Between Omaha and Lincoln, on I-80 there is a rest area called Melia Hill. There once was a town that put up a grain elevator when the railroad came through. When automobiles got going at the start of the 20th century, a road went through it from Omaha to Lincoln. The town grew a hotel and hardware store. The future looked bright. But in the 1930's a new road was created, more level and direct between the cities. It missed Melia by miles, so the town shriveled up and died. It remains as a name that no one recognizes on a sign few will read at a potty stop by the side of a road.
Mortality.
Mortality.
