Vintage shots from days gone by!

Ken Achs

 

Unfortunately he was murdered long ago.

 

As someone alluded to in a previous post, Times Beach, MO was bought out by the gov't in the 80's and all the people were relocated. See:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Beach,_Missouri.

The short version is that dioxin laden waste oil was sprayed on the city streets to help hold down the dust. Think Agent Orange. It was odd that the gov't buyout occurred while the same gov't was still denying Vietnam veteran problems due to the same stuff. The area is now a park with tons of stuff buried under it.

 

Thanks everyone for posting all these great pictures. Very cool. Bob........

 

I was told many years ago that the gentleman that designed all the electrical work for the Retractable ended up in the "nut house" some time in the early '60s..... Not sure if it's true or not.. I never bothered looking into it...

 

Tulsa North airport/dragstrip 1963 Benny Oborne from Sand Springs [rt] ""Brand X""" twin chevy