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Deer
Creek structures
Photo courtesy Mike
Price, September 2009 |
History on
a Pinhead:
Settled
with the birth of the 20th Century, no one is sure exactly which year. In fact,
Deer Creek was hardly noticed at all. It wasn’t until the 1930s when anyone bothered
to count the residents – which numbered fewer than ten people.
The population
peaked in the 1940s when it swelled to twenty-five people (estimated). It did
maintain a store and two churches as well as a school. In the mid 1960s the town
had declined to the point where no one counted the populace any longer. Today
only the weathered boards of the undistinguishable structures indicate the presence
of a community. |
A Visit to Deer
CreekPhotographer's
Note:
Kept running
across road signs pointing to Deer Creek, so I checked out the map and took a
detour. All I found along several miles of road was a few houses/ranches, the
remains of several old buildings, and the cemetery. The picture shows about half
of the graves in it. - Mike
Price, September 2009 |
Windmill
and ruins
Photo courtesy Mike
Price, September 2009 | |
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