Mike's "Corrupt"

I took a page out of Ryan's playbook for this one.  I went looking for cemeteries.   Sarpy County has many ghost towns.  I've written a couple of blog posts on how progress has corrupted rural living, Americana, American Gothic.

Portal, NE was a town at the turn of the century that became overgrown by Pappillion & LaVista, NE.  It stood where the intersection of 108th and Giles is now.  There is a subdivision and a road named after it, but all that remains of the town is a cemetery half way between Giles and Harrison.  It was a railroad town.  The tracks connect with another ghost town, Chalco, NE, which has a few standing buildings left.  According to the plaque this cemetery was established in 1879.  I am guessing this is the oldest stone.  There were some that were more corrupted.