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    Home » Recipes » Plain Culture

    Scenes From a Sunday Drive

    Published: Aug 25, 2015 · Updated: Aug 25, 2015 by Kevin Williams | 3 Comments

    By Kevin Williams

    I was once again exploring the "No Man's Land" north of Richmond, Indiana towards Union City on Sunday (more in a couple of weeks about why I was there).  This is a lush land of verdant farmfields and Indiana's highest point (something mind-blowing to me...southern Indiana is riddled with deep valleys and some darn high hills, but I guess not as high as Hoosier Hill in this area.)  I've yet been able to find this mythical Hoosier Hill, despite the signs pointing the way.

    The area is riddled with small country churches like this one in Middlesboro, Indiana. Really, does it get any better than "The Church By The Side of The Road" with with Rev. Jim Truelove?

    Quintessential country church

    Quintessential country church

    And pictured below is a  church, Bethel Long Wesleyan, in a rural patch of No Man's Land on the Ohio side of the border near Union City.  I stopped in for services Sunday morning and what a great experience it was.  Nothing like an invigorating sermon in a small country church.

    Bethel Long Wesleyan Church

    Bethel Long Wesleyan Church

    And below, while not a church is still a familiar sight to anyone over 40, an old full-service 76 gas station sitting vacant in Hollansburg, Ohio.  Sometimes scenes like those just evoke memories of a simpler time when uniformed service-station attendants bounded out of the buildings and filled up your car, squeeged your windows, and sent you on your way.  This filling station looks like it hung on as long as it could before the rest of the world caught up with it.  I wonder when it was last open?

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    1. Rebekah

      August 25, 2015 at 11:29 am

      Kevin you were about 2 miles from my house when you were in Middleboro. I live just south of there off of Porterfield. I recently visited Hoosier Hill with my husband who knew where it was and still struggled to find it. I love the quaint small towns that time has forgotten.

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    2. Kathy Barnes

      August 25, 2015 at 11:41 am

      I enjoyed this article thank you. Small towns are wonderful.
      Have a nice week,
      Kathy

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    3. carla

      August 26, 2015 at 10:48 am

      I love these posts!! I love to drive new roads and see things from "way back when".

      And I'm sure I've just missed this, but why do they call it "No Man's Land"?

      Reply

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