Mormon Row
Besides its history, it is a popular place for photographers.
In the late 1800's, leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints sent out members of their congregation to establish new communities. Here, 33 homesteads were established and today only 6 homesteads remain in this ghost town.
In 1997, this area was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Click on the picture to enlarge the photo if you wish to read the sign at the entrance.
I was hoping to capture it with the mountains in the background like the photograph you see below I found on the internet, but it was not my luck on this dreary day.
I read it is best to visit here during late summer, early fall so I hope to come back here some day.
As I was about to leave, a number of visitors started to arrive. Because of the extremely small parking area, we had to make room for others.
I wish I could give credit to the photographer, but no name was given, but the photo could be found here.
If you are interested in additional history of this place you can read the following articles I found on the internet.
Mormon Row History
Mormon Row reunion
Preserving America's Barn
- Karen
13 comments:
With these mountains in the background, I understand it is photographed that much.
Greetings,
Filip
these photos are stunning!
What a pity you didn't get the photo you wanted! I know that disappointing feeling! It was your third photo that really caught my imagination though. It is a perfect composition and really captures the history and decline of the place.
like Emm, I so love the composition in the third photo. I too had several moments like this, where I could barely see the mountains at all. Thanks for sharing this Karen, I did not know about this before, had I known, we could have stopped here and maybe get a clearer picture since it was pretty clear skies when we were there. I too am planning to go back to this place.
Amazing looking. The whole place reminds me of Andrew Wyeth's paintings, somehow. I think your photo is nice in a different way and perhaps more interesting than the one you got off the internet.
Beautiful series, and what a breathtaking background scenery on the last pic!
I've been to the Tetons a bunch but never to Mormon row. It's on my bucket list though.
My mother grew up in Dubois, Idaho, a small town where, on a clear day, you can see the "other" side of the Tetons.
Some of her sisters married local ranchers. The log type barns are very common but there are less and less of them every year. Of course, they had only sagebrush covered hills as a background, not the Tetons in photo you show.
I think I would like stay in there, though it is a barn.
You captured some nice shots there and thanks for the history. Like Rainfield, I'd love to stay there for a while.
It is a spectacular Ghost Town, I imagine it was quite spooky to explore in that grey weather too.
The Tetons are stunning, however I like the look of the weather barn surrounded by low hanging clouds barn. A spectacular vista no matter how you look at it.
At one glance, the pink house looks like an Elf. The window that jutted out looks like an Elf's ear to me. Me and my imagination. xD
I simply love the third and last picture, there is something so realxing in them...lookslike one amazing trip!
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