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Subject: Monthly Challenge 1- Nix, TX

cynlee opened this issue on Dec 09, 2005 · 29 posts
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cynlee ( ) posted Fri, 09 December 2005 at 2:09 PM · edited Thu, 21 November 2024 at 6:45 AM

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Texas Ghost Town population: unknown 20 minutes from the ranch

cynlee ( ) posted Fri, 09 December 2005 at 2:10 PM · edited Fri, 09 December 2005 at 2:11 PM

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(notice Santa in the back of the classic :)

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cynlee ( ) posted Fri, 09 December 2005 at 2:13 PM · edited Fri, 09 December 2005 at 2:20 PM

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=556740

-more photos of Nix

History in a Pecan Shell

*"Present-day Nix was originally settled along one of the mail/stage routes out of Lampasas in the 1880s. Prior to that the only activity was being part of the Fort Phantom Hill road (1850s).

A blacksmith and store opened around 1883, with the storekeeper becoming postmistress. Nix's high-water mark was reached in the 1890s when two mills and gins were in operation and two churches established. The population which had been recorded as only 8 people suddenly swelled to 27 by 1896.

It seems to have felt comfortable at this level and stayed below 30 throughout the 1940s. Lampasas County drilled and found oil in the 20s and 30s, and Nix had the dubious distinction of having the only test well to come in dry.

Nix had a store in the late 40s and just west of town was a combination school/church.

In 2005, the old Nix store was still standing - although not in business. Reportedly TxDoT uses the site as a gravel storage area."*
-John Troesser

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cynlee ( ) posted Fri, 09 December 2005 at 2:18 PM

Added to Challenge page
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DJB ( ) posted Fri, 09 December 2005 at 3:35 PM

Definitely one of my favorite all time images. Always has been since your first.I wish we had a place even closely similar. Maybe on some small town somewhere here, but I don't know of it. I want to print on of these. perfect entry.

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Onslow ( ) posted Fri, 09 December 2005 at 3:43 PM

Great pic and an interesting bit of local history too :) Amazing to see ghost towns - no room for them here.

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

croxie ( ) posted Fri, 09 December 2005 at 4:48 PM

Nice washed out colors. Makes the shot looks older than it is.

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TomDart ( ) posted Fri, 09 December 2005 at 5:56 PM

I feel certain Brian is in the rumble seat....

Margana ( ) posted Fri, 09 December 2005 at 7:13 PM

Love he nostalgic feel to this.That desaturated red works beautifully.As always,Cyn-sational work! Were you just lucky enough to have that car there? Had to giggle at 'population-unknown'.Well,if they're ghosts I guess it would be 'unknown',and not zero,lol. ;^)

Marlene <")

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cynlee ( ) posted Fri, 09 December 2005 at 7:32 PM · edited Fri, 09 December 2005 at 7:36 PM

thanks guys! lol@tom..
there is a house nearby where i assume the caretakers of this place live.. & sure nuff.. 1 large pile of road gravel.. & that's it for Nix..

saw Santa as i drove by on my weekly run to get supplies.. sky had some blue in it, light was ok, challenge due.. better stop.. took so many shots, different views, 3rd series of this place.. liked the angle on this one.. already did a collage so just wanted to present more detail & keep the kb under 200.. a layer of color @partial opacity over a dark sepia layer..

sure Doug, can send you the .tif.. Merry Christmas! :] ah crossed with you marlene.. :D .."cynsational".. hehe the car has been there for about a year now.. well cared for, i assume it must belong to the ppl in the house..

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tvernuccio ( ) posted Sat, 10 December 2005 at 12:01 AM

can't begin to tell you how much i LOVE this, Cindy!! i added your collage to my favs!!! You did a MARVELOUS job, and girl...if you have more pictures like this you better not hold them back!!! I HAVE to see!!! I have this thing about old gas pumps and filling stations. my uncle actually bought one at one time. i just can look at pictures like this all day, and i can't even imagine living so close to this place and being able to shoot it!!! sigh. Please, please show more!!!! pretty please!!! with sugar and strawberries and whipped cream on top!!!! :) did i beg enough??? :)

cynlee ( ) posted Sat, 10 December 2005 at 12:24 AM

wow sheila.. ty.. well yeah.. i do have some of old gas stations.. & pumps.. this is still the best place.. kind of goes along with my luv for classic cars & retro/vintage stuff :] my mother's hubby has a lot of this stuff too, restores old cars.. also seems i'm getting a series of "town squares" since they're all built about the same in these small-nowhere-towns down here.. the older, the better.. i'll throw up some shots after the weekend.. promise, not here but in a new thread.. have my daughter coming to visit! :D luv strawbs & crm :d

Margana ( ) posted Sat, 10 December 2005 at 2:20 AM

I look forward to seeing them as well!Happy Sheila asked! :^)

Marlene <")

Marlene S. Piskin Photography
My Blog

"A new study shows that licking the sweat off a frog can cure depression. The down side is, the minute you stop licking, the frog gets depressed again." - Jay Leno

soulofharmony ( ) posted Sat, 10 December 2005 at 6:36 AM

oh cindy this reminds me of the old american movies we see in the uk... excellent nostaglic entry... love the old pink petrol pumps..timeless and beautiful...:)

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Zacko ( ) posted Sat, 10 December 2005 at 6:39 AM

I agree with everyone else.....MOOOOOOOOOOOOORE!!!! That photo is sooooooooooooooooooooo gorgeous!!!! I love the washed out colors....I WANT MOOOOOOOOOORE!!!!!! Nag nag nag...MORE!!! Have fun this weekend with Sarah. #:O) ....but then, after the weekend we expect.....MOOOOOOREEEEEEEE!!!! LOL.

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L8RDAZE ( ) posted Sat, 10 December 2005 at 6:41 AM

Love the rustic feel of this and the color tones REALLY add to it! These old style stations have such character. Excellent "spotlight" on this li'l town treasure! On the link image, I Like all those extras that show up too..the tub...the box spring on the side of station, that empty chair and the cresent moon on the out house....yep they all addup and tell a visual story!





ModestyB ( ) posted Sat, 10 December 2005 at 7:17 AM

I LOVE THIS ONE!!!!!!! This is Gorgeous!!!!!!!!! I like the pink pumps..the T-ford & the dino :) Dino pretrol ? P&K

cynlee ( ) posted Sat, 10 December 2005 at 9:39 AM

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checking in while my daughter sleeps.. ty,p&k Does anyone remember getting the little plastic dinos with every fill up at the Sinclair stations?? I wish i still had mine.. (an old scanned snapshot, in AR at a Sinclair station, they weren't this big, lol) ...Tom might remember..

tvernuccio ( ) posted Sat, 10 December 2005 at 9:58 AM

little plastic dinos when you filled up? how cool! i never saw a dino at a gas station before!! you look so cute there, Cindy!!! :) looking forward to seeing more pics! enjoy your visit with Sarah!! :)

ModestyB ( ) posted Sat, 10 December 2005 at 11:44 AM

No we didnt get dinos here in Sweden...but I do remember that shot of U ;)xoxoxo

Onslow ( ) posted Sat, 10 December 2005 at 4:28 PM

No dino's here only tiger tails :D

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

L8RDAZE ( ) posted Sun, 11 December 2005 at 6:34 AM

Not a Dino...but I do seem to remember something about a NOAHS ARK type thang....then you'd go back every week for a PAIR of different plastic animals! Back then... my dad could fill the tank with 5 bucks! Holy mackerel!!...that was back in 1971....ARCO Gas(WHOA!) Checkout this link!!! Gasoline Alley Antiques





GBCalls ( ) posted Sun, 11 December 2005 at 3:16 PM

I had a plastic green dino...we used to take one of my sisters to work at the hospital before she got a car-we passed by and gased up now and then BP gas- minimum 8 gallon fill got you a green dinosaur. Sis bought her first car- a 1971 VW superbettle...thanks for the memory jar :')

cynlee ( ) posted Sun, 11 December 2005 at 3:21 PM

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! someone else who had one! :D always looked fwd to getting my dino.. oh & an A&W rootbeer float when i was little ;d.. with the free glass of course

coolj001 ( ) posted Mon, 12 December 2005 at 6:23 PM

Cool old store. I remember seeing that shot of you and the dino. It was on your homepage if I remember correctly. :-)

TwoPynts ( ) posted Wed, 14 December 2005 at 9:48 AM

Ahhh, all these little peices of Americana I never picked up because I grew up outside the continental USA. Great ghost town photo cyn. The ONLY photo so far actually! ;]

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nathalie06 ( ) posted Wed, 14 December 2005 at 3:44 PM

Superb entry Cynlee !!! I love this shot with the pastel pink, charming and seems a shot of long time ago, when the life was a pleasure in the little towns...lol ! Maybe a town for making movies ? anyway it's lovely !!!!

kimariehere ( ) posted Thu, 15 December 2005 at 4:03 PM

very cool shot ..oh i see i thought it had to be of the whole town this makes it easier!! nice i love the colors and old car and gas pump!!

kimmers ♥ :O)

cynlee ( ) posted Thu, 15 December 2005 at 8:47 PM

this is the whole town.. lol :] TY!

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