Reclamation

[kdtrull]

Reclamation - It happens.  :o

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Went up to Loretta Lynn's to watch the races today.  Found a few more struggling structures along the way.

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[Chitza]

I'm digging this thread and the idea behind it. Good job, kd.

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Clifton, TN area:

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Morning on the XT.  Afternoon on the KLR. 

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Today's images begin in the area around Hatton, AL and end in TN along a section of GPSKevin's TAT.

[dredman]

Awesome thread...really curious about the stories behind these structures:
- what happened?
- was it just a lack of a will, or descendants?
- what will they take for what is left?
- is it worth the $500 I am willing to offer?

[dredman]

my favorite shot - that is so awesome!  I want to see some black and whites from the 20's

[kdtrull]

Awesome thread...really curious about the stories behind these structures:
- what happened?
- was it just a lack of a will, or descendants?
- what will they take for what is left?
- is it worth the $500 I am willing to offer?

Sounds like you're thinking exactly what got me started on this reclamation gig.  I'd love to know the stories.  I have to settle for soaking in the images and imagining my own stories.  Every once in a blue moon, some old feller will come out and talk a little.  Most times, there's not a soul to be found.  I should start recording when the local historians do wander out.  The feller over at Orme, TN told the best story I've heard in a long time.  I'm just a poor old hick....but if I had money, I'd be all over some of these properties....especially the the old Wilburn Mill.  $1.5M ain't that easy to come by, now days.

You spun a durn good eclipse yarn.  Thanks for sharing.  My story-telling gland is severely atrophied lately.

[dredman]

Well dang k, your purty pictures (and purty mouth) always made me jelly, and I always wanted to join you on one of those northern rides you are always taken.  Maybe I can get a chance this year?

[springer]

Well dang k, your purty pictures (and purty mouth) always made me jelly, and I always wanted to join you on one of those northern rides you are always taken.  Maybe I can get a chance this year?

That /\ reads like something in Jo Momma. ..........if ya know what I'm a saying.  ;)

[norton73]

Well dang k, your purty pictures (and purty mouth) always made me jelly, and I always wanted to join you on one of those northern rides you are always taken.  Maybe I can get a chance this year?

That /\ reads like something in Jo Momma. ..........if ya know what I'm a saying.  ;)

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[kdtrull]

Not even the Mother is immune from the renewal: