(Photograph copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)
Old wagon, Durham County, North Carolina.
Old Horse Drawn Wagon
Category: History
Yates Mill
Last week I was passing through Raleigh, North Carolina and I stopped by Yates Mill on Lake Wheeler Road. Yates Mill is a fully restored, and operational circa 1756 gristmill. Located in Historic Yates Mill County Park, the mill is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is the only restored operational automatic mill in North Carolina and probably the most complete, accurate, and original example in the country. Head miller William Robbins kindly showed me around and invited me back to watch the mill operate and grind corn meal, which they do every 3rd weekend of the month, March through November. For more information, go to http://www.ncsu.edu/project/yates-mill/home.htm or http://www.wakegov.com/parks/yatesmill/default.htm.
(Photographs copyright 2011 by Dan Routh0
Spencer Details
Details from the North Carolina Transportation Museum, the former Southern Railway Spencer Shops in Spencer, North Carolina.
(Photographs copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)
Old Salem Stairs
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Stairway in Old Salem, a Moravian historic site in Winston Salem, North Carolina. This image is a remake of a photograph I shot several years ago on film.
Hamlet Depot
Historic Victorian train depot, Hamlet, North Carolina. Located at the crossing of main east/west and north/south lines of the old Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, now CSX. The depot was moved and restored a few years ago and is now a museum as well as an active Amtrak station.
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Southeast Old Threshers’ Reunion
Photographs from the annual Southeast Old Threshers’ Reunion held in Denton, North Carolina. Horses, steam, tractors, implements. If it’s old and it’s farming, it’s here. For info, go to http://www.farmpark.com/.
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Gettysburg Wall
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My wife Dedra and I stopped in Gettysburg on the return trip from visiting our son in New Hampshire. Both of us are interested in history and the Civil War in particular. We did a quick tour of the battlefield and stopped at one of the most poignant spots there. The image above was shot at the wall on Cemetery Ridge. On July 3, 1863 a large Confederate force under Robert E. Lee attacked the center of the Union line in what is now called Pickett’s Charge. The Southerners walked across almost a mile of open land directly into a hail of Northern fire. Somewhere near this spot the color bearer and a sergeant from the 26th North Carolina found themselves alone and directly in front of the 12th New Jersey manning the wall. Rather than fire upon the Southerners, a New Jersey soldier reached out with his arm, called “Come over to this side of the Lord.”, and helped the two enemies over the wall.
Pisgah Covered Bridge
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Pisgah covered bridge in Randolph County, North Carolina. One of two original covered bridges still left in the state.
Red Caboose
(Photograph copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)Still-life photograph of an old railroad caboose from a local train museum in North Carolina.
Cedar Falls Post Office
I’ve photographed the old post office at Cedar Falls, North Carolina many times over the years. Local folks have worked on restoring the building that was once the office for the Cedar Falls Manufacturing Company since the last time I shot it.
Daisies bloom in front of the building on a Saturday morning.
(Photographs copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)
