This is the fifth calendar year of my photos in the Daily Photo Community.
I started posting to this community on January 20, 2009.
All images ©Copyright Duane A. Bender 2013.
I started posting to this community on January 20, 2009.
All images ©Copyright Duane A. Bender 2013.
![dakotacowboy > January 30, 2013 - "Abandoned"
We stopped for a short photo break near Coyanosa on our recent 500 mile drive from Ft. Worth to Alpine, Texas.
"Coyanosa was originally settled as a ranching community in the early 1900s. A post office was established in 1908, but was discontinued ten years later. Further development of the community resumed in the 1950s as numerous water wells were drilled in the area to irrigate nearby cotton farms. By 1958, approximately 200 people lived in Coyanosa.[4] The post office reopened and by the early 1960s, the population had risen to 600. Increasing fuel prices in the mid-1970s made irrigation unprofitable and forced many area cotton farms out of business. A decline in the number of inhabitants soon followed. By 1990, Coyanosa had around 270 people. That figure had fallen to 138 by 2000.[5]"
source - Wikipedia
more images from this location can be viewed at
http://www.dakotacowboyphotography.com/Travel-USA/Texas-Big-Bend-Country-2013/Farm-Road-1776-1450-West-Texas/27762175_L3FLFv#!i=2340604722&k=LkM4jz9](http://www.dakotacowboyphotography.com/Daily-Photos/Daily-Photos-2013/i-8Q7xLpQ/0/Ti/DSCF3644_HDR-Edit-Ti.jpg "dakotacowboy > January 30, 2013 - \"Abandoned\"
We stopped for a short photo break near Coyanosa on our recent 500 mile drive from Ft. Worth to Alpine, Texas.
\"Coyanosa was originally settled as a ranching community in the early 1900s. A post office was established in 1908, but was discontinued ten years later. Further development of the community resumed in the 1950s as numerous water wells were drilled in the area to irrigate nearby cotton farms. By 1958, approximately 200 people lived in Coyanosa.[4] The post office reopened and by the early 1960s, the population had risen to 600. Increasing fuel prices in the mid-1970s made irrigation unprofitable and forced many area cotton farms out of business. A decline in the number of inhabitants soon followed. By 1990, Coyanosa had around 270 people. That figure had fallen to 138 by 2000.[5]\"
source - Wikipedia
more images from this location can be viewed at
http://www.dakotacowboyphotography.com/Travel-USA/Texas-Big-Bend-Country-2013/Farm-Road-1776-1450-West-Texas/27762175_L3FLFv#!i=2340604722&k=LkM4jz9")
February 1, 2013 - "Deep In The Brush"
This was shot in Big Bend National Park while hiking through some heavy underbrush.
This was shot in Big Bend National Park while hiking through some heavy underbrush.
February 1, 2013 - "Deep In The Brush"
This was shot in Big Bend National Park while hiking through some heavy underbrush.
This was shot in Big Bend National Park while hiking through some heavy underbrush.