Past Fading Fast
by Kae Cheatham
Title
Past Fading Fast
Artist
Kae Cheatham
Medium
Photograph - Photography - With Digital Enhancement
Description
This is a door into the old Milwaukee Railway Depot in Ringling, Montana. The building is fading fast and will soon be another lost object.
Information on the town of Ringling (adapted from Wikipedia):
Ringling is an unincorporated community in southern Meagher County, Montana. It was a station stop on the transcontinental main line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad and was also the southern terminus of the White Sulphur Springs and Yellowstone Park Railway. The town served as a community center for ranchers and homesteaders in the vicinity, but the town's population declined throughout most of the twentieth century as the region's agricultural activity dwindled. Both railroad lines through Ringling were abandoned in 1980, and only a handful of people remain in the town today.
Ringling was named for John Ringling of the Ringling Brothers circus family, which once owned considerable ranch land in the area. Ringling was also president of the White Sulphur Springs and Yellowstone Park Railway. After acquiring the Barnum & Bailey Circus, the combined circus had winter quarters in Bridgeport, CT (the birthplace of P.T. Barnum) and later near the town of Ringling, which was often snow-free unlike most locales at this latitude in the United States.
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This image is copyrighted to Kae C’s Images (Kae Cheatham). Not in public domain.
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Comments (12)
Marilyn Cornwell
Congratulations on Nov 10 2022 - this wonderful image is featured in Surfaces and Textures!
Robert Bales
What a beautiful presentation and congrats for the recognition on the feature page!! v/f/t