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From: Sterling Heights,Mi
Originally Posted by bdrummonds
IDK. but the caption under the pics was " if a muslim man sees a naked woman he's supposed to kill him self"
Great pictures Neal, thank you for sharing them..
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From: White Mnt's,New Hampshire
very cool Neal..i would like to see a goast town some day...all of our goast towns up here are cellar holes with an apple tree growing up through it... and the model T is in the woods covered in bushes with no floor boards....thanks...
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From: Carhenge
Great pictures, Neal. Coincidentally I just got back from steelhead fishing at Shoup, Idaho where I saw a lot of old mining equipment similar to your pictures. You can still buy gas and diesel out of hand crank gas pumps just like the ones in your pictures (there are no powerlines running into Shoup). Sadly, the mine building itself burned down this summer.
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From: AZ
What is really special about Bodie, CA is that the town was saved...by that I mean, when it was abandoned all the things in the houses were kept there. So when you look in the windows and buildings, it looks like it would have a hundred years ago. I go to a lot of ghost towns and find old miners buildings out in the desert...very few buildings, let alone towns have been kept in tact. Mostly, they have been stripped of the possessions of the former occupants. Here are two pictures from a miners cabin I found in Nevada (about 40 miles northeast of Tonopah).
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From: Northern Colorado
Great pics Neal. I can't believe that the place has not been ransacked by tourists that don't give a darn about preserving historical places like that. I have never come across an old town in that condition.
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From: AZ
Originally Posted by ron's power stoke
very cool Neal..i would like to see a goast town some day...all of our goast towns up here are cellar holes with an apple tree growing up through it... and the model T is in the woods covered in bushes with no floor boards....thanks...
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From: Rio Rico, AZ.
Originally Posted by nlemerise
As you may know, I misspent my youth running around the mountains of the Granite State. I remember coming across farm houses (as you describe) that the woods had grown back around (and sometimes through) and sometimes the dishes would still be in the china cabinet. When the folks packed up and left, they often had to leave many things behind. My great-grandparents walked across Canada (from Quebec to Alberta) with an ox drawn cart and the only "non-necessity" they brought with them was the cuckoo clock! When they got to Alberta and built their home, the natives would put a blanket down and sit at the front door to watch the clock to see the cuckoo come out on the hour.
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From: AZ
Originally Posted by Kwikkordead
This brings to mind a thought; that we as a race of human beings cannot do that anymore. All the land is now spoken for.
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