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Gonna leave this city, got to get away ... (near Horseshoe Lake, Arkansas, southwest of Memphis)
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Across the Mississippi River from Memphis, in a field behind an abandoned country store, stands this neglected historical marker recalling a lake that's no longer there.
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The abandoned country store with the forgotten historical marker nearby, shown in previous post ... in Crittenden County, Arkansas.
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Spider lilies, indicating this field behind the country store in the previous post was likely an old home site. Spider lilies are an old southern flower that bloom late, usually in September. Some folks call them surprise lilies.
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Symbiosis: Cattle egrets doing their thing with friends on the Mississippi River levee in Crittenden County, Arkansas, across the river from Memphis. The grazing cattle stir up insects; the egrets eat the bugs, keeping them off the cattle.
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From a Buick Eight ... in West Memphis, Arkansas.
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Only the facade is left from an old movie theater in Dyess, Arkansas, but plans are to restore and rebuild the 1940s movie house and name it in honor of Johnny Cash, who grew up in Dyess. (See previous posts.)
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Arkansas State University has restored the childhood home of Johnny Cash in Dyess, Arkansas. When I first shot this site in January 2012 it was boarded up and appeared to have been abandoned for years.
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I've been everywhere, man ... but I'd never seen this early photo of Johnny Cash and Elvis, on display at McCrory's General Store in Dyess, Arkansas. Cash grew up less than a mile from this store. (See previous posts.)
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The proprietor of McCrory's General Store sits behind the counter of his shop in Dyess, Arkansas, where he sells T-shirts and photos of Johnny Cash, who grew up in Dyess. The store has been in business since 1953. (See previous post.)
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McCrory's General Store near Dyess, Arkansas, sells souvenirs of Johnny Cash, who spent his childhood in Dyess, about 40 miles northwest of Memphis. The store has been there since 1953 and also sells souvenirs of Gene Williams, also from Dyess.
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Security statement
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Three Brothers ...
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Jaws ...
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Working late ...
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Rainy afternoon ...
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Any color, as long as it is black
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Berta don't you come around here anymore ... (with apologies to the Grateful Dead. And yes, I know the song is Bertha with an H, but what the hell)
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"It's delovely, it's dynamic, it's DeSoto" -- someone actually wrote those words for an ad for this American car brand, which folded in 1961. Found this late-50s example in West Memphis, Arkansas.
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Let's go fishing
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Drive-by barn ...
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Miss the Mississippi ...
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Crossing muddy waters
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The green menace ...
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Time paints for no one ...
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Johnny Cash lived here ...
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Johnny Cash remembered ...
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This one's optimistic ...
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Johnny Cash slept here ...
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Front-door view ...
