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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17476 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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 Posted - Nov 13 2013 : 11:32:00 PM
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I love taking the less traveled roads... you just never know what you will discover.... like small towns just melting away as a faint memory in history.
One town I was in snooping around recently was 'Chinese Camp City'...
the population is less than 100 now, yet it was at 126 just a few years ago and in the mid 1800's it was almost 3000....
The town has a dark history revolving around Gold and Chinese labor force.
Now this is just a sample of what is left.
and this last photo is from Jamestown
I know this happens not just on the back roads of Central California... but all around the USA... 
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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LadyInRed
True Blue Farmgirl
6740 Posts
PeggyAnn
Vancouver
WA
USA
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Posted - Nov 13 2013 : 11:40:41 PM
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Gracie...We have a lot of old Ghost Towns around here too. Both in Oregon and Washington.
Some of the towns people are bringing back to life and some just remain forever forgotten.
It is both sad and interesting all at the same time.
Thanks for sharing your pictures.
hugs and smiles,
peggy
Farmgirl #1326
http://ladyinredsite.blogspot.com
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Patricia99
Farmgirl at Heart
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Patricia
Warner Robins
GA
USA
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Posted - Nov 14 2013 : 04:44:12 AM
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| Thanks for sharing the pictures. Reminds me on some of the smaller S Ga towns. |
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queenmushroom
True Blue Farmgirl
985 Posts
Lorena
Centerville
Me
USA
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Posted - Nov 14 2013 : 05:11:19 AM
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Our little town of centerville has a population that fluctuates around twenty. In the 1800's it was around 800. With farming going out and industry gone there's nothing here.
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9094 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Nov 14 2013 : 09:59:17 AM
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kAT.
That is a sad fact about small towns. Love the pictures. Would love to see a flash back to see what it was like back when those buildings were new. Wonder who lived in that yellow house and who sat on the porch?
Nancy Jo
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Nov 14 2013 : 11:25:26 AM
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I love the photos Grace. It is a shame to see so many places deserted. I would love to see some revival.
Farmgirl Sister #5392
By His Grace, For His Glory
~Sharon
http://amerryheartjournal.blogspot.com/
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TeresaJ25
True Blue Farmgirl
975 Posts
Teresa
Medford
NY
USA
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Posted - Nov 14 2013 : 11:29:19 AM
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Its sad when there are towns being deserted, yet over crowding and the destruction of natural habitats in others.
~Teresa
Farmgirl Sister #1348
Little Henhouse on the Island
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Nov 14 2013 : 12:38:10 PM
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I notice this about small old towns too. I am from the mid-west, and each time we travel into Illinois and Iowa, etc. it breaks my heart to see these places going away. I always say,, instead of building a million dollar house, for instance in the mountains of North Carolina, why not spend a million fixing up an old farmstead?
Farmgirl #31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17476 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17476 Posts |
Posted - Nov 14 2013 : 9:42:55 PM
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While living up on the East side of Washington state... I would take off on little jaunts, and travel through small rural farm communities.... I wish I had taken more time and photos but I am now doing this here in Central Calif...
Even tho' so many small towns are disappearing,,,, to be forgotten except for a paragraph or two in some historical book... new communities are popping up.... but I think the days of small town parades, and Grange meetings is slipping away... to be replaced with instant gratification... Quilting Bees,,,, and Sewing Circles also struggle to not be forgotten.
All that being said,,, let's embrace it, and photograph it and pass it down to the next generation.... who knows, maybe we can hang onto the memories and small towns a bit longer.
hugz
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom and Glamping Diva!
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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