Heading North

After almost a month at SOWER Headquarters, it was time to start our journey north to Shepherds College in Union Grove Wisconsin. We have around a thousand miles to cover in 10 days. Our trip is roughly planned, we people and places to see. Our coach was getting very comfortable right where it was. We checked it out, hooked it up and drove up to the office. Our tradition as SOWERS is to gather as a group and pray for the people leaving. This is a special time to pray for safe travels, Blessings and give those final goodbye hugs. It was a special time on Monday, as we set off on our Journey.

We were going to be driving through Texarkana. Just looking at the name, a combination of Texas and Arkansas is interesting but sharing a Court House Post Office building,?? we just had to check it out. We even found parking about a block away. Here is some history:

Since its construction in 1931, the United States Post Office and Courthouse has remained the most prominent structure in Texarkana, due in no small measure to its location. The regularity of the downtown street grid is interrupted by the north–south path of State Line Avenue, which separates Texas and Arkansas. Located between Fifth and Sixth Streets, the federal building ensures its pivotal presence by occupying the sole site in the center of State Line Avenue. By straddling the boundary between two states, the building uniquely evinces its federal nature and function; no other federal building in the country is sited in two states.

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