Kilgore, Nebraska

After spending the night in Valentine, we quickly drove through the town, felt like it seemed too busy and headed down route 20 toward Cody.  About 21 miles west of Valentine we were surprised to see that we were leaving the central time zone and entering mountain time a demarcation which follows the most irregular of paths which, when looking at the map makes no sense at all.

But a few minutes later, we came upon the most unusual of places,  Kilgore, Nebraska, population 99, a ghost town which might easily be seen in a southwest photo by Edward Weston or Ansel Adams.

   

This is main street.  It is hard to understand what has happened here.  It seems so post apocalyptic in many ways, but there are still 99 people living here.  The two mainstays of any well functioning social structure, the bar and the church are the two best maintained buildings in the "downtown", so life goes on in a well oiled manner.

And of course, I would be remiss if I did not remember the US Post Office the spiritual core of any American town.

And somewhere between Kilgore and Cody, there was this little town called Nenzel where I took this mysterious photo and moved on without really seeing what else was around me.  I always like to think that next time I will spend more time there.  Always next time.  

                                          

                                                                             Pablo