Worthington cemetery

 

As a frequent visitor to country cemeteries, I appreciate the amenity of a concrete block outhouse.  However, I still prefer to "water the wildflowers."

 

Worthington Cemetery

Bledsoe County, Tennessee

rural relic

the old homestead 6

 

Once a common feature on each homestead, an outhouse is now a rare rural relic.  Many an outhouse met its demise as part of a high school prank.  It's hard to believe that conveniences that we take for granted, like electricity and indoor plumbing, were not available in farm communities in Lubbock County until the 1940s.

 

Lubbock County, Texas

one stop

 

It's a long stretch along highway 350 between Trinidad and Fort Bend.  At one time, travelers could stop at the Delhi Store to buy a soda and use the facilities-- uh, the outhouse.  Now the place is dilapidated and abandoned; only intrepid photographers make the stop.

 

Delhi, Colorado

5.23.2009