Welcome July 9, 1959

That is what someone inscribed on wet cement that was used to make the porch on their home.

On our maps we saw something called the V Lazy Y Cabin.  Of course we had to find out that that was.

Well, it was an old home, built out in the middle of nowhere, 60 years ago, and abandoned probably shortly thereafter.  Some family thought they could probably make a living running cattle in the area, but found they couldn't.  The land and grass can not sustain that many head of cattle.

But they had high hopes.  The engraving, "Welcome," showed to us someone with dreams like we all have.  They didn't just engrave the date, but fully expected to have visitors and happiness, and wanted everyone who came to their home to see that engraving of "welcome."

Their concrete welcome mat.



We can't find any history on this home or on them, but hope those dreams came true.  We suspect, with that amount of hope and optimism, that they did somewhere.

They are probably no longer alive.  But in an odd way, in this abandoned homestead in the middle of nowhere, we indeed felt welcome.