Weekly Grist Gallery, November 7, 2010
Meandering through the mountains near Marshall, Arkansas
We take a look at man-made structures in and around Marshall, Arkansas and south. Barns, a bridge, domicles, an old school and more, none of which appear to be less than 60 years old at least. Look now. They are fading fast.
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This old barn south of Marshall, Arkansas on U.S. Highway 65 is a popular target for photographers. It is the real thing, not something erected to entertain tourists. It is full of hay, and on the day of this shot, cattle were on the premises. Shot in the late afternoon.
A head-on look at the barn looking east near during the early moments of sunset. The orange in the east sky is a reflection of the brilliant sunset which was building to my back.
Grass roots campaigning in Marshall, Arkansas just a few days before the November 2010 general election.
An old residence northwest of Snowball, Arkansas. Note the capstone on the well in the foreground. It was hewn from a single stone, a real exercise in patience. The ravages of time are wearing away at the house. In a few more years, this glimpse of our past will be in shambles.
A side view of the house enjoying some protection from a huge cedar tree.
An unused church building northeast of Witts Springs, Arkansas. This is a good example of a stone building, the likes of which are common in the north Arkansas Ozarks. There are plenty of small stones available in the many mountain creek and stream beds in the area. Gathering them for a building is sweat equity. There are some businesses in the area which market these construction sized natural stones.
A former high school location in Snowballl, Arkansas. Snowball is a hamlet whose schools did not escape the consolidation scythe. Public minded local hunting club members built the attached pavillion for public use. I don't have a clue why the site has a wind sock.
A couple of old barns north of Lurton, Arkansas. The barns are full of round-baled hay, so despite their age, the structures are still in normal use.
A close up of a stored round bale of hay in the previous barn. Be glad you were not part and parcel of the crew that hoisted that heavy bale to the loft.
What was once a fine structure is fading fast. The building is south of Lurton Arkansas. Originally offset from the highway a respectable distance, subsequent highway widening gives it not much more than the width of a pickup truck from the pavement.
You can see here that the old structure came too close for comfort to the highway after a widening, the final nail in the coffin.
The highway 124 bridge over Big Piney Creek south of Pelsor, Arkansas. During torrential rain storms in spring months, it is not uncommon the see the creek frothing and rushing by just a few feed below the roadway of the bridge.
An old duplex residence and store in Hagarville, Arkansas. Take a look at how it was.
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