Thread: Road pics

That's the place! I got within about 20 miles of it, but the driver at the time refused to take me there for a look see. I was just a little bit peeved to say the least!


Mick

Originally Posted by heelerau

Wullie,
those old ghost towns, any of them have one or two residents left? Do you know what killed these towns off? Looks like there could be some interesting gear left about. in the old sheds etc.

Cheers

Heelerau

The old towns are still kind of going concerns. Still folks around and a lot of those pics were taken from the fence because the gate to them is locked. I know there must a lot of neat old stuff laying about but somebody still has ownership. Most of what killed 'em was the interstate highway system. They got bypassed and folks don't stop and get tires fixed or buy gas and get grub. The small ranchers and hard scrabble farmers gave up and moved to the city and the big ranches bought 'em out. People moved to the big town and never went back. The towns of Gordon, Thurber, Mingus, and Strawn pretty much died when the coal mines closed because oil was cheaper to burn in the locomotives back in the thirties and then coughed and gave a death rattle in the fifties during the drought when the small family ranches and farms went broke.

I've pilfered around a lot of houses and buildings and I don't take anything but pictures and don't leave anything but tracks. Seen a lot of stuff I'd like to have toted off but I can't make myself do it.

Met a cowpoke out near Strawn that has lived there since he was a pup. He and I hit it off and he offered to take me and the missus out to a couple of the old mines that were abandoned in the 30's and he lives in the middle of what used to be a town. I asked him what kind of beer he liked and he said cool or cold, didn't much matter to him, so I'll show up with a couple of cases and I suspect we'll have some fun trying out our new fancy metal detectors and trooping around the boonies.

Figured I'd wait till it cooled a bit more so the missus won't have to worry with the rattle snakes. She ain't the least bit skeered of snakes. I'm just worried she'd try to make a pet out of one of the damn things.

Originally Posted by donv

It being close to Halloween, I saw a little thing on that place on the TV yesterday! It is an old silver town named Bodie. You are right, some things you just don't mess with.

Guess I should have said to look at, rather than implying to nick !! I know station owners out back get pissy when off road tourists raid their dumps. for old bottles and the like. I guess someone owns these places still even if it is not apparent.

Cheers

Heelerau
Wullei, I think I may be living with a close relative of your wifes!!

I got a couple more from my phone. I don't know why it has to be such a production.


The first is an old grain drill with a tree growing in the tongue.


Next is my boy following me down the hill after we slid the deer down.



This one I found when looking through the pictures. It is at Divide lake in northern MN. It is along the Laurentian Divide. If you take a leak on one side of the road it will go to Hudson Bay. On the other side it will go to Lake Superior.

I wanna go fishing there!

Me too !!!

LOL - not me! Looks cold . I'll take fishing in Jamaica over a nice lake up north any day lol!!

Originally Posted by earcutter

LOL - not me! Looks cold . I'll take fishing in Jamaica over a nice lake up north any day lol!!

You wuss! Then again, I'm not all that crazy about snagging Jaws, either!
Anne/MLA

Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus

You wuss! Then again, I'm not all that crazy about snagging Jaws, either!
Anne/MLA

I have snagged a few Jaws! It's great fun but lb for lb... give me a barracuda any day! Hmmm... odd that my nick-name for the wife is my barracuda lol~

Originally Posted by earcutter

I have snagged a few Jaws! It's great fun but lb for lb... give me a barracuda any day! Hmmm... odd that my nick-name for the wife is my barracuda lol~

She is an atty!