Old Homestead

[Mason Jarr]

After weeks of great weather I decided to go out and camp for a few days, only to have a snowstorm blow in on the second day and I had to head back to the house. This is not a place you want to get stranded in as it's some of the most remote country left in the continental US. I've been to this old homestead many times in the past, but don't know much about it....other than they had a hard life in that area. I believe it's from around the early 1900s. It's amazing that it's still standing, although it is starting to come apart. But, the dry desert air is pretty kind to these old sites. I'll head back out there, weather permitting, in a couple of weeks or so.

 

[Roscue2]

n/t

 

[Nancy-IL]

Beautiful. It's very peaceful and I could see myself gazing at it for hours and wondering what stories were told. That's a little piece of heaven. Thanks for sharing it with us.

 

[Mason Jarr]

Thanks for the kind words. Every time I got into that country it's hard to come back to civilization. It's such a peaceful place. It reminds me of the Dwight Yoakam song, "Thousand Miles from Nowhere".

I'm a thousand miles from nowhere,
Time don't matter to me.
'Cause I'm a thousand miles from nowhere,
And there's no place I wanna be....

 

[DavefromCt]

Great shot, I love places like that. Where did you say this was? Did you detect around it?

 

[Mason Jarr]

It's in southern Idaho in the Owyhee desert. I did detect it. Found some relics, a 1912S Barber dime and 1919S wheat.

 

[Nancy-IL]

Yes, I can see why that song comes to mind. It sure is a beautiful place!

 

[Kelley (Texas)]

picture looks like a painting, and would look great hanging on the wall of your home. I like it, you really did great taking this picture! Kelley (Texas)