Cottonwood Church Door
by Joan Carroll
Title
Cottonwood Church Door
Artist
Joan Carroll
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Photograph - Photography And Digital Art
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Cottonwood, South Dakota. It was clear that this wasn’t a totally deserted ‘ghost town’ (online sources list the population between 6 and 12 depending on where you read) but I really really wanted to peek inside this abandoned clapboard church. It may not be a true ghost town, but you could probably imagine the stories and life of the past if you could stand inside that building. Truly, “if these walls could talk!”. Cottonwood was once a thriving small plains town of 191 in 1930 with a post office, newspaper, bank, school, hotel, rodeo arena and an electric power plant. The Depression and Dust Bowl drove many off the land and the town never recovered. Today there are no businesses, the streets are unpaved, some of the buildings are faded and ramshackle. But visitors still arrive, spurred on by listings of Cottonwood in ‘ghost town’ books and websites. The end of the story: in the end, this was as close as I got, not knowing the property rights.
FEATURED PHOTO, Images That Excite You group, 6/27/19
FEATURED PHOTO, Just Perfect group, 6/26/19
Joan carroll, clapboard, wood, abandoned, distressed, run down, entrance, entry
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June 26th, 2019
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