u/whattheheehaw_com

Private or public roads (or not roads at all?)

Private or public roads (or not roads at all?)

I was born and raised in ye olde Hendertucky and unfortunately my family was not exactly the offloading type. I would often drive out into the desert as a kid to take pictures (I am a professional photographer and landscapes are therapeutic for me) But, I never ventured too far off the beaten path as a kid because I'm one of those kiss asses that likes to follow all the rules. But, I do often enjoy getting right up to the line of where the rule is without necessarily breaking it.

I want to explore the mountains around the valley and especially my hometown Henderson, and I have a older RAV4 that's very good at off roading (to an extent). But I don't want Joe Lombardo to run a red light to come after me for unintentionally trespassing or, God forbid, Michelle Romero imprison me in the dungeon of the new Four Seasons skyscrapers they're building on top of a fault line on what used to be a volcano (Black Mountain).

Also, I know I could hike. I would love to hike, but I'm lazy. Thank you in advance. Can someone tell me if any of the following in the vicinity of these pictures?

https://preview.redd.it/wrk0rn3x0ljh1.png?width=1462&format=png&auto=webp&s=7e015be9a67ceec2f86fe2b5ba72783dbacf1277

https://preview.redd.it/mujh95z20ljh1.png?width=1420&format=png&auto=webp&s=cb57c777838659ddc227cf1b67c5de7e4d3f4c29

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u/whattheheehaw_com — 5 days ago

Archiving/research startups?

I used to be in publishing, became a teacher, and quit because I couldn't take the toxicity and (quite frankly) b.s. that's passing for education these days. I am very adept at detailed research and have been digitizing my own family's historical photographs and doing genealogy as a form of relaxation, and because these photos really need to be preserved. I was wondering if anyone has turned anything like this into a small business of theirs and had any success with it? Thanks!

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u/whattheheehaw_com — 2 months ago

70 years ago tomorrow, May 3, 1956, three-year-old city of Henderson was celebrating Industrial Days, a super-intense (serious) series of parades, events, and parties that used to take place each year as a celebration of our city's industrial heritage (reformatted in the 2000s as "Pioneer Days"). In the first picture, a crop of the May 3, 1956 now-defunct newspaper, the Henderson Home New with an aerial shot of the Water Street District area/original Basic Townsite. The road on the right hand size is Boulder Hwy and the one dividing the top third of the pic is Lake Mead Pkwy. Oh, naturally, BMI along the very top of the picture. So, next time you drive past all those giant concrete buildings behind Target on Lake Mead, remember: those buildings refined the element that built the bombs, the aircraft frames and engines that won World War II.

Happy Industrial Days, Henderson!

u/whattheheehaw_com — 4 months ago