The Rustic Ozarks

If steel authored the motoring age, rust will be its postscript. All roadside history not razed by the flux of progress will eventually succumb to the elements. The trappings of driving culture and the vehicles that took us there are vulnerable to decay, and they merit exploration before they're gone.


A license plate privacy fence at a junkyard on the Arkansas-Missouri border on Highway 59.


An Ozark vista West of Jasper on Arkansas 74.


The carcass of a long-dead vehicle at Hobbs State Park. Some variety of pre-war truck?


A long-unheeded prohibition on fishing and hunting from the Board of Health at Lake Atalanta.


A little rust, a few loose nails. The century-old Powell Bridge looks sound to me.


What are you worrying about? This place seems legit. The Hillbilly Cabin, South of Huntsville on Arkansas 23.


Decommissioned Conoco fuel pumps in Anderson, MO.

Are your tetanus shots up to date?