--Not a ghost town !---

I was on the road again and it was a long drive. Another gray day of winter and after a couple hours I needed a break. Then, as I was going around a curve in the backroad I saw one of those little green signs that often call my name... and the arrow pointed to the left. Naturally I turned left too. I could not see any town at all at first but then after cresting the small hill there it was sitting in a low valley. I had found another ghost town and it looked cool.

I took a few photos without leaving my truck...

and then I saw a gal come outside what I thought was the post office (but there is no post office here anymore) and she was watching me. I drove up to her, rolled down my window and told her I like old ghost towns....her name was Connie.

She works in this office that houses an independent oil production company but used to be a bank. I stepped inside to meet her co-worker Jackie and they assured me this was NOT a ghost town...

I didn't argue with them since there are indeed a handful of folks who live here. But I did not see any other business in town that was open. Even the grain elevator looked abandoned and there was no longer any railroad either...

and they told me this old rr depot came from a nearby town and was used by the grain company as an office but looks abandoned now too...

This building used to house a grocery store and post office but is empty now...
and I could barely read the faded words "Post Office" on the old tin sign.

and the girls told me this old concrete building was formerly a hotel but sadly has no roof at all now...

and Connie said that this garage shop was built in the late 1800's 
so maybe it started out as a blacksmith shop then later turned to working on cars but I am just guessing here...

and there were two schools of good size the first one built as a WPA project in the 1930's according to Connie but abandoned now and the few kids they have are bussed away to another town...

and this smaller one may be the older school of the two and looks like someone might live in it....

and I guess the old yellow school bus is retired as well...

and some more old vehicles and things I found interesting

One more interesting fact here---the girls told me the town was hit by a tornado in three consecutive years from 1916-1917-1918. Wow, talk about bad luck!
And then after a few minutes my quick tour of this town was over and it was time to hit the road for more miles of looking to the future while pondering the past...
It's what I do everyday...
Thanks for riding along again.  :-)