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Feature for WCTI-12 | Jones County

On June 29 I trekked out into Jones County with a reporter and photographer from our local tv news station, WCTI. They were interested in doing a story on the Forgotten NC project and I was happy to have them tag along We headed to one of my favorite areas in Jones County, near and in Trenton, stopping by a couple of spots. Be sure to tune in on June 30 to see their story during the 5:00 PM news. Here are a few images from the day. Thanks for tagging along, Kyle and Allen! 

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This Old Truck

In life, sometimes the path best to take is the road less traveled. This saying can be taken literally too, as some of the most memorable sites I've come across were on roads less traveled. Take this great old tow truck for instance. I was hunting down a lead on some old ruins in rural Craven County when, after likely taking a wrong turn (I was following the compass on my iphone), I came across this along the road. 

Both ends of the rusted tow truck had become 'one' with the trees it was at one time parked near. Mother Nature decided to give this retired steel hulk a hug, it seems. And I was happy to capture it.

Oh, and those ruins I was searching for? Never found them. At least I didn't come home empty handed.

Seen in: Craven County, NC

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I am a sucker for all things abandoned... Tell me there's an abandoned cemetery somewhere in the woods of Indian trail one night, and I'm out looking for it the next morning. The cemetery had about 9 graves, (wish I would have counted) and only a hand full of them were marked, or clearly marked. The oldest marked grave dated back to 1897. The cemetery was not hard to find, once we actually found it and saw where it was. We walked a ton more than we needed to, but on the way we found lots of neat things like old toys from the 70s and rusted TVs. If you are looking for the abandoned cemetery, it is directly behind the golf course on 74 in Indian Trail, NC. It wasn't as spooky as I was hoping for, but still a neat thing to have photos of and say you've seen. If you have any information on this cemetery, I'd love to hear it. I read one article about it, but it didn't give much historical background.

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Once Was Home | Craven County

While driving along a stretch of road that I had been all around before, but not actually on, I noticed this old home right up against the highway. Located on Spring Garden Road, just off of 43 outside of New Bern, this house is overshadowed by it's neighbor. Just up the street sits what is probably the most photographed abandoned house in the county. If you've driven on 43, you've certainly seen the big old house at the intersection there.

Anyway, I shot a few frames of the house at the intersection, which probably won't ever see the web, before heading down to this house. It doesn't appear to have been abandoned for too terribly long, but long enough to become slightly overgrown. In the color version, the roof and windows are a washed out red, which was pretty eye catching.

I chose to go with a black and white textured processed version mainly to add to the moodiness of the vegetation. Most times I either come across a house that has no trees or weeds around it, or is completely overrun to the point that you can barely see the home. This one's 'middle staged overgrowth' just made it feel a bit more spooky. As if someone could possibly still be in there...living under the radar. Spooky...

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An abandoned farm house sits in a Craven County cotton field. The lean in the house is a warning of it's eventual reclamation by nature.

(February 2011)