Thursday, April 4, 2024

Natrona County Library not moving into the First Interstate Bank Building.

Casper's Natrona County Public Library was apparently considering moving into the First Interstate Bank Building which the bank is apparently moving out of as it is for sale, but the structure, in spite of being considerably more modern than the older part of the Natrona County Library, will not support the weight of the book collection.

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Blog Mirror: Wyoming’s Iconic The Virginian Hotel Has New Out-Of-State Owners

Wyoming’s Iconic The Virginian Hotel Has New Out-Of-State Owners

Monday, January 29, 2024

Hawaiian Goddess of the Moon, Hina. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

I've had to post this full size, or it would otherwise not be visible, given the distance, and the poor shooting position.

This large mural completed in 2017 depicts the Hawaiian Goddess of the Moon, Hina, who in Hawaiian legend guided sailors. It's located just outside of Pearl Harbor.

Painted Bricks?

As we noted in our very first post on this curiously named blog, this blog started off as an effort to photograph and document the painted "ghost signs" on buildings in Casper, Wyoming.

It has since expanded, as we have photographed most if not all of those, into one that captures generally interesting older buildings anywhere, while still recording painted signs on buildings where we run across them. It is one of a series of photograph blogs we have, including our main site, Holscher's Hub, our site dedicated to churches in our region, Churches of the West; our similar site on courthouses, Courthouses of the West; our railroad site, Railhead; and our site dedicated to war memorials, Some Gave All.

In a way, however, this site is a history site, attempting to record a bit of the history of the West through the depiction of its buildings of a certain era. We have a couple of history sites as well, including Lex Anteinternet and Today In Wyoming's History. This one mostly lacks text, unlike those other two, with the buildings speaking for themselves.