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11:20 am Saturday May 21, General View Main Building, I-80 Rest Area, Mile Marker 147, Mitchellville, IA 50169.
….The /\ Above /\ Pictured Rest Area Building is half-way, between Iowa’s W-E Borders. GEOGRAPHY LESSON => The Missouri River in the West, and The Mississippi River in the East, define the E-W Borders of Iowa. AND I-80 running East-West), is positioned ~ half-way, between Iowa’s N-S Borders , thus this Rest Area is essentially in the center of Iowa

…. In the View /\ Above /\, you (Like The Real Visitor), should IMMEDIATELY, notice
..A) The Giant "Ink Pen Nib" Sculpture, in front of the building, and
..B) The Hand Cursive Writing of "Iowa", in Black on White, the WHOLE width of the building!!. AND just in case the visitor hasn't already got the point,
… A Bronze Plaque In The Lobby Is TITLED =>”It Has Iowa Written All Over It!" , Going On To Announce How Writing & The Study of Writing, Have Been & Continue To Be Prominent In Iowa.

At bottom of Plaque is “David H. Dahlquist” , which Googled, results in several Iowa Rest Areas Architecturally “Theme” Designed by him. After this “Iowian” Magazine comes up, click on full screen, and go to Pages 30-31 thru 34-34, for Article about David H Dahlquist “Themed” Architecture Iowa Rest Areas.

Here Are 3 Quite Noteworthy Iowa Interstate Rest Areas, Architecturally “Theme” Designed by David H. Dahlquist. =>
.. 1) The “Iowa Writers & Writing Theme’ /\ Above /\ Pictured, and
.. 2) “Iowa Abolitionist, & Iowa Quakers Helping Runaway Slaves, giving Quilts, Used As Coded Maps, To Show Slave Fugitives Where To Find Safe Havens. And
.. 3) The Grant Wood Rest Area, On Northbound Interstate 380 South Of Cedar Rapids => Mr Wood, a Cedar Rapids IA, painter & visual artist, was best known for his painting “American Gothic.” It depicts a dour-expressioned, bespectacled man in overalls holding a pitchfork and a stern-looking woman in front of a house with an arched Gothic window above them. Widely parodied, it’s one of the world’s most recognized paintings. . The “American Gothic” Theme, is echoed in the stained glass gothic windows outside the rest area building, and echoed in images of the painting’s “bespectacled man” and a
‘stern-looking woman”, to provide a visual clue to distinguish the men’s and women’s restroom. This is seen in Link Below =>
… At This Rest Area, you can sit on a Re-Created Bale of Hay, and Contemplate the graceful shape of a Gothic stained glass window that changes colors with the seasons. This Page Loads Faster, And Features Even More Good Color Photos, Re This Rest Area.

The Next Photo Shows A Close-Up Of The Giant “Pen Nib” Sculpture,
….With The SECOND Following Photo Showing The Full Text of The Bronze Plaque.

Photo File = DSC_0122 …..Posted 23 Aug 2020.