“When We Worked on Shares, We Couldn’t Make Nothing”

Henry Blake

Thanks to Google Maps I have a new, and quicker, way to get to Scott, Arkansas from Cabot. I went to Scott yesterday to photograph the still smoldering remains of Cotham Mercantile.

Along this new route are several historic farms and at least one historic plantation. The biggest surprise was seeing an old sharecroppers house, so cool. It’s rare to find them standing, let alone one that is still in pretty decent shape. This one won’t be for long though with the metal roof sheets peeled back like they are.

One picture is taken with my Nikon and the other with my phone. Can you tell which one is which?

UPDATE November 6, 2017:

Apparently, a storm that came through the area really did some damage to this old place. I almost started crying when I turned the curve in the road and saw this: