:18+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/12/19/good-corn-is-good-news-at-altoona-iowa/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0373.jpgDSC_0373https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_03851.jpgDSC_0385(1)The Altoona, Iowa elevator built by Tillotson Construction of Omahahttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0399.jpgDSC_0399https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0372.jpgDSC_0372https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_03781.jpgDSC_0378(1)2012-12-31T01:43:01+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/12/11/elevator-in-bird-city/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/wheeler-ks-049-copy.jpgWheeler, KS 049 copyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/wheeler-ks-044-copy.jpgWheeler, KS 044 copyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/wheeler-ks-056-copy.jpgWheeler, KS 056 copyThe Bird City elevator features a rounded headhouse. 2024-08-05T21:26:07+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/12/14/tillotson-constructions-postwar-business-card-in-full-color-is-a-story-in-itself/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/scan0005.jpgScan00052012-12-14T12:02:30+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/12/13/hutchinson-foundry-manhole-covers-closed-1972/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/mail-2.jpegmail-2Hutchinson Foundry, photo courtesy of Linda Laird https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/mail-1.jpegmail-1Hutchinson Foundry, photo courtesy of Linda Lairdhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/mail.jpegmail2012-12-13T12:03:28+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/12/12/how-we-know-tillotson-construction-built-the-burlington-colorado-grain-elevator/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc0145_9536_edited-1.jpg_DSC0145_9536_edited-1Burlington, Colorado.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc0033_9425.jpg_DSC0033_94252012-12-14T20:05:13+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/11/26/unsolved-mysteries-abound-at-tillotson-constructions-elkhart-kansas-elevator/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/elkhart-251-copy.jpgElkhart 251 copyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/elkhart-252-copy.jpgElkhart 252 copyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/elkhart-255-copy.jpgElkhart 255 copyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/elkhart-278-copy.jpgElkhart 278 copy2012-12-09T08:10:01+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/11/30/distinctions-discern-builder-of-elevator/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_05761.jpgDSC_0576(1)Johnson-Sampson's Page City, Kan., elevator dispenses with the vertical grooves. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0665.jpgDSC_0665Mayer-Osborn's elevator at Kanorado, Kan., shows the company's typical grooved style. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0582-copy.jpgDSC_0582 copy2012-12-04T19:27:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/12/03/classic-elevator-in-clifton/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0928.jpgDSC_0928https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0924.jpgDSC_0924https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0931.jpgDSC_0931https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0938.jpgDSC_0938https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_0890.jpgDSC_0890https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/dsc_08892.jpgDSC_0889(2)2012-12-05T05:47:53+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/11/20/tillotson-elevators-varied-capacity/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/elkhart-233-copy.jpgElkhart 233 copyThe beautifully curved headhouse distinguishes Tillotson's elevator in Rolla, Kansas. The annex, center, was built by Hamilton, and the newer elevator, right, by Borton in 1964. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/elkhart-161-copy.jpgElkhart 161 copySatanta, Kansas. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/elkhart-146-copy.jpgElkhart 146 copy2012-11-21T19:08:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/11/08/photo-tour-goodland-kansas-elevator/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0602.jpgDSC_0602https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0633.jpgDSC_0633A convenient roost for vultureshttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0630.jpgDSC_0630https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/goodland-ks-elevator-125000-bushels.jpgGoodland KS Elevator 125,000 bushelsWilliam Osborn photohttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0636.jpgDSC_06362012-11-20T18:43:24+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/11/05/employees-of-co-op-enjoy-jobs/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0381.jpgDSC_0381The Chalmers and Borton Construction Company built elevator at Walton, Kan.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0377.jpgDSC_0377Loading a farm truck with grainhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0385.jpgDSC_0385Walton, Kan.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0362.jpgDSC_0362Mike Aufenkamp of Farmers Cooperative Companyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dsc_0355.jpgDSC_0355Tri-States Construction elevator at Waverly, Neb.2017-11-19T16:37:33+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/11/01/tillotson-construction-ensign-co-op/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/kismet-187-copy.jpgKismet 187 copyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/kismet-183-copy.jpgKismet 183 copyThe first annex, seen on right, was of single bins and allowed a path for trucks using the north driveway. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/kismet-173-copy.jpgKismet 173 copyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/kismet-171-copy.jpgKismet 171 copyPhoto by Gary Richhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/kismet-191-copy.jpgKismet 191 copy2012-11-01T20:01:46+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/10/19/wauneta-elevator-tells-business-story/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0793.jpgDSC_0793Elevator operationshttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_07911.jpgDSC_0791The Treow Jensen built annexhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0791.jpgDSC_0791https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0757.jpgDSC_0757Cindy Fisher of the Frenchman Valley Cooperativehttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dsc_0813.jpgDSC_0813Wauneta's original J. H. Tillotson, Constuction built elevator is the centerpiece of the elevator complex2012-11-01T13:08:32+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/09/28/concrete-elevator-wichita-kansas/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_05311.jpgIMG_0531https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_05351.jpgIMG_0535The run, at the top of the annex, has a conveyor to deliver grain to the bins. A tripper pushes the grain off the conveyor into the correct bin. Photo by Christopherhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_0532.jpgIMG_0532This is a view of one of the bigger Wichita, Kan. elevators from the top of the MKC elevator, giving a true sense of its height.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_0531.jpgIMG_0531From the top of the annex, a view of the elevator's neighbors. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_0530.jpgIMG_0530A look down at the man lift. The platform below is where you stand; above it is the hand hold. It is essentially a conveyor belt.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/img_0535.jpgIMG_0535The run, at the top of the annex, has a conveyor to deliver grain to the bins. A tripper pushes the grain off the conveyor into the correct bin.2012-09-28T17:00:19+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/09/12/elevator-operations-benton-kansas/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0482.jpgDSC_0482Benton, Kan. elevator complexhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0481.jpgDSC_0481arm truck dumping milo into the pithttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0475.jpgDSC_0475Spencer Reams, site manager for Mid Kansas Co-op at Benton, Kan.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0455.jpgDSC_0455Loading corn for transfer to a larger elevatorhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0471.jpgDSC_0471Benton, Kan. photo by Kristen Cart2012-09-16T13:18:28+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/09/08/tillotson-constructions-giddings-tex-elevator/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/fairmont0002.jpgfairmont0002https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/mail.jpegmailThe former site of the Fairmont Building has been paved over. Photo by Ray Kirchmeyer. 2012-09-07T20:00:30+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/02/08/giddings-texas/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/fairmont0001.jpgfairmont0001https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/fairmont0002.jpgfairmont00022012-09-07T17:56:56+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/09/07/the-elevator-at-daykin-nebraska-shows-characteristic-j-h-tillotson-design/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/elevator01012.jpgelevator010(1)William Osborn photo ca. 1947https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_07691.jpgDSC_0769The Daykin, Neb. elevator seems to match an unknown William Osborn photohttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/elevator01011.jpgelevator010(1)William Osborn photo ca. 1947https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/elevator0101.jpgelevator010(1)William Osborn photo ca. 1947https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0824.jpgDSC_0824The scale-house at the Farmers Co-op, Daykin, Neb. shows characteristic corner details. Photo by Kristen Carthttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dsc_0769.jpgDSC_07692012-09-15T23:12:07+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/08/28/elevator-mcallaster-kansas-missed-opportunity/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc0145_1154.jpg_DSC0145_1154https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc0164_1173.jpg_DSC0164_1173https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/elevator0101.jpgelevator010(1)William Osborn photo2013-01-21T19:38:51+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/08/21/monument-kansas-elevator-closed/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0567.jpgDSC_05672016-01-13T13:27:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/08/14/flat-storage-for-corn/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_06561.jpgDSC_0656Idaho corn stored under tarp loaded onto grain truckhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0656.jpgDSC_0656Idaho corn stored beneath tarp and tires loaded onto grain truckhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_05361.jpgDSC_0536Flat storage at Traer, Kan., for farm equipment, and an unused elevator. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0536.jpgDSC_0536The flat storage at Traer, Kansashttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dsc_0502.jpgDSC_05022012-08-21T02:40:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/08/01/mitchellville-iowa-elevator-operation/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0521.jpgDSC_0521https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0520.jpgDSC_0520https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_05141.jpgDSC_05142012-08-01T15:21:19+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/07/27/tillotsons-mitchellville-elevator-is-heartlands/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_05281.jpgDSC_0528(1)https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0526.jpgDSC_0526The Younglove annex is placarded with the date of constructionhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_05103.jpgDSC_0510https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_05102.jpgDSC_0510https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_05101.jpgDSC_0510https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_04981.jpgDSC_0498https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0510.jpgDSC_0510https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_05011.jpgDSC_0501The Heartland Cooperative elevator complex at Mitchellville, Iowahttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0499.jpgDSC_0499https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0501.jpgDSC_0501The Heartland Cooperative elevator complex at Mitchellville, Iowa2012-09-12T02:44:22+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/07/20/then-and-now-the-j-h-tillotson-elevator-at-fairbury-nebraska/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_074911.jpgDSC_0749(1)https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_07491.jpgDSC_0749(1)The brick pavement, once everywhere in Nebraskahttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0686.jpgDSC_0686https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_07501.jpgDSC_0750(1)A current viewhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/elevator0171.jpgelevator017(1)2012-08-13T18:45:30+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/06/16/the-waverly-nebraska-elevator-is-example-of-clean-lines-efficient-design/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0291.jpgDSC_0291https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0297.jpgDSC_0297https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0323.jpgDSC_0323https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0302.jpgDSC_03022012-07-17T13:16:30+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/07/09/j-h-tillotson-built-elevator-at-traer/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0513.jpgDSC_0513https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0514.jpgDSC_0514https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0528.jpgDSC_0528https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0498.jpgDSC_04982012-08-20T01:36:16+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/07/10/heat-wave-imperils-harvests/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/hooker-ok_2100-copy.jpgHooker, OK_2100 copyA center-pivot irrigation system near Hooker, Okla. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/hooker-ok_1994-copy.jpgHooker, OK_1994 copy2012-07-16T04:19:26+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2011/12/19/edward-koppes-injured-in-fall-at-bonner-springs-kansas/2012-07-09T21:33:24+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/07/05/gary-rich-explains-wheat/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0585.jpgDSC_0585Page City Kansas elevator, built by Johnson Sampson Construction of Salina, Kansas, in about 1956. Two days before wheat harvest. Photo by Kristen Carthttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_05931.jpgDSC_0593Heat waves rising over a field of winter wheat, Goodland, kansas Photo by Kristen Carthttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dsc_0593.jpgDSC_0593Heat waves rising over field of winter wheat, Goodland, Kansas Photo by Kristen Cart2016-05-07T19:02:24+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/07/02/wahoo-nebraska-elevator/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0055.jpgDSC_0055https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0075.jpgDSC_0075https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0082.jpgDSC_0082https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0066.jpgDSC_0066https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_00351.jpgDSC_0035https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0035.jpgDSC_00352012-07-16T17:43:08+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/04/04/osborn-letterhead/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/kristen.jpegKristenhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/kristen-1.jpegKristen-12012-06-30T15:15:41+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/06/26/maywood-nebraska-meets-end/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/maywood71.jpgMaywood7Photo by Julie Cox Hazenhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0381.jpgDSC_0381Photo by Kristen Carthttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_03951.jpgDSC_0395(1)https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/maywood311.jpgMaywood31https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_03782.jpgDSC_0378https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/maywood31.jpgMaywood31Photo by Julie Cox Hazenhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/maywood7.jpgMaywood7https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_03781.jpgDSC_0378https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0378.jpgDSC_03782012-09-28T14:54:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/06/20/jerry-mcbride-wauneta/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_00951.jpgDSC_0095https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0811.jpgDSC_0811Wauneta's original elevatorhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0096.jpgDSC_0096https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0100.jpgDSC_0100https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0095.jpgDSC_0095https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0101.jpgDSC_01012021-01-06T05:50:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/05/22/budd-gauger-recalls/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wauneta2.jpgWauneta2Frenchman Valley Co-op elevator complex at Wauneta. Photo by Gary Rich. 2013-05-18T23:58:46+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/06/09/jerry-osborn-recalls-blencoe/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0629.jpgDSC_0629https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_05992.jpgDSC_0599https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_05991.jpgDSC_0599https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0599.jpgDSC_0599https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0591.jpgDSC_0591https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0859.jpgDSC_0859https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_05872.jpgDSC_0587Mayer Osborn elevator at Blenoe, Iowa (center of image)https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_05871.jpgDSC_0587https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0587.jpgDSC_05872012-06-08T22:45:34+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/05/23/searching-mayer-osborns-office/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mail.jpegmail2012-05-22T21:31:01+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/05/24/faked-out-in-american-falls-idaho/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc_0378.jpgDSC_0378Greenwood Nebraska's straight-up elevator by Tillotson Construction of Omaha.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc_0488.jpgDSC_0488https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc_0443.jpgDSC_0443American Falls, Idaho.https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/dsc_0441.jpgDSC_0441Chalmers & Borton elevator, American Falls, Idaho.2012-08-19T22:00:34+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/05/21/dacoma-account-documents-co-ops-contract-with-tillotson-construction/2012-05-21T18:05:17+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/05/17/tillotsons-vinton-street-neighborly/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1348.jpgIMG_13482012-05-16T18:04:21+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/05/16/tillotsons-vinton-street/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1318.jpgIMG_1318https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1314.jpgIMG_1314https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1313.jpgIMG_1313https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1329.jpgIMG_1329The Vinton Street elevator in 2012, after the storage annexes became a public art project. 2012-05-15T18:37:49+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/05/15/we-visit-the-former-omaha-office-of-tillotson-construction-company/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1395.jpgIMG_1395https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/img_1390.jpgIMG_13902012-05-15T02:16:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/05/09/musings-about-an-absent-father/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/1952-09-28-bill-osborn.jpg1952 - 09-28 Bill Osbornhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/william-arthur-osborn-feb-1965.jpgWilliam Arthur Osborn, Feb 19652012-08-19T22:14:01+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/05/08/nebraska-firms-get-government-contracts/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tillotson-government-contract-crop.jpgTillotson government contract 2014-08-06T18:36:20+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/05/03/six-feet-a-day-on-elkhart/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/welcome.jpgWelcomeFrom the city of Elkhart's website. Note elevator silos in upper right. 2012-05-03T14:24:39+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/05/02/elkhart-farmers-raise-sights/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/silo.jpgsiloPhoto taken March 19, 2011, by Kate Flint. 2012-05-01T04:46:45+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/05/01/marvin-richards-falls/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/unknown.jpegUnknown2012-05-01T03:20:33+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/04/27/by-1930-the-tillotsons-are-prospering-with-a-radio-set/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/charles_tillotson_1930.jpgCharles_Tillotson_19302012-04-25T21:01:23+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/04/16/1939-omaha-directory/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/c_h_tillotson_directory_1939.jpgC_H_Tillotson_directory_19392012-04-25T20:55:13+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/04/17/1940-omaha-directory-shows-new-home-addresses-for-tillotsons/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/tillotson_directory1.jpgTillotson_directory12012-04-25T20:54:56+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/04/25/census-data-1910/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/charles_tillotson_1910.jpgCharles_Tillotson_19102017-11-27T04:12:45+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/04/26/1930-census-finds-the-tillotsons-settled-in-omaha/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/charles_tillotson_1920.jpgCharles_Tillotson_19202012-04-25T20:48:01+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2011/12/17/tillotson-construction-story/2012-04-15T22:41:16+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2011/12/18/tillotson-construction-announced/2012-04-15T22:39:59+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/04/09/one-more-dallas-center/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc_0722.jpgDSC_07222012-04-08T18:37:06+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/04/06/handsome-headhouse-adds-distinction-to-tillotsons-dallas-center-elevator/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc_0732-1.jpgDSC_0732-12012-04-08T14:18:36+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/04/05/after-57-years-springtime-blossoms-enhance-tillotsons-dallas-center-elevator/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc_0719.jpgDSC_0719https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc_0732.jpgDSC_0732https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dsc_0712.jpgDSC_07122012-04-08T14:17:36+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/04/02/tillotson-builds-tribune/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/250px-ford_county_kansas_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_bucklin_highlighted-svg.png250px-Ford_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Bucklin_Highlighted.svghttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/800px-greeley_county_kansas_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_tribune_highlighted-svg.png800px-Greeley_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Tribune_Highlighted.svg2012-03-29T02:05:17+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/03/30/roggen-safecrackers/2012-03-29T01:43:10+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/03/29/wooden-roggen-elevator/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/roggen-article-in-greeley-daily-tribune.jpgRoggen article in Greeley, Daily Tribune2021-03-13T13:43:13+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/03/28/osborn-sales/2012-03-28T01:41:56+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/03/26/waunetas-importance/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wauneta1.jpgWauneta12012-03-26T14:52:04+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/03/23/a-contemporary-view-of-mayer-osborns-blencoe-elevator/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc_0582-copy-blencoe.jpgDSC_0582 copy Blencoe2012-03-21T21:17:32+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/03/22/mccook-a-different-view/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc02479.jpgDSC024792012-03-21T21:04:23+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/03/21/pritchett-3-elevators/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/128505929-l07h1enq-dsc_2389a_edited1-pritchet-co.jpg128505929.l07h1ENQ.DSC_2389a_edited1 Pritchet, CO2012-03-21T20:33:43+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/03/20/tracking-down-builders/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/132597888-mupux4s6-dsc_80641a-roggen-co.jpg132597888.muPuX4s6.DSC_80641a Roggen, COhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/133327023-9hd70dyd-dsc_0105a-coldwater-ks.jpg133327023.9HD70DyD.DSC_0105a Coldwater, KShttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/133083431-jfa7fpky-dsc_7091a-limon-co.jpg133083431.JfA7FpkY.DSC_7091a Limon, COhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/128484897-lgeszfcr-dsc_2310a_edited1-pritchet-co.jpg128484897.lGEszFcr.DSC_2310a_edited1 Pritchet, CO2017-07-18T16:45:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/03/19/mayer-osborn-big-springs/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc0090_0599-copy-copy.jpg_DSC0090_0599 copy copyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc0084_0593-copy-copya.jpg_DSC0084_0593 copy copya2012-03-18T19:41:47+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/03/12/gary-state/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc0145_0652-copy-copy.jpg_DSC0145_0652 copy copy2012-11-06T21:49:08+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/03/16/mayer-osborn-bids/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/pocatello-idaho-crop.jpgPocatello Idaho crop2012-03-16T19:11:14+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/03/15/mayer-osborn-ad/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mayer_osborn_ad_p-_12_farmers_elevator_guide.jpgMayer_Osborn_Ad_p._12_Farmers_Elevator_GuideThis ad for Mayer-Osborn Company ran in Farmers' Elevator Guide over a period of several years in the early 1950s. 2012-03-15T22:39:47+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/03/13/gary-rich-visits-big-springs/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc0100_0609-copy-copy.jpg_DSC0100_0609 copy copyThis wide-angle view shows the entrance to the Big Springs' elevator's works, with plenty of warnings and accessories that have been added in subsequent years. 2012-03-13T03:00:44+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/03/09/mayer-osborns-at-roggen/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc0102_1573.jpg_DSC0102_1573https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc0085_1556.jpg_DSC0085_1556https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dsc0083_1554_edited-2.jpg_DSC0083_1554_edited-2Photo by Gary Rich https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/mail-1.jpegmail-12012-03-11T02:23:22+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/03/08/fire-perils/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/scan.jpegScanThis photo appeared with Mr. Gustafson's cautions in 1939. 2012-03-08T04:51:07+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/03/06/greenwood-open-house/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/xnosyegopbphph211kvy4nqv.jpegxNoSyeGOpbPhPH211kVY4NqvPhoto by Kristen Osborn Cart 2012-03-15T22:13:32+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/03/05/approval-in-pocahontas/2014-07-09T01:10:28+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/02/29/tillotson-big-springs-sorghum/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc_0582.jpgDSC_0582Photo by Kristen Osborn Cart https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bigsprings_welcome.jpgbigsprings_welcomePhoto courtesy of Farmers Elevator Coop Association 2012-03-01T17:09:30+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/03/01/big-springs-320000/2012-03-01T17:06:25+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/02/28/tillotson-paullina/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/4231520046_ecaf9fde8a_b.jpg4231520046_ecaf9fde8a_bPaullina elevator complex, Dec. 9, 2009, by Jim Hamann 2012-02-29T21:30:36+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/02/24/government-price-supports/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/scan.jpegScan2012-02-25T02:37:51+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/02/21/dallas-center/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dallas-center.jpgDallas CenterPhoto by Don McLaughlin. Click on the photo to visit his Flickr site. 2012-02-23T17:14:44+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/02/15/tillotson-hurries-aurora/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/5365888778_19f1e2c7b9_o.jpg5365888778_19f1e2c7b9_oPhoto by David Wilson https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/5365888778_f01692fbe8_m.jpg5365888778_f01692fbe8_mPhoto by David Wilson https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/250px-hamilton_county_nebraska_incorporated_and_unincorporated_areas_aurora_highlighted-svg.png250px-Hamilton_County_Nebraska_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Aurora_Highlighted.svg2012-02-21T19:06:49+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/02/20/hutchinson-foundries/2012-02-20T21:21:44+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/02/14/memories-automotive-fleet/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/1950_-_abt-_-_dick_osborn_-_united_states_army.jpg1950_-_abt._-_Dick_Osborn_-_United_States_ArmyDick Osborn with 1950 Chevy Deluxehttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/1950_-_abt-_-_jerry_osborn.jpg1950_-_abt._-_Jerry_OsbornKristen's dad, Jerry, with the 1950 Buick Special. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/1937_-_abt-_-_alice-dick-bill-audrey__jerry_osborn1.jpg1937_-_abt._-_Alice-Dick-Bill-Audrey_&_Jerry_Osborn(1)Alice and Bill Osborn, in back, with their brood, from left: Dick, Audrey, and Jerry. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bill_osborn00021.jpgbill_osborn0002(1)Much of the time on the road was spent marketing. William Osborn at the wheel2012-02-18T17:01:04+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/02/16/blencoe-iowa/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc_0597.jpgDSC_0597https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/blencoe-elevator004.jpgBlencoe Elevator004https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc_0585.jpgDSC_0585https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc_0587.jpgDSC_05872012-02-18T06:23:04+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/02/17/boxholm-manager-foresees/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/21631350_640x480.jpg21631350_640X480This photo at the Boxholm elevator was uploaded to KCCI by u local contributor hmuench. 2012-02-18T01:15:25+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/02/12/feg-reports-montevideo/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/january-1950-cover.jpgJanuary 1950 Coverhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc0001.jpg_DSC0001 Tillotson Construction's Bill Russell, far right, instructs (from left) Stanley Kittleson, Adrian Dahl, and Merlynn Nelson on operation of the elevator's distributor controls. https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/dsc0003.jpg_DSC00032012-11-06T21:52:13+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/01/04/daytonlawsuit/2012-02-12T20:58:20+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/01/26/mayer-osborn-origin/2012-02-12T20:57:39+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/02/02/construction-boom/2012-02-12T20:56:03+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/02/06/tillotson-rock-valley/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/cfiles39533.jpgcfiles39533Photo by Rock Valley city manager Tom Van Maanen 2012-02-12T20:55:28+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/02/09/galveston-seaside/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/gerald-osborn-on-beach.jpgGerald Osborn on Beachhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/unknown-gerald-osborn-william-osborn-iver-salroth.jpgUnknown, Gerald Osborn, William Osborn, Iver Salrothhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/unknown_alice_osborn_gerald_osborn_emma_salroth.jpgunknown,_Alice_Osborn,_Gerald_Osborn,_Emma_Salroth2012-02-09T20:44:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/02/07/j-tillotson-fairbury/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/fairbury-elevator0001.jpgfairbury elevator0001https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/fairbury-elevator-article0001.jpgfairbury elevator article00012012-02-07T20:06:01+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/01/30/awarded-870/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cfiles39533.jpgcfiles39533Photo by Rock Valley city administrator Tom Van Maanen 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postcard of the Estill, SC elevator.2012-01-21T17:54:49+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/01/18/burley-idaho/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc_05961.jpgDSC_0596https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc_0610.jpgDSC_06102012-01-19T03:05:20+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/01/17/gary-compares-elevators/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mail-1.jpegmail-1https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc0193_1721_edited-2.jpg_DSC0193_1721_edited-2https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mail1.jpegmail2012-01-18T00:05:14+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/01/15/mayer-osborn-burley-idaho/2012-01-17T16:36:44+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/01/12/dalton-nebraska/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc0030_1837_edited-2.jpg_DSC0030_1837_edited-2https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc0021_1829_edited-2.jpgBasement windows https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc0004_1812_edited-2.jpg_DSC0004_1812_edited-22015-06-23T21:25:09+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/01/10/thompsoniowa/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/scan2.jpegScan2014-03-01T07:41:25+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/01/09/merles-paintjob/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/189411_137658269637776_100001808128448_233114_1851280_n.jpg189411_137658269637776_100001808128448_233114_1851280_nMerle Ahrens in 2011 at his home in Titusville, Florida. 2012-01-17T16:34:04+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/01/09/portsplaques/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc02464.jpgHutchinsonhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc02468.jpgMcCook plaque 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Tillotson holds five-month-old Ronald Ahrens early in 1956. 2012-01-17T16:32:54+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/01/08/even-the-tillotson-home-is-made-of-slip-formed-concrete/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/scan.jpegScanThe Tillotson home atop a knoll in the Ponca Hills, north of Omaha, was completed in the early 1950s and is seen here in the late-1970s or early 1980s. 2012-01-17T16:32:39+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/01/08/wapello/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/elevsilo.jpgelevsiloThe Wapello elevator, photographed by Sam Willson 2012-01-17T16:32:19+00:00monthlyhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/2012/01/07/mayer-osborns-first/https://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mccook-elevator.jpgMcCook Elevatorhttps://ourgrandfathersgrainelevators.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/mail.jpegMayer-Osborn's McCook Elevator This was the photo we had of grandpa's elevator as I was growing up. 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