A ghost town called Moskee, WY

Vrij associëren met woorden en begrippen is mijn manier van ontspannen wanneer ik te lang met een specifiek onderwerp bezig ben (geweest). Voorbeeld: ter ontspanning gebruik ik vandaag Archive.org als grabbelton en ga zomaar zoeken met de (nederlandstalige) zoekterm 'moskee'. De lijst met zoekresultaten is zoals verwacht niet lang. De files van de El Tawheed moskee te Amsterdam laat ik direct links liggen, de koranrecitatie files van de El Fath moskee te Amersfoort bewaar ik voor later. Dan blijft er nog één bestand over: Map of Wyoming 44.250N 104.125W. Een echte vreemde eend in de bijt van zoekresultaten lijkt me, dus mijn aandacht is direct getrokken!

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Het is een webpagina met een kaart van een deel van de staat Wyoming (VS), beschikbaar gesteld als een .tif bestand (hoge resolutie!). Tussen alle topografische gegevens staan op die Archive.org webpagina de woorden Landmark: Moskee. Google Maps geeft mij nauwelijks informatie, maar de Amerikaanse website Snowgoer.com weet meer: Moskee is een Amerikaanse spookstad, gelegen in de staat Wyoming:

The day's first point of interest was the town of Moskee, Wyoming. It was once a lumber town and home to 600 people, according to Butch, though other accounts estimate about 250 people.
We followed the Grand Canyon south from Willow Springs, Wyoming, to get to the defunct town. The canyon flowed like a river through the hills and pines, sweeping from east to west. It was covered with snowmobile tracks and was obviously a popular cross-country route.
After several miles, we headed west into Moskee. When we arrived, few remnants could be seen. But around a corner and to the south was a two-story water tower that sat atop a hill. The tower supplied water to the residents and fed fire hydrants planted throughout the village.
Moskee produced lumber for Homestake Inc. But when Homestake Forest Products opened in Spearfish, South Dakota, in 1940, it marked the beginning of the end for Moskee, Butch said.
For a closer look, we carefully picked our way through town toward the hill that led up to the tower; we didn't want to run into any of the fire hydrants that are still scattered about. The three of us made it without incident and headed up the hill to the tower.
Melted snow ran down its weathered side as the warm afternoon sun shined through the cloudless sky. The tower still looked strong, though its gray, wooden sides certainly aren't waterproof anymore.
As we hung out beside the water tower under the bright January sun, Butch drew a diagram in the snow of the square-sets Homestake placed inside its mines. He explained how the hefty 7-foot by 7-foot wood structures were placed and kept the walls from caving in.

www.snowgoer.com/output.cfm?id=1086715

The Specials – Ghost Town (extended version)
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