Tag: Historic

  • A Sanctuary for Old Light and Shadows

    A Sanctuary for Old Light and Shadows

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    An interior view of the old church at Hopper, Arkansas.I’ve always loved the soft interplay between light and shadows in this photo – taken during a light drizzle outside.Follow the Hopper Tag to view more…

  • Oden, Arkansas

    Oden, Arkansas

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    Oden, Arkansas.Original artwork.

  • The Arlington, December 2010

    The Arlington, December 2010

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    The venerable Arlington Hotel in downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas.Seen here in December of 2010.

  • Yesterday’s Chevrolet

    Yesterday’s Chevrolet

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    I stopped the car in the middle of a county road and took this photo leaning out of the window…

  • Boxley Valley Relic

    Boxley Valley Relic

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    This is a familiar sight at the southern end of the Boxley Valley, along the Buffalo National River. It’s located next to the ruins of an old homestead, and was either a “root cellar” or perhaps a spring-house since there is a natural spring nearby.

  • HSNP – December 2010

    HSNP – December 2010

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    The old Hot Springs National Park visitor’s center at the southern end of Bathhouse Row, with the old Arkansas Rehabilitation Center (ARC) rising in the background on a December evening in 2010.

  • Bard Springs Dam

    Bard Springs Dam

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    Bard Springs is a very secluded spot deep in the Ouachita National Forest.

  • Abandoned Shangri-La

    Abandoned Shangri-La

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    There’s a place on Lake Ouachita called Shangri La which was named after the fictional location in James Hilton’s novel Lost Horizon. In the novel, people living in Shangri-La didn’t age as quickly as those in the outside world. This old place isn’t exactly at the Shangri La on Lake Ouachita – but it’s just…

  • Decline of a Spanish Revival

    Decline of a Spanish Revival

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    One of the entrances to an old school building in Scott, Arkansas.I believe it was a sort of gymnasium / assembly hall – but it’s gone now.Salute!

  • DeGray Birdhouse

    DeGray Birdhouse

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    A wildlife viewing blind in the state park on Lake DeGray that I always called “The Birdhouse”. (The bird is my partner Frank.) This was located on Green Heron Trail at the park, but storms tore the roof off of it and I was told they had no plans to fix it – so the…

  • Spring Lake Dam

    Spring Lake Dam

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    Original artwork.

  • Storm Quarry

    Storm Quarry

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    An old rock quarry at Pinnacle Mountain State Park on a stormy day.