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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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