Today we drove past and through Petersburg, and we really believed we knew this time where to find whatever might be left of the tiny community of Lakeview. We drove and drove and of Lakeview we found nothing-- EXCEPT a sign outside of some kind of agricultural looking establishment that said: Lakeview Wind Farms. Wind farm usually means power generation but there were no wind turbines there. And a harassed and hard-working lady in a gas station/mini-mart in Petersburg mentioned a Lakeview farm that sold eggs. Maybe that's all that's left of Lakeview. We did find, on FM 400, a historic marker marking the spot once occupied by the community of Union. There was NOTHING LEFT of that community! There was not even a crumbled wall, not even a trace of a foundation-- NOTHING!! Just the marker, and a brief history.
I got some photos of ruins in Idalou and of some ruins in Lubbock along the Idalou Road that I have not photographed before. It was an interesting trip but also very sobering and kind of sad. Apparently, no Lakeview, and definitely no more Union. All gone! Someday, I'm sure, you will be able to say the same of Ropesville, and Lamesa, and Tahoka, and Post, and, yes, even Lubbock: ALL GONE!!
I got some photos of ruins in Idalou and of some ruins in Lubbock along the Idalou Road that I have not photographed before. It was an interesting trip but also very sobering and kind of sad. Apparently, no Lakeview, and definitely no more Union. All gone! Someday, I'm sure, you will be able to say the same of Ropesville, and Lamesa, and Tahoka, and Post, and, yes, even Lubbock: ALL GONE!!
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