#historic roads

[mountrainiernps]

NPS Photo of Stevens Canyon Road viewed from Faraway Rock above Reflection Lakes.

When the National Park Service was created in 1916, the enabling legislation that created the park “for the benefit and enjoyment of the people” also mandated that the land be retained in its natural condition, protected from “injury and spoliation.” So, as Mount Rainier National Park was being developed, park officials had to provide access without marring the spectacular scenery. To solve this problem, park architects and engineers innovated a new design aesthetic that blended roads and structures with the natural landscape.

NPS Photos of Paradise Road (left) and Sunrise Road (right).

The parkwide road and bridge system built between 1920 and 1957 featured natural materials such as local stone and wood. Roads curved with the landscape to reveal views and bridges framed waterfalls. This “NPS Rustic” style of architecture became the design standard for the National Park Service. Today, Mount Rainier’s innovative roads and bridges are still preserved as part of the park’s National Historic Landmark District.

NPS Photo of Christine Falls Bridge.

[swordy-da-goat]

new wiz lore

[the-force-awakens]

The Church on Ruby Road // The Snowmen

[williammarksommer]

Boots Court Motel

66 series 

Hasselblad 500c/m

Kodak Ektar 100iso

[vandaliatraveler]

Thomas and Douglas share a common legacy as historic coal mining and lumber towns, both of which reached their zeniths in the first half of the 20th century. The artifacts of area's industrial past, some of which are now being reclaimed by nature, are still evident along Douglas Road, which forks out of Thomas and follows the North Fork of the Blackwater River to Douglas. These include the beehive coke ovens that once lit up the night nonstop to produce coke for local blast furnaces. In addition to the abandoned structures, a number of coal company buildings have been preserved and added to the National Register of Historic Places, including the Davis Coal and Coke Company Administrative Building and the Buxton & Landstreet Company Store, which is now home to the Buxton & Landstreet Gallery and Studios. The area's bittersweet past includes a legacy of human exploitation and racial injustice. Like its brethren, the Davis Coal and Coke Company paid its miners in company scrip that was only redeemable at the company store, which charged inflated prices for goods and ensured it could reclaim their wages at a premium. The area was also home to the Coketown Colored School, a segregated school at the center of an important civil rights victory in 1892, when Carrie Williams, a teacher at the school, teamed with J. R. Clifford, the state’s first African-American lawyer, to defeat an effort by Tucker County to reduce the school’s term. The victory ensured equal pay and terms for African-American schools in West Virginia. The Coketown Colored School closed in 1954 when segregated schools were found unconstitutional.

[ravangie]

Since i like to draw Princess Charming in the original's clothes so much, i thought it's about time i treat Tulia and Miguella the same

They seem to be very unimpressed though

More Tulia and Miguella here

[sanseterrer]

June 25, 2024; part one. An evening walk without a specific direction. I like to approach this spontaneously – then there is always a chance to find something interesting, or to feel something that has not been there for a long time: a passing sense of freedom, proximity to distant and forgotten times, a sense of boundlessness and diversity of the surrounding world…

The village of Kamennoye Krivoe. I walk along the main street past the century-old linden alley of the Khomentovskys. The village is surrounded by tall fir trees, behind which there were soft gentle clouds. It's pretty quiet all around. Except that loud music could be heard from the nearby village of Senchuki. There are always an unspeakable number of mosquitoes here, which is understandable: there is a river nearby, a pond on the other side, and the settlement itself is located in a lowland. And everywhere there are shadows from behind old trees, most of which have clearly survived more than one generation here.

I turn to the pond, which was part of the princely estate a long time ago. At one time there was a park with century-old oaks, one of them, which is said to be about three hundred years old, stands here to this day. Once upon a time, on a small island with pine trees, located in the middle of a pond, there was a gazebo where landowners from all over the neighborhood gathered on warm evenings, a violin orchestra played and tea parties were held. That's why this island is now called «tea island». The landscape continues to preserve its beauty, and it is not surprising that it was here, a couple of centuries ago, that the decision was made to create an estate.

[twentifyve]

More Autumn in Connecticut October 10th, 2024 | Fujifilm X100VI

[shutterandsentence]

Summer's coming fast! I really need to get myself back into shape!

Photo: Mackinac Island, Michigan

[lutnistas]

Ҳисор / Hisor Fortress ( Tajikistan )

[theworldofotps]

Letter From The Road (Slight NSFW)

WWE Superstar: Drew McIntyre Word Count: 387 ~A series in which I write letters from superstars to their partner or friend back home while they’re touring.~ (Historical A.U Letter)

Requested by @madhatterbri I hope you enjoy this lovely! @new-zealand-chic Thanks for your help with some ideas love x _________ Tag list: @omg-im-such-a-masochist @melissahausen​ @new-zealand-chic​ @writtingrose @99hook @madhatterbri @sjwrites22 @sassymox @mrsacklesevansmgk @xladyxfatex @adamcolesbaybay @irish-newzealand-idian-dutch @demonqueen29 @itsicantbelievethis666 @lilred91 @rebellious-desires @claymorexpunisher @letsgivethisonemoreshot @ava-valerie @shortyiceheart @serpantscorpio8497 @thatpanpal @thatnerdwriter @wrestlersownmyheart @vebner37 @seeingstarks​ @whenimakeitshine1234 @legit9thlunaticwarrior @blaquekitty @ironshamelessyouth @unoficialy-married-to-ace-austin @ripleyswhore @moonrosekk @xbreezymeadowsx @alyyaana  @elevennbloom @melblacc @alliwant456  @mcreignsera @auburnwrites​ @aews-four-pillars If you wanna be added to the list lemme know. ~ Drew Tag list:

@eddie-kingstons-wifey @akiko-tanaka @cherrytheeredheadmamaclaymore @maryjaneleaholland26 @slutfortheeclaymore _______ My Sweet love, I’m seeking to confirm you are well and taking care since I’ve been away these last three months. Every moment not spent in your company seems to drag longer than the last, I know not when this battle will end. Nor when we’ll see each other again but I know the moment we’re united once more will be filled with rejoicing.

Despite the harsh conditions my men are well and continuing to fight the enemy to ensure the safety of the kingdom. Each man is willing to lay their life down for the crown, I however am not the average man. Where my loyalty once laid with the crown it is solely that I am laying my life down for you, and you alone.

I know it may seem foolish a Scottish warrior and a nobleman’s daughter, but I can’t help the feelings I’ve developed along this path that our friendship has emerged. Lass, despite the two vast differences in our worlds I couldn’t find myself writing another a letter such as I’m writing to you. I can’t help but think of our last night together before I left. Despite it being the first time we were intimate with each other I replay the moments in my head while waiting for the next course of action here.

I can’t wait until we’re together again and I can show you just how your body deserves to be praised. My hands sliding over the silky softness of your skin, placing hot kisses against each inch that you allow. I can practically hear your quiet moans and whimpers now as I would drag my tongue over your sweet nectar devouring you like a man starved. Before stretching your tightness with a finger, maybe three. Just enough to prepare you to take every inch of me. Just thinking about you allowing me the honor of filling and stretching that sweetness is enough to bring me to my knees.

Although we may have to hide our moments together rest assure that when we finally do find ourselves alone. That I will be making you release every moan, whimper and scream you have captured inside. I want to see you trembling as you embrace the mind-numbing pleasure, I plan on bringing you.                                                                      Until we’re together again.                                       Your Scotsman D. Mac

[postcard-from-the-past]

Arctic Circle monument on the E6 road in the Saltfjellet mountains, Norway

Norwegian vintage postcard

[mountrainiernps]

NPS Photo of Mount Rainier with a portion of Mowich Lake Road viewed from Tolmie Peak in 1961 (Eunice Lake is in the foreground with Mowich Lake in the distance).

Mowich Lake Road, like other park roads, was initially planned as part of an “around-the-mountain” road system. Mowich Lake Road starts in the northwest corner of the park and was intended to connect to Westside Road, which starts from the southwest corner. The two roads were never completed due to budget constraints and the rugged topography of the mountain. Constructed from 1929-1934, Mowich Lake Road remains a six-mile long spur road (reached via SR165) and is a discontiguous portion of the Mount Rainier National Historic District. Original features along the road include one stone retaining wall and 39 rustic culverts with mortared stone headwalls.

Mount Rainier National Park Archives Photo of the Mowich Entrance Dedication in 1933.

Mowich Lake Road was dedicated in 1933 at the Mowich Lake Entrance (now at Paul Peak Trailhead). At the dedication, a log memorial was constructed in honor of Dr. William Fraser Tolmie who visited Mount Rainier a hundred years earlier in 1833 on a botanizing trip. The log memorial was intended to be incorporated into an entrance arch. The arch was never completed and the memorial no longer exists. Footage of the Mowich Lake Road dedication event can be viewed at: https://go.nps.gov/MMem-MowichDedication

NPS Photo of the current Mowich Lake Road Entrance at Paul Peak Trailhead, 8/17/23.

While dedicated in 1933, delays due to construction and then WWII limited access and Mowich Lake Road did not open to vehicle traffic until July 1955. Have you traveled the historic Mowich Lake Road?

[thedailydescent]

The Great was one of those shows that could have great but in the end resorted to being merely good.

[williammarksommer]

Route 66 Begin

Over this summer, I had the opportunity to take part in two residences that brought me hundreds of miles across the US and back to Route 66.

66 series 

Hasselblad 500c/m

Kodak Ektar 100iso

[pre-dawn-silhouettes]

one thing about me is i LOVE to dilly dally