Midwest Rural Scenes Photo Gallery by Tom Robbins at pbase.com

Midwest Rural Scenes

The places being traveled through are often more interesting than the places being traveled to.

After the Civil War, John Wesley Powell correctly determined that longitude 100 degrees W was the dividing line between the eastern US with generally good farmland, and the western US where more arid conditions are the norm. Due to climate change, this dividing line is steadily moving eastward. Water-thirsty fields of corn will gradually be replaced with wheat and other drought tolerant crops in the upper Midwest.

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Iowa Schoolhouse	King Corn	Ethanol on the Vine	Utica Elevator	Rural Relic	Abandoned Crib	Quiet Morning
Approaching Storm	Alfalfa Harvest	Grain Dryer	Mission Accomplished	Levee Road	Gravel Road Intersection	Prairie Dawn
Pastoral Lane	Chicago Road	Utica Elevator, 2009	Silo Roof	Octagonal Crib	Maplewood Road	Abandoned Crib
Silo and Barn	Silo Detail	Tin Shed	Cattle Shed	Dean Road	Midtown Road	Prairieview Farm
Abandoned Farmstead	Tin Crib	Crib in December	Barn and Auger	Crib and Barn	Bin and Shed	Furrows
Driveway	Mill Road Bridge	Rusty Barn	Weber Farm	Hedgerow	Gas for Less	Council and Orchard Roads
Store and Ford	Hazelhurst Lumber and Grain	Grandview Road	Around the Clock	Track at Hinckley	Autumn Crescent	Barn on the Hill
Bales by the Maquoketa	Roadside Store	Vinegar Hill Road	Windblown	Corner Post	Field Edges	HoKa Feeds
Oak Tree and Field	Hurd Farmhouse	Abandoned Barn	Elevators at Chana, June	Intimate Wheat	Barns and Bean Field	Front Porch
Rusty Relics	Sunflower Field	Dairy Barn with Gothic Roof	Carthage Road, November	Elevator at Eldena	Barns and Earth	Outhouse
Elevator at Sheffield	Morning at Hazelhurst	Farm on the Hill, January	Pine Road Farmstead	Drifted Snow	Wayne Feeds	Terminal Elevator
East of La Moille	Silo at Elva	Crossing at Sheffield	Dirty Face Creek Valley	Elevator at Hills Iowa	Outbuildings, 2013	Elevators at Chana, October
Corn and Oak	Stone Barn Road, November	Elevators at Leland	Farm on the Hill, December	Winter Sky over County 38	Bureau County 1550E	Kyte River in March
Fenceline and Tree	Field Ditch	Franklin Township Furrows	Abandoned Dairy Barn	Rusty Shed	Hillside Farm	Old Barn on Meridian Road
Evergreen Road Corn Fields	Lowden Road, August	Grain Bins and Dryer at Utica	Pine Road Farmhouse	Yellow House on Lowden Road	Keslinger Road	Osage Fence Post
South of Lee	Cold Dawn	Crib and Dirty Snow	Creston Grain & Supply	Sandwich Grain Company	Early Morning Early Spring	Yorkville Elevator
Hydraulic and Mill	Elevator at Millbrook	Farmhouse on Sandwich Road	Elevator at Earlville	Crib and Caddy	Elevator at Ashton	Elevator at Franklin Grove
Barn in the Woods	Barn on the Hill	Elevator at Compton	Haskell Memorial Building	Grain Bins at Kings	Elevator at Manlius	Abandoned Elevator
Elevator at Van Orin	Elevator at Meriden	Elevator at Neponset	Elevators at Chana, May	Grain Bins at Triumph	Elevator at Grand Ridge	Grain Leg Detail
Elevator South of Paw Paw	Elevator at Steward	Grain Bins at Ashton	Elevator at Roxbury	Haumesser Road	Trackside at Mineral	Abandoned Service Station
Hay Road	Elevator at Florence	Columbine Road	Corner Post and Wire	September Morning	One Lane Woodlawn Road	South Valentine Road
Bins at Rollo	Ground Fog at Sunrise	Shadows at Lowden Road	End of the Road	Grain Bins at Malta	Ground Fog at Maplewood Road	Beyond the Hedge
Woodlawn Road	Hazy Morning at Lowden Road	East of Triumph	Leland Farmer's Company	Crossing at Tower Road	Johnson Road	Sandwich Grain Company
Atherton Grain	Junque	Poplar Grove Feed	Clear Creek Valley	David Bradley Hay Rake	Millbrook Elevator 2016	New Holland Hay Rake
Elevator at Ade	Cortland Elevator	Rural Service Station	Farm South of Manville	Manville-Brooksburg Road	Osgood Elevator	Empty Hayfield
Woodlawn Shadows	Maplewood Road at Sunrise, September	Grand Ridge Elevator	Shadows Along Council Road	Byers Road	Tustin Lumber and Grain	West of Boyne City
Watertown Road	Maplewood Road at Sunrise, November	Barn on McGirr Road	Pine Road Sunrise	Edge of the Woods	Roadside Relic	Barn on Beloit Newark Road
Church in Twin Grove	Shed and Tree	Elevator and Signal at Manlius	Roadside Honey Locust Tree	Baker Illinois	Elevator at Newark	Grain Bins in Newark
Clouds over Blackstone	Track at Budd	Trackside at Mazon	Early Morning at Chana	Early Afternoon at Hazelehurst	Abandoned Gas Station	Little Green Farmhouse
Little House on Pleasant Hill Road	Hesston 6450 Swather	Old Crib in the Beanfield	Hydraulic and Mill 2017	Rural Entropy	Cattle at Indian Creek	Beans along Carthage Road
Empty Farmhouse on Mulford Road	Hetzler Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve	Metal Crib in the Beans	Empty Farmhouse on Crego Road	Mowed Hay	Meriden Grain	Row Crops along Hay Road
Farmall Tractor with Baler	Farmall 560 and John Deere 346	Crib in the Corn	Full Steam	Hedge and Field	Valentine Road	Autumn Corridor
On the Horizon	Field Road with Snow	Pumphouse Remnant	Old Oak along Tingle Road	Field Bridge and Snow	Elevator South of Lisbon	Yorkville Elevator, February
North of Hanover	Hay Road and Moon	Trees and Posts	Elevator at Baileyville	Church on Lee Road	Wagon of Hay on a Hazy Day	Valley Farm
Parker Road in June	Between Fields	Garfield House	Little Blue House	Roadside Shadows	Silo and Barn	Morning Mist at Aldrich Road
Creston Grain and Supply	Elevator at Welland	Knox Road	Case 8850 Swather	Summer Sunrise	Early Morning at Maplewood Road	Corn along Cartharge Road
Ice Field	Snow Field	Old Crib in the Woods	Between Fields at Sunrise	North of the Fence	Barn in the Grassland	Cuckoo Creek Crossing
Frost in the Ditch	Silver Creek Valley, January	Blue House on Crego Road	Broken Limbs in February	Snow at the Fence	Hilltop Shadows	Woodlawn Road Puddles
Mullins Grain Co	Hay in the Crib	Cornfield Corridor	Horizon Farm	Early Dawn at Maplewood Road	Empty Cornfield	Hedgerow Tree
Top of the Hill	Standing Corn	Bend in the Creek	Dawn at Kesslinger Road	Field Bridge over Little Rock Creek	Hedgerow Fence	Snake Road Corner
Crego Road Farmhouse	End of the Road II	Snow along Woodlawn Road	Farmhouse on University Road	Top of the Hill in February	Silo and Fog	At the Fenceline
Silver Maple and Open Field	Empty House and Fog	Woodlawn Road in May	Tilled Field	Silo and Barn 2020	Field of Beans	Windmill and Cattle Tank
Bean Sprouts	Crops along Woodlawn Road	Woodlawn Road in July	Shadows at Woodlawn Road	Gravel and Tassels	Summer Clouds	Garden Prairie Feed
Ground Fog	Dawn at Gillis Road	House at the End of the Road	Cornfield and Hackberry Tree	Road to Henrietta	Old Field Bridge	Ground Fog at Maplewood Road
Corn on a Summer Afternoon	Kaneville Grain and Supply	Pine Road in Autumn	Autumn Shadows	Woodlawn Road in October	Crib and Clouds	Hedge and Horizon at Kingston Township
October Crop Rows	Willow by the Field	Field and Treeline	Barn and Soil	Fence Row	Behind the Barn	Field and Early Morning Mist
Rush Road	Rural Horizon	Rodden Road	Snow and Morning Haze	Burton Road and Snow	Winter Shadows along Hairpin Road	Field Bridge in Winter
Winter Corn	Little Rock Creek and Barn	Snake Road Corner in Winter	Field of Blue	Meyers Road Bridge	Shadows along Skunk Hollow Road	Farm on Sinsinawa Road
Rural Shadows	Silos at Sunrise	Elevator at Herbert	Neebel Road	Disking	John Deere 8RX 370	Planting Beans
Farm on River Road	Planted Field	Intersection in Bureau County	Lane with Fog	Morning Clouds	East of Crego in Clinton Township	Field and Shadow
McGirr Road and Morning Haze	Summer Morning at Woodlawn Road	Overgrown Shadows	Early Season Fields	Daybreak at Maplewood Road	Silo House	Summer Daybreak
Blackhawk Road	Elevator in Lostant	Family Foods	Grainland Cooperative at Secor	Elevator in Mazon	Bean Field along Woodlawn Road	Byers Road at Dawn
Havesting Beans	Willow Creek Valley Sunrise	Autumn Shadows II	Boop School Road	Open Fields	Barn on Story Road	Daybreak along Story Road
Elevator in Big Rock	Crib in the Snow	Collapsed Barn	Barn and Oak on Maize Road	Winter Woodlawn	Winter Corn Rows	South Flack Road
Farm on Pritchard Road	East of the Tracks	Spring Morning at Breyers Road	Willow and Hilltop	Farm on Sinsinawa Road in April	Seedling Corn	Backyard Barn
Hoosier Road	Car and Crib	Early Morning South of Cortland	July Fields along Breyers Road	Row Crops along Hershey Road	Busch Road Westward	Fields of Corn
Edge of the Sunflower Field	Morning Fog at McGirr Road	Woodlawn Mist	Morning Clouds over Battle Creek	John Deere 730	Between Fields	September Beans
Pasture along Plum River	Midday Crib	Among the Beans	Loading Corn from Combine to Cart	Loading Corn from Cart to Truck	End of Row Turn	Elevator at Holcomb
Harvested Corn Field	Daybreak at Silberman Road	North Unity Road	Field along Battle Creek	Ground Fog at Dawn	Harvest Fog	Fence Row
Crib and Silo	Red Shed at Sunrise	Late Autumn Snow	Field with Snow	Surface Field Drainage	Trackside Frost	West Branch Big Rock Creek
Hilltop Farm at Dawn	Fence at Battle Creek	Knox Road Bridge	Corn Crib Tenants	Empty Farmstead	Oak and Dairy Barn	North End of the Windbreak
Chase Road Southward	Beanfield along Battle Creek	Cornfield Edge	Corn along Summer Hill Road	Bailed Wheat Straw	North Unity Road in July	Corn and Cottonwood
Old Dairy Farm and Oak Tree	Farmall M	John Deere 3010	Crib and Barn	Beanfield and Outbuildings	Lonesome Road Bridge	Fields and Fog
Hillside Outbuildings	Morning Mist over Lonesome Road	Crib in the Corn	Lott Road Westward	Lott Road Northward	Morning Shadows along Lonesome Road	Dawn in Kingston Township
Barn in the Bluestem	Leaning Silo and Barn	Daybreak along Crego Road	Field Stubble at Dawn	Spring Morning along Byers Road	Barn on a Hill

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