I’ve made the pilgrimage to the site of the plane crash that ended the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Vallens, The Big Bopper and their pilot. When people say that it’s out in the middle of a corn field, they’re not kidding. The small memorial is a half-mile off the road across what, today, was a plowed under, muddy field under very overcast and at times heavily rainy skies. Around the memorial you’ll find flowers and other mementos (some of very intriguing origin) as you’ll see in my photos of the site. Despite the rain, cold, and mud, it was worth the hike.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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