Cockeysville Volunteer Fire Company

Cockeysville Volunteer Fire Company. 11210 York Road, Cockeysville, Maryland. Baltimore County Station 39. Formed in October 1896 as the Marble Hill Fire Department, it would be 1917 before they incorporated as Cockeysville Volunteer Fire Company. In 1896 they started in a carriage house at York and Shawan Roads. As apparatus grew bigger so did their choice of stations did moving into an old carpentry shop at York and Ashland Roads and eventually into a shop in front of that station in 1900. Here they stayed until fire took the building in 1927. In 1928 the built a new station and remained there until building the current station in 1990. CVFC ran 1137 fire and 1830 EMS calls last year.

A New Blue View

This is a different view from my backyard. Taken in bluer sky days.

Nashville Boots

Some of the many boot shops in downtown Nashville. There was a bunch. So many you would think that the supply would make the prices reasonable. Wrong. So wrong. We came home and spend half of that.

Sun Mike

Sun Studio in Memphis, the place where Elvis got his start. The Sun legend was further fueled by the likes of Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Roy Orbison. What songs do who sing to this microphone? Did the King of Rock n Roll grip it while doing the hip thing? Did Johnny sing about Folsom Prison with it? Some things the world may never know.

The Farmstead

Another barn I saw while on a drive-about last weekend. Nothing this weekend, rainy Saturday and busy Sunday. this one is somewhere between Chambersburg and Scotland, Pa.

Spellcheck, Please.

Gas pump in Limon, Colorado. Is that Ho-made or Homemade? At least it's nice to know they keep their Ho's busy during the day making pastries.

Thrift shop in downtown Chamersburg, Pa. Buy -N- Seel. I think they need a little more blackout, I mean whiteout.

Diner, Cleversburg, Pa. I'm really surprised they didn't spell it with an "SH".

Alliance Fire Company No. 1

Alliance Fire Company No. 1, 717 Washington Avenue, Northampton, Pa., Northampton County. Organized in October 14, 1902 it became a part of the Northampton Fire Department in 1994 when it joined Northampton Fire Company #1 and Central Fire Company. The Alliance started at Sheiry's Hall and moved into this building in 1911. The fire company still exists and the old station is now a social hall.