Tag: #castledome

• Exploring Castle Dome: Arizona’s Historic Ghost Town Museum

  I wanted to visit a “ghost town” while I was in Arizona. Castle Dome Mining Museum is located in the Kofa National Wildlife Preserve in Yuma County, Arizona. It is the nearest “ghost town” to my location. The area was home to the town and mining camp of Castle Dome. It was based around the Castle…

  cindyarchbellmattson

  February 20, 2026

  Inspiration, travel

  #arizona #yuma, #castledome, #forgotton, #ghosttown, #miningtown

• The Washroom

  A bucket list image for me. I love  the old black and white images taken during the depression in the mid west. They show the harshness of the times. Widespread poverty, agricultural disasters including droughts. The dust bowl era. People were destitute and you can see the sorrow in their faces. This image reminded me…

  cindyarchbellmattson

  February 17, 2026

  photography

  #alookintothepast, #arizona, #castledome, #depressionmidwest, #dustbowl, #ghostoen, #hopelessness, #oldminingtoewn, #oldwashingmachines, #poverty, #wringerwashers, #yuma