Evans Well. Frozen,
1976
It is a peculiarity of the Oregon High Desert,
days like this. A warm sun in midday, the dry grasses and distant
hills appearing but little different than midsummer. Then you
happen upon that rarity of rarities, open water in the desert,
and it is a dry teat, unusable to livestock, hard-frozen all day
through, evaporating slowly away into the air, a dream like water
on Mars.
1999
1976
As these two images eloquently attest,
a lot of love has been given to renewing Evans Well since the
image on the right was taken one bleak winter day in 1976. Note
that the grinding wheel has been taken out of its original building
and thoughtfully restored. Any readers who can share more of the
story of Evans Wells' revival are welcome to use my E-mailer and
I'll be happy to add their reports here.
1976. Cold barn, little shelter
here.
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