Weekly Grist Gallery, January 9, 2011
Tooling down 28
Arkansas Highway 28 from Rover, west to the Cedar Creek community, has a substantial population of old residences, barns, churches, and store buildings. Some are well preserved, and some are on their last legs, but all have a story to tell. See the stories at Corndancer dot-com and Weekly Grist for the Eyes and Mind.
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A landowner who believes in "adaptive re-use," put this old mule-drawn hayrake where a gate should have been. Before brisk winds ripped it asunder, the paper taped to the seat said, "Posted No Trespassing." Signs, signs, everywhere there's signs!"
The well-cared for The Onyx, Arkansas Landmark Missionary Baptist Church started life as a school house in 1908. Like many communities, it started multi-tasking in 1919 when it became home to the church as well. Now it is a church only.
The only approach to the church includes a low-water bridge.
Signs on the church front attest to its history.
Were it not for a peripheral glance, I would have misssed this creek off Arkansas Highway 28. The white tree branch flashed briefly necessitating a turn-around.
Same scene, a few minutes later, cropped tighter.
Same place, cropped even tighter. One scene can yield many pictures.
Though the Ozarks are more widely known outside Arkansas, the Ouachita Mountains are every bit as spectacular.
The Wing Community Church at Wing, Arkansas. The church is well preserved and cared for.
This old house outside Bluffton, Arkansas was probably once a bustling family home, It now resides in a pasture alongside a plethora of "meadow muffins."
These two old barn / utility buildings are outside Gravelly, Arkansas on Arkansas HIghway 28.
A closeup of the barn.
This is not the first time I have shot this old house at Mad Dog Hill Lane and Arkansas Highway 28. Alas, as would be expected, someone has stolen the "Mad Dog Hill Lane" sign.
Second view of the old house, Notice the Victorian decor along the roofline,
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