> Mining towns die when the resource is exhausted. They go fast.
In Nevada/Eastern California there was a railroad that went from the Carson City area down toward Owen’s Lake.
The interesting part is if you look at the railroad map, pretty much none of the stops exist anymore. It’s a long string of communities that are all long gone from the eastern Owen’s Valley.
Even the eventual highways that were to follow ended up coming down the western side of the valley, yet more reason for those late communities to no longer exist.
And it’s pretty much all gone. No ghost towns, maybe a few overgrown foundations remnants.
But if you had never seen this railroad map, you’d probably never have any idea this land was occupied at all.
As an outsider looking-in that caught some of this portrays in Pixar/Disney's animated Cars [1] movies its interesting to reflect upon the parallels with its Route 66 references, which originate from and also culturally impacted us locally [2].
It's also ironic that Route 66 [3] was originally in-and-of itself a bypass.
As someone that predominantly lived in a capital urban city of a nation still expanding rather than contracting, understanding its equivalent occurence in Bulgaria is even more difficult.
I think with the owens valley the population mainly agglomerated to the towns that are there today probably reflecting the sorts of jobs around. I’m sure Bishop is bigger than its ever been today.
In Nevada/Eastern California there was a railroad that went from the Carson City area down toward Owen’s Lake.
The interesting part is if you look at the railroad map, pretty much none of the stops exist anymore. It’s a long string of communities that are all long gone from the eastern Owen’s Valley.
Even the eventual highways that were to follow ended up coming down the western side of the valley, yet more reason for those late communities to no longer exist.
And it’s pretty much all gone. No ghost towns, maybe a few overgrown foundations remnants.
But if you had never seen this railroad map, you’d probably never have any idea this land was occupied at all.