Yes, Slaton features one of the few surviving "Harvey Houses", once common features along the Santa Fe lines. This one is still in operation and preserved in as authentic condition as possible. You can eat there. We didn't because it was closed Sunday.
Yes, the railroad is a major employer in Slaton.
What you see is a lot of stuff that seems to be related to the Santa Fe Railroad and maybe agriculture.
I have no idea what these structures are for. But other things are less hard to interpret.
Small towns in this part of Texas don't have the time or resources to waste time being "pretty", although they might try. Their business is survival, and that is tough enough. No sissies need apply.
Just a few more junkyard pics, and then Slaton.
What a great junkyard that is!
We saw this field of sunflowers on Highway 84, headed toward Slaton...
You veer off onto an overpass to enter downtown Slaton-- lots of wrecks here due to poor design of the highway.
Entering Slaton...
The cemetery greets you as you enter but don't abandon hope.
Slaton is a railroad town, you soon learn...
I think "numinous" is a word Jung used a lot. It sometimes seems to fit.
Next time around, we'll be in Slaton.
We finish Coyote Candle and move on to a junkyard in Lubbock. That junkyard always has something new to photograph. This time the main feature was a rusty engine block, an old "straight six".
But first, the last of Coyote Candle.
And there it is, a thing of beauty. Seems to have been OHV, maybe a Chevy.
There's always a story behind things like this. We'll never know.
Yes, the railroad is a major employer in Slaton.
