Old Homestead And The Train Tracks is a photograph by Robert Bales which was uploaded on June 26th, 2017.
Old Homestead And The Train Tracks
The view that a family picked many years ago of the Emmett Valley which is a little distance from Emmett, Idaho.... more
by Robert Bales
Title
Old Homestead And The Train Tracks
Artist
Robert Bales
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Photograph - Photo
Description
The view that a family picked many years ago of the Emmett Valley which is a little distance from Emmett, Idaho.
Originally called "Emmettville," it was primarily a post office named after Emmett Cahalan, the son of Tom Cahalan, an early settler of the area. The post office was later moved but retained the name. A few years later the "ville" was dropped and the post office and town became simply Emmett. In 1883 James Wardwell had the town platted, and in 1900
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the town was incorporated as Emmett. Later, in March 1902, the Idaho Northern railroad came to the valley. (Wikipedia
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June 26th, 2017
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Comments (28)
Debra and Dave Vanderlaan
Lovely light Robert! Congrats on your Feature in Barns Big and Small. We also added our like. Celebrate life, Debra and Dave
Sherry Hallemeier
Beautiful capture. Love the angle in which you took this at. Seeing the Mountains, old barn and railroad tracks without any unwanted items is very hard to come by! -Sherry
Lenore Senior
What a fabulous work! Love this! v/f!
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks Lenore for the nice comment and so glad you liked the image!! Thanks for the VF!!