Thurmond West Virginia Evening is a photograph by Kathleen K Parker which was uploaded on November 11th, 2015.
Thurmond West Virginia Evening
Follow with your eye along the railroad tracks in Thurmond, WV to the yellow depot. Beyond the depot are mountains. The season is Fall. The leaves... more
Title
Thurmond West Virginia Evening
Artist
Kathleen K Parker
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Photograph - Photography
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Follow with your eye along the railroad tracks in Thurmond, WV to the yellow depot. Beyond the depot are mountains. The season is Fall. The leaves are just turning here. Evening approaches. Thurmond is a unique town. Five people live here! Big uninhabited brick buildings line one side of the tracks. See wikipedia -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurmond,_West_Virginia for more info. One funny story from that link is the following:
W. D. Thurmond banned alcohol from his lands, which comprised the originally incorporated portion of the town. However, the McKell family had no such scruples, and their Dun Glen Hotel on McKell land just to the east of the Thurmond land became notorious for hosting a fourteen-year-long card party claimed by Ripley's Believe It or Not to be the world's longest-lasting poker game. A district called "Ballyhack" or "Balahack" on the south side near the Dun Glen became notorious as Thurmond's red light district.[12]
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November 11th, 2015
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Comments (7)
Sandra Church
I really like the way you framed this KK, with that structure on top and the slightly turning track is very interesting!
Gary Richards
I spent some time in the WV wilds a few years back and enjoyed my time there. I love RR's and this image strikes a cord in me. It brings back many a day as a kid I walked the rails to places unknown (at least unknown to a kid!) :)
Kathleen K Parker replied:
I lived near the r and r tracks when a kid here in New Orleans. On the right side of course--LOL--but my twin and I with some other friends traversed those tracks very often unknown to any of our parents. :) I have very fond memories except when we were in a box car and the train started moving. Live and learn! :) kk
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