Photography Now & Then #78
By meteorological reckoning, we’re nearly three weeks into spring, but astronomical reckoning still has us in winter until tomorrow. It was quite wintry looking on the way to the gym this morning – some green grass is fairly normal in the winter in Arkansas. Some trees are starting to leaf out, but you really have to be looking for it to notice. I expect we’ll notice quite a difference in Little Rock tomorrow as it is about 40 miles further south than we are – and this time of year, that can be significant.
Now: Foggy morning – later yielded to sunny skies and then by overcast as a cold front blew in, west-central Arkansas, March 19, 2018 (Apple iPhone 6s)
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In the summer of 2007, on our first trip to visit them after they moved to Wisconsin, our daughter and grandkids went with us on a short camping trip over into Minnesota while her husband was on a business trip. One of the places we visited was a ghost town in what is now a state park.
Then: Costumed interpreter, Forestville State Park, Minnesota, June 14, 2007 (Pentax K10D )
Forestville is a ghost town in section 13 of Forestville Township in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The nearest communities are Wykoff, to the northwest, and Preston, to the northeast.
The town of Forestville was settled in 1852 and organized in 1855, receiving this name in honor of Forest Henry, the first probate judge of Fillmore County. Henry settled in Forestville in 1854. The town was incorporated in 1891 and had a post office from 1855 until 1902.
In 1949 the Minnesota State Legislature authorized the creation of Forestville State Park, with the intent to preserve what remained of the abandoned townsite. Mystery Cave was added to the state park in 1987.
Photography Now & Then Notes:
- Series Photos
- The Now photo is one that is almost always taken the day of the blog post. In some instances, posts may be backdated if internet access is not available on the day of the photo or other reasons prevent posting Photography Now and Then.
- The Then photo is usually a randomly selected older photograph from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Photography Now and Then.
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
- Reference links were accessed on the date the blog post was published, unless otherwise stated.
- The title convention for Photography Now & Then blog posts evolved early on from one word related to each photo separated by “&” to usually being the first word in the caption description for each photo.
