PrairieDust visual journal

photographer Dave Leiker

Galena, Route 66

Galena, Route 66

by | Sep 2, 2007 | Kansas, Small Towns

Once at the heart of a thriving lead and zinc mining area, Galena is now a ghost town on the bottom right corner of Kansas. For reading on the history of the town check Galena, on Legends of America.
Mill Wall 2

Mill Wall 2

by | Aug 21, 2007 | Kansas, Small Towns

Drinkwater-Shriver Mill, Cottonwood Falls In these glimpses of dissolving towns and industry, what really draws my eye is the incredible power of those forces that pull all of these temporal realities back into dust. It’s an ongoing drama. On these older...