A (mostly) ghost town
Day 128
Burke, ID
August 1st, 2010
I'm walking across America.
That's the idea, at least. I'm walking westward from New York City for nine months or so. If everything goes according to plan, I'll be in Oregon when the clock runs out. If nothing goes according to plan, maybe I'll end up in Peru or Mongolia or Pennsylvania. You can read all about the details of my trip if you're so inclined.
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Looks like it was a prosperous place at one time…
Was this the ONLY building?
That was a pretty building in it’s day…just look at the interesting molding on the top!
Thanks deanna, for pointing out the molding – I was checking out the “dichroric looking” glass on the top two windows.
Hope you got to meet some of the holdouts that still live in the area. If the mine is closed how do people there make a living for themselves? Forestry? Guiding fishing and hunting trips?
Seems to be some curtains in the window???…
Do bears “do” window treatments???…
Cool! I mean, it sucks for the town, but I love ghost towns. ;o)
Somehow reminds me of my Lithuania, partially ;)
Thats the old school house in the town of Burke, Someone Restoring it & lives in it Now.
Really?? Living in it?? How? It hardly seems possible but can’t tell to much from just this one picture. Thanks Big Scott for the local insight and input. You rock!
Mostly ghostly but there is a Wikipedia entry for it – no idea how many people live here now:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke,_Idaho
I love history and ghost towns, so I am having a hard time leaving this location…… miles of smiles Matt Man !