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Abandoned Gas Station - Lyman Wyoming

This gas station sits abandoned alongside I-80 near Lyman, Wyoming. It looks pretty bleak. In some ways this place has never really recovered from the Dust Bowl era. Stations like this one popped up when the war ended, but failed to last. The high plains prairie slowly returns to its native state with sage and tall grass taking over again. If only the heels of bison would puncture the wild turf again, the prairie flowers could grow, the wild turnips and swards again become the natural food, and squash could mark the distant spring.

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Uploaded on August 28, 2008
Taken on August 12, 2008