The Country Corner
by Bob and Nancy Kendrick
Title
The Country Corner
Artist
Bob and Nancy Kendrick
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
The abandoned Country Corner store, where you could buy gas and other sundries in days past. This relic is located at the corner of Rt 12 and the Burr Trail outside Boulder, Utah. If you get out to southern Utah to see any of the National Parks, try to take Route 12 between Bryce and Capitol Reef - it's definitely worth the trip! It's listed on the America's Byways website (http://byways.org/explore/byways/2020) and even has its own website (http://www.scenicbyway12.com/)!!
From a Scenic Byway 12 descriptive sign: "Before the Highway 12 route was built, traveling through this region was slow, hard work. As late as 1940, Boulder still received its mail by mule train for part of the year. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) had completed the Hell's Backbone Road between Escalante and Boulder in 1933, allowing vehicle traffic in summertime. But when winter snows closed that road, the only routes between the two towns were wagon trails through the canyons [before you]. In 1935, Civilian Conservation Corps crews began to build the Lower Boulder Road, now part of Highway 12. Nicknamed the "Million Dollar Road," the road took five years, back breaking effort, ingenuity, and many tons of dynamite to complete. Crews blasted through sandstone ledges down to the Escalante River and up Calf Creek Canyon. On June 21, 1940, jubilant community members celebrated completion of the first all-season automobile road between the two communities."
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Bob and Nancy Kendrick
First place win (tie) in the Gas Stations from a Different Era contest August 2013! Thanks so much for the votes!
Eddie Yerkish
Wonderful shot! Congratulations on your first place finish in the "Gas stations from a different era" contest!!
Bob and Nancy Kendrick
Third place win (tie) in the If These Walls Could Talk contest May 2013! Thanks so much for the votes!
Kathleen Struckle
Congrats Bob and Nancy on your third place contest win If Walls Could Talk. Great find.v
Bob and Nancy Kendrick
Nadine and Bob, Thanks so much for the feature in All South West Art and Artists!
Jon Burch Photography
'Like!' You see so many of these sad places. Interesting to think of the lives that were lived. Congratulations on your feature! (v)
Bob and Nancy Kendrick replied:
Thanks so much Jon! The older they are, the more fascinating to think of what they once were.
Debra and Dave Vanderlaan
Love this piece Bob and Nancy! Seems like we all love these old gas stations and pumps! We Voted! Celebrate life, Debra and Dave
Bob and Nancy Kendrick
Bajan, Thanks so much for the feature in Group of photographers from around the world!
Bob and Nancy Kendrick
Darren, Thanks so much for the feature in 3 A Day Greeting Cards for All Occasions!
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