Cwgrizz's 366 in 2016
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Day #42 (Continued)
I discovered an old cemetery. It is the Courtland Cemetery and as you will see in the pictures, the desert has just about reclaimed the area. Courtland was a mining town and now is a ghost town with only a few ruins left.
Not many grave markers left standing and only about two graves with names that can be read.
The piles of rocks are actually graves.
One grave with a marker.
If there are any markers, they are mostly like this one. They have been knocked down of just have fallen over. (Cattle run the range here).
Someone placed this marker in a bush above a grave that is overgrown with vegetation.
I discovered an old cemetery. It is the Courtland Cemetery and as you will see in the pictures, the desert has just about reclaimed the area. Courtland was a mining town and now is a ghost town with only a few ruins left.
Not many grave markers left standing and only about two graves with names that can be read.
The piles of rocks are actually graves.
One grave with a marker.
If there are any markers, they are mostly like this one. They have been knocked down of just have fallen over. (Cattle run the range here).
Someone placed this marker in a bush above a grave that is overgrown with vegetation.
Day #42 (Last one)
Courtland is now a ghost town. It was a mining town in the late 1800's - early 1900's. Now the only actual building left on the town site is this old jail. It was built in 1909 to replace an old "jail" that was an old derelict mine. (Wikipedia has some interesting info about the jail in Courtland). It was built of reinforced concrete. The steel was old railroad track and old steel from other things. Now, unfortunately it has been heavily vandalized, but is still standing. It is built into the side of a hill.
Courtland is now a ghost town. It was a mining town in the late 1800's - early 1900's. Now the only actual building left on the town site is this old jail. It was built in 1909 to replace an old "jail" that was an old derelict mine. (Wikipedia has some interesting info about the jail in Courtland). It was built of reinforced concrete. The steel was old railroad track and old steel from other things. Now, unfortunately it has been heavily vandalized, but is still standing. It is built into the side of a hill.
This area was a VERY rough area to live in and still is. The old timers still have the same mindset. Most of the people buried in that cemetery died from an epidemic that came through the area. The town was mostly small wooden and tent type dwellings. Only the tough survived. Before the mining boom it was a ranching area that was hampered by Indian attacks. One famous name that comes to mind is Cochise.
If you have a smart phone or actually I think you can use the computer, there is an APP that I use called Merlin Bird ID. It is put out by Cornell University "Bird" department. That's what I use. Answer about 5 questions and it gives you a list with pictures of what you might be looking at. Ha!I didn't realize there were so many either. I saw 3 different birds the other day and have no clue what they are, and they are probably common.
Before I got into digital photography, a bird was a bird was a bird. Now I think I have to identify them. Ha!
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CS, here's the link for Merlin on the computer -
Photo ID — BETA | Merlin Bird ID app – Instant Bird Identification Help for 400 North American birds
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Thanks, Marilynne
Looks like a Shay's phoebe to me. Nice bird.