#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

[lutnistas]

Ҳисор / Hisor Fortress ( Tajikistan )

[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.

[ytelovski]

[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

[theworldofotps]

Historical Letter A.U

WWE Superstar: Drew McIntyre ~A spin off of my letters from the road series where I write historical au letters from wrestlers.~ Word Counter: 440

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________ My Dearest Heart, Once more I write to you in the secrecy of the night, though we parted hours ago you still haunt my thoughts. I’ve penned and torn these words so many times, thinking of all that I wish I could say to you in this moment. Yet the right words are harder to wield than my blade. How I wish we weren’t destined to these secret meetings before you must slip away before the first light of dawn. Not having you through the night is torture I couldn’t fathom and at times feels like my own personal hell.

 However, this night is different after finding out that your hand has been promised to another—I cannot stand silent. I have to tell you, even if you’ll only read this letter in secret, under shadows, like we’ve always been forced to hide ourselves.

It tears at me, the thought of another man claiming to love you when he’s never known you as I have. My blood boils at the sheer idea that he may take your hand, but we both know could never take your heart. For it belongs to me as surely as the land is ruled by the winds and the sky by the stars. And yet I cannot bear to think of another standing by your side, whispering words meant only for me, holding the face I have adored a thousand times over.

I cannot endure this, nor should you, my love. You were made to be free, not chained to a future that’s been decided without your voice. If you feel even a shadow of what I feel for you, I ask you to choose the wildness of a life with me. Let us cast aside the wills and expectations of those who would separate us. I know it’s a life unfit for the daughter of a nobleman, but we could live by our own rules, answer to none but our hearts. We could go far from here, away from all prying eyes, and be as we were meant to be.

Say the word, and I will wait for you at midnight by the old oaks on the northern hill. I’ll have horses ready to bear us away to a place where no lord or king could lay claim to you. I’d go to the ends of the earth if you’d but join me. I may not have the riches you’re used to nor the power of your father. I am but simply a warrior who promises to love you all the rest of my days.

All my love, now and forever,

Your Scotsman D. Mac

[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.

[chiropteracupola]

so take the wheel and I will take the pedals

[twentifyve]

More Autumn in Connecticut October 10th, 2024 | Fujifilm X100VI Follow for more of my original photography!

[shutterandsentence]

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

Photo: Mackinac Island, Michigan

[williammarksommer]

Farwell

Staring at the Sun series 

Hasselblad 500c/m

Kodak Tmax 400iso

[postcard-from-the-past]

Road in the Hakone Pass, Japan

Japanese 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?