This is a very interesting article. Your informative introductions and captions certainly make these ghost towns "lively". I love the church and the dinosaur! The dinosaur is really cute.
— Ben Hsu, October 28, 2007

Lila -
This old journal of mine, with more photos of the church, convent etc, has more information. Yes, the current nuns retirement home was the convent. http://www.worldisround.com/articles/206898/text.html
— Lorraine Brecht, October 27, 2007

Wonderful photo's
Do you know if that "sculpture" in the Pontiex church is the original from France? I was in that church last year and took some photo's of it and later read about the history of a particular sculpture. And, thank you for information regarding the Pontiex hospital. I wondered if the building was still in use; and you had your tonsils out at that hospital... I think that is neat. Do you know if there was also a convent in Pontiex? You take very interesting photo's. I like them all.
— Lila Cugini, October 27, 2007

Shocking but very necessary
We easterners know vaguely that the Depression was really tough for western farmers, but it isn't until you see something like this and your previous couple of articles that you realize just HOW horrible! I'm very glad you've shown these photos, and have given such complete background information.
— Fred Perry, October 25, 2007

Tony -
In a ghost town like Scotsguard, there's someone who still lives there to look after & watch over things. That rarely happens. As for vandalism & theft, one has to remember that this is a land of wide open spaces & many of these ghost towns are considered remote, so there's not easy access for vandalism & theft? Theft of antiques from ghost towns is a big problem in other places, but not here, yet.... We're keeping our fingers crossed....
— Lorraine Brecht, October 25, 2007

Hi Lorraine, I still can't get over how intact the buildings look in the ghost towns. Even the glass still seems to be in a lot of the windows. Is there a caretaker that looks after the properties? The abandoned vehicles would be quite valuable in this country and would be highly sought after collectables. As usual, another excellently photographed and very informative article. Tony from England.
— Tony Ethridge, October 25, 2007

I love tresle bridges too! Nice images, it looks like you take your time at each place, I should have more patience!
— Chris, October 25, 2007