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insulinguy
Location: Fort Worth, Texas Gender: Male
| | | the sha-na-na school < on 5/24/2012 9:49 PM >
| | | in 1858 the Abel Bowser family settled at a large bend in the Colorado River about 3 miles north of this site. The developing village, school and cemetery became known as Bowser Bend and by the late 1880s included a cotton gin and store. Due to river floods, Paul Varga donated land at this site for a chapel and cemetery in 1890. In the early 1900s J. T. Martin sold town lots and deeded land for a school one-half mile east. The town of Bowser relocated, but the closure of the post office, gin and school caused it to decline in the 1940s. the bowser community is almost completely vacant now - only 1 or 2 residents remain. this two room school house is in wonderful shape given how old it is - and how long it has been abandoned. the old furnace and piano were super cool to see but the advertising/sponsorship board is a real gem. the majority of school supporters seemed to be businesses in neighboring san saba.
2 by Guy Housewright Photography, on Flickr
18 by Guy Housewright Photography, on Flickr
1 by Guy Housewright Photography, on Flickr
5 by Guy Housewright Photography, on Flickr
6 by Guy Housewright Photography, on Flickr
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17 by Guy Housewright Photography, on Flickr [last edit 5/24/2012 9:53 PM by insulinguy - edited 1 times]
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Marijane
Location: DFW TX Gender: Female
Give me sixty nine years, another season in this hell. It's all sex and death as far as I can tell.
| | Re: the sha-na-na school <Reply # 1 on 5/24/2012 10:49 PM >
| | | Badass man! I have NEVER seen a furnace like that! I have to ask because I am obsessed with them, did you get any shots of the cemetery out there? Thanks for sharing this!
gonna make you sweat till you bleed. |
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Jack Strathmore
Location: Adrian, MI Gender: Male
Good friends bail you out of jail....true friends will be with you saying, "Damn, that was fun!
| | | Re: the sha-na-na school <Reply # 2 on 5/24/2012 10:50 PM >
| | | Sweet.....all of them and love the advertisement board!
Jack Strathmore http://www.flickr....os/jackstrathmore/ |
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insulinguy
Location: Fort Worth, Texas Gender: Male
| | | Re: the sha-na-na school <Reply # 3 on 5/24/2012 10:55 PM >
| | | Posted by Marijane Badass man! I have NEVER seen a furnace like that! I have to ask because I am obsessed with them, did you get any shots of the cemetery out there? Thanks for sharing this!
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thank you! i took a stroll through the cemetery but that's not really my bit so no photos of it but there are a TON of super old graves there... [last edit 5/24/2012 10:55 PM by insulinguy - edited 1 times]
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fatwax4
Location: somewhere i shouldn't be Gender: Male
| | | Re: the sha-na-na school <Reply # 4 on 5/24/2012 11:33 PM >
| | | nice find man!
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ILexplorer
Location: Northern Illinois
Man is born, man lives, man dies, and it's all vanity
| | Re: the sha-na-na school <Reply # 5 on 5/25/2012 12:58 AM >
| | | Awesome. Good use of HDR too.
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dwtaylor999
Location: Unassigned Lands, Oklahoma Gender: Male
| | Re: the sha-na-na school <Reply # 6 on 5/25/2012 8:54 PM >
| | | Very cool. Those old metal roofs stand the test of time, but I'm still surprised how intact the school is. Loved the old heating stove! +1 on some shots of the cemetery!
Ruins, the fate of all cities. |
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Joel RED DRAGONS!!!!
Location: Katy, TX Gender: Male
Chilling on a wall
| | Re: the sha-na-na school <Reply # 7 on 5/25/2012 9:04 PM >
| | | I really like #6 and #12. Very well done!
Flickr: http://www.flickr....61765601@N04/sets/ |
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yeya
Location: La La Land, TX Gender: Female
| | Re: the sha-na-na school <Reply # 8 on 5/30/2012 5:06 PM >
| | | Awesome find! I'm really loving the furnace, beautiful! Bummer about the cemetary. And the desks you for sure don't see those anymore. Thanks for posting.
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Mchelem
Location: DFW area Gender: Female
Kharma is only a bitch if you are....don't be a bitch.
| | Re: the sha-na-na school <Reply # 9 on 6/2/2012 6:45 PM >
| | | Posted by insulinguy in 1858 the Abel Bowser family settled at a large bend in the Colorado River about 3 miles north of this site. The developing village, school and cemetery became known as Bowser Bend and by the late 1880s included a cotton gin and store. Due to river floods, Paul Varga donated land at this site for a chapel and cemetery in 1890. In the early 1900s J. T. Martin sold town lots and deeded land for a school one-half mile east. The town of Bowser relocated, but the closure of the post office, gin and school caused it to decline in the 1940s. the bowser community is almost completely vacant now - only 1 or 2 residents remain. this two room school house is in wonderful shape given how old it is - and how long it has been abandoned. the old furnace and piano were super cool to see but the advertising/sponsorship board is a real gem. the majority of school supporters seemed to be businesses in neighboring san saba.
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We hunt in San Saba... So much to see out there!!
"You've never really learned to live unitl you've done something for someone for which they can never repay you." ~Ralph Hall~ |
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