Echoes of the Past

This isn't a local history post... it's a forgotten places post.

In 2013, I came across an old abandoned house on CR 500 East in Clay County.  It stood out to me, so I stopped to take photos.  And made me wonder.  Who lived there? What happened to them? Why was the place abandoned.  The more I wandered, the more the place intrigued me.

Here are a few of the photos I took that day.  Perhaps they'll pose the same questions in you.



I want to go back (once it quits raining) and take some more.  See what other pieces of history that old house holds... 


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