Saturday, June 20, 2026

A Few More Stops

After spending the day driving through the Delta, it was finally time to turn around and start heading back home. But along the way I made a few more stops. Like at this one spot near Clarendon, which had some little silos and water tanks and other assorted farm things lying around.

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Off in the distance, a few storm clouds were starting to build over the horizon.

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Then I drove by the old Idlewild schoolhouse, which was built in 1921.

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And then I drove through the little town of DeVall's Bluff, and had to stop at the old St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church. The church was built in 1912, but was abandoned in 1986 after the church's last parishioner passed away.

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I made one last stop - at this old farmhouse that seems to have been abandoned for awhile.

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Although it looks like someone is nice enough to be cutting the grass around the house, the building itself has continued to slowly deteriorate and crumble away.

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And one last shot, taken before I got back in the car and finally drove home:

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