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I pretty sure these two prairie dogs were youngsters rough housing with each other. They spend 5 minutes restling and chasing each other around.
Virginia City, Montana
In 1863, life could not have been very easy in Virginia City, Montana, but when gold was discovered in Alder Gulch the lure of new found wealth brought as many as 10,000 folks in to participate in their share of the wealth. They came from far and wide, and it seemed no distance was too far to travel! And Virginia City became the center of one of America's richest gold mining areas. "The mining districts of Alder Gulch produced and estimated $50 million in gold, although some historians believe that number is too low, and place the total value at around $150 million." Make shift housing was built by the hundreds, and were barely enough to keep one dry in the summer, and warm in the winter, but they became home for the most hardy. And along with those who worked the rivers and streams and the mines lusting for their share of the windfall there came the bandits and the highwaymen who chose the less legal and less physical way to garner "their share of the wealth." Stagecoach robberies were common, and the risk was high for the travelers who chose that means of transportation, often with their pockets and bags bulging with the newly found precious metal. Fights, brawls, lootings, and even murders were common, and it finally took a dedicated group of vigilantes to quell the crime rate. And when the suspected criminals and thieves were found and captured there'd often be a short path to the gallows with no trial or lawyers to intervene.
Mining and exploration in Virginia City remained somewhat active for nearly a century after the initial find, but over time the yields became less and less. With time, the once booming area population of nearly 10,000 dwindled to what it is today. As of the 2021 count, the population of Virginia City had shrunk to 223 people. And with those few remaining folks lies the remnants and machines and surviving buildings from those boom times. Albeit considered still an active city, most today would considered it a ghost town, and by most standards, it is just that.
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Cavendish Road, a street in Markyate village (Hertfordshire) flanked by 1930s semi-detached homes. For "first-time buyers", this type of home used to be affordable and, therefore, the first step on the "housing ladder". In today's Britain, however, and in may parts of Europe in fact, young people are increasingly unable to afford the purchase of even small homes as prices have rocketed. Renting such homes is not only expensive, perhaps even more expensive than paying off a mortgage, it also prevents young people from ever getting on the housing ladder. Dreams and expectations remain unfulfilled. And for that, we all will have to pay a price. Leica M8, Voigtlaender NC 1.4/35 (polariser).
Excellent location & a homely place of Puri Hotel
The Marine Drive Road at Puri stretches from Puri Hotel at one end to Light House at other end.
With new housing now a feature at Woodthorpe, Riddles designed Standard '5MT' 4-6-0 no.73156 heads past with the up 10:40 Loughborough-Leicester North train.
2022 GCR Last Hurrah Steam Gala