This is part of a travel guide I am writing for my site, American Byways. It hasn't been written yet but parts should be up by tonight. I uploaded numerous photographs to the gallery at American Byways, but here are some of my favourites:;

 

1. OH 775 curves by two homesteads north of Sand Lick.

 

2. The Walnut Methodist Church, erected in 1871 in Sand Lick, has not fared so well. It's time worn appearance blends in with the remainder of this tiny community along OH 775.

 

3. Not much is left in Sand Lick. An abandoned general store with two gas pumps stand ready to serve that one last customer.

 

4. The black Labrador-Retriever that followed me around Sand Lick actually went to retrieve its pup under the old Methodist church to show me while I was photographing the general store. The mother came by a few minutes later to ensure everything was okay!

 

5. Established in 1921, this one-room church is a reminder that not much has changed along OH 141.

 

6. Olive Methodist Church

 

7. The Cadmus High School has been closed since the early 1990s, but the community that it resides in is still thriving, with Amish homesteads being the new driving force for this region.

 

 

8. Located on county route 134 west of Cadmus, this abandoned church lies within the remote pastures and hay fields of Gallia county.

 

9. If you follow OH 141 from Ironton, the diversion to OH 378 offers scenic views of rural farms.

Wow - you've got some great stuff in there!  Thanks for posting them!

 

 

Beautiful scenes. You have quite an ambitious project; it's good that someone is documenting the remnants of an earlier time in the places where they still survive.

Awesome stuff.  Keep 'em comming!

Beautiful scenes. You have quite an ambitious project; it's good that someone is documenting the remnants of an earlier time in the places where they still survive.

 

Well, it part of the global site at American Byways. Travel guides, recreation guides, and two Towns & Cities guides (skimpy on that). Basically I like writing/documenting/photography so I try to mesh all of them together.

 

Lake Vesuvius Recreational Area is an example of a nearby attraction. Thanks for the comments all, I've done a lot of updates to the site lately, but this is my first Ohio update to my sites in quite a while!

I love the southern/southeastern foothills.........very beautiful!!!!

Very nice!  I 2nd the notion of "keep 'em coming".

Nice photography you have there.

But you should see his urban commentary.

But you should see his urban commentary.

 

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