Awesome thread. I have to do a little research to find the older photos of our area and do a "Then & Now" series.
NH... Excellent on the Mount Washington Road. Amazing it was built way back the first year of Lincoln's presidency. Photobiker... Looking forward to the pics.
Have passed through this canyon (back then a train bed, today a chip seal on the old bed) casually the past year or so trying to spot the location of this 100 year old image. No luck. Until a few days ago. "Poised Rock" is that round rock at the top of the sloping rock face. See that dot of a tree in front of it? The North Fork of the South Platte, about 30 miles SW of Denver. Some things change, some things do not... Here's the wagon access road to the canyon 110 years ago... Today's Foxton Road...
This is the best thread ever I'd just like to say a big thank you to all of you who have submitted these great pics .
Westham Bridge across the James River back in the day... As it looks today... Looking across the river today...
vaexplorer... Nice capturing from the old sign! motopat... That's one way to do it. Then/now in the same image. Pausing at Antietam is on my short list. GSPep... Great framing and alignment of the forty year difference. Excellent.
When I lived in Bethesda, MD I would sometimes ride up to Antietam (or Sharpsburg) in the evening and wander the grounds. A beautiful and peaceful spot when the tourists go home.
Along the way to Fairplay, in South Park, Colorado, the other day. The very small community of Grant in the Platte Canyon was a train stop before the train stopped running in the 1930's. Here's one of the last trains to pass by... U.S. 285 is now on the old train bed... Well, Fairplay is reached on the other side of Kenosha Pass. Two old structures to find. The frontier Fairplay Presbyterian Church 120 years ago... Now, it would have been great for comparison if there wasn't a new Fairplay High School built in the past year! You want to spend the night in Fairplay 100 years ago? Here's your main option, the Fairplay Hotel... And the options aren't that numerous today either, though there is now a new motel on the outskirts of town now. If you choose "history" as the lodging option, this place might keep you restless as you try to get your beauty rest. Supposedly, it is quite the haunted place!
I don't watch many of "them" shows but isn't that the one featured in "Ghost Hunters International" I saw on TV just a couple weeks ago????
H9, It appears some kind of paranormal team spent a couple of days at the hotel on a ghost hunt. Might have been what you saw... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cfSF4sy1zs
Sorry, I just had to add this. My Transalp on the same bridge from a few years ago. Love this thread, I'll have to find a way to contribute when I get the chance.
