Texas Ghost Towns: more pictures for DU (DIAL-UP WARNING)

[derby378]

You can see my earlier collections at this link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=8846879

[derby378]

1. Silver Lake, TX - July 2010

A couple of abandoned houses at Silver Lake:





An abandoned gas station:



Inside the gas station:





Silver Lake Baptist Chuch (still in use) and a small cemetery next to the church:

[lpbk2713]

3. Which will be the future GW Boosh pResidential Library?

:thumbsup: Thanks for the pics.

[deaniac21]

2. How many ghosts live there?

[derby378]

5. Never encountered a ghost...

...but I've seen plenty of wasps, grasshoppers, and the shed skin of what might have been a rattlesnake.

[deaniac21]

15. There must have been a few to build the town.

[derby378]

4. Thurber, TX - August 2010

I visited the company town of Thurber back in June, but returned yesterday partially for the stuffed spuds at the Smokestack Restaurant - and also to get pictures at the Thurber Cemetery, which was closed during my last visit. Note the T&P logo on the front gate:



The gravesite of Randolph Bennett, who served as Thurber's mayor for practically all of his adult life. Some of the plots at the cemetery are bordered with bricks manufactured at what used to be Thurber's brick district:



The Wasibleski family plot at Thurber Cemetery:





Grave markers for an early denizen of Thurber and a member of Woodmen of the World:





An old bandstand, preserved on Thurber's New York Hill - you can see the iconic smokestack on the other side of the interstate:



A view of New York Hill along with the historical marker:

[derby378]

6. Apologies if one of the grave photos is posted sideways

It's supposed to be oriented correctly at the source, so I don't know why the code is acting up on GD. You should still be able to make out some detail, though.

[xchrom]

7. just awesome. nt

[derby378]

8. Chalk Mountain, TX - August 2010

Masonic lodge at Chalk Mountain, still in use:



An abandoned home at Chalk Mountain:



Sign, chapel, and historical marker at the cemetery:







Two military graves at Chalk Mountain - one Civil War vet (Confederate), one World War II vet:

[sonias]

9. Nice phot essay Derby

I caught the last one too.

Thanks for the side trip to Texas ghost towns!

:hi:

[Steely_Dan]

10. Sort Of Reminds Me Of...

the movie..."The Last Picture Show."

[Generic Other]

11. Do I see a book in the works?

Ghost Towns of Old Texas?

Very cool pics! Thanks for sharing them!

[derby378]

12. Actually, T. Lindsay Baker's books inspired me to do this

http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Towns-Texas-Lindsay-Baker/dp/0806121890/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1281978872&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Towns-Texas-Lindsay-Baker/dp/080613724X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1281978892&sr=1-2

[ceile]

13. Was wondering when the next installment would be....

Thanks for sharing!!

[david13]

14. And tumbleweed. You forgot to mention the tumble weed. I feel

a song coming on ... 'tumbaling tumbleweeds' ...
Seriously our dear great state of California proud of it's fruits and nuts, almonds and strawberries, to mention just a few, has far more ghost towns, from further back.
And tumbleweed too.
dc

[derby378]

17. Visiting some of those would be a real blast

Especially some of the gold rush boom towns.

[WolverineDG]

16. k&r

Nice pics!! I like the names of the places....Silver Lake sounds nice. :)

dg