Scott

The small town of Scott sits just east of Little Rock, on the edge of the Delta. But despite it sitting so close to the state's largest city, it still feels like it belongs in the past. There are many old and historic buildings here, including several old farm buildings. Like this old silo that was bathed in golden light from the setting sun, reflected in a rain puddle.



There is also a nice collection of older buildings all gathered together here at the Scott Plantation Settlement. The settlement started in the 1990s, when numerous old buildings from the surrounding area were moved and placed here to form an outdoor museum. The settlement includes a plantation "big house," a dogtrot house, a blacksmith shop, a smoke house, a cotton pen, a corn crib, a church, a school, a tenant house, and even an outhouse (not sure if it's functional or not). Also included here is the old Scott train station, which was built in 1911. It was built for the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company as part of the Cotton Belt Route, and served passengers until 1929. After that the station briefly served passengers again in the 1970s when it was used for a tourist excursion train. The station was moved here from its original location, and now it's the visitor center for the museum.

It is a neat old building, and also a good spot for an attempt at a star trail photograph. So I set up the tripod and the camera, and started taking pictures after it got dark. Scott was an ideal place to do star trails, there isn't that much light pollution. And there was cell phone service, so I was able to watch the FC Dallas season opener on my phone while the camera was taking a bunch of pictures (and good news, FCD beat Houston 2-1).

And here is the final result. This is the combination of over 200 pictures, taken over the course of two hours: