Cottonwood South Dakota Church
by Joan Carroll
Title
Cottonwood South Dakota Church
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Photography And Digital Art
Description
Cottonwood, South Dakota. Population somewhere between 6 and 12 depending on where you read. This abandoned clapboard church says it all about the current state of affairs. What 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 is now largely abandoned. 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.
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Joan carroll, clapboard, wood, abandoned, distressed, run down, steeple, trees
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June 20th, 2019
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