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Stone outbuilding at an abandoned farmstead on Johnson Mesa.
Johnson Mesa at 8000'+ in elevation is high, fairly flat and wide open. Winter is
probably brutal.
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Close up view of stone outbuilding. The owners have cabled the
north end in order to keep the building from collapsing.
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Perspective view of stone outbuilding. May have originally been
constructed as a home but was converted to a barn.
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Close up of door to stone out building.
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Foreground stones were the foundation and partial height walls of a barn
that once stood in this location.
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Log out building - collapsed on the south end. Remnants of a
volcanic cone on the left horizon.
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Log cabin and the main living quarters for the farmstead.
The
logs would have provided better insulation against the wind and the cold.
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Two bottom flip plow. This plow allows a return on the
same furrow with no need to create single or multiple lands. This
type of plow may no longer be manufactured.
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Horse drawn cultivator with steel wheels.
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Grain drill or planter with wood seed box and steel wheels.
Originally horse drawn but converted for tractor.
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