Wheeler County Trading CO.

Posted by Steve Rice (Olympia, United States) on 28 July 2012 in Documentary & Street.

During the heat of early afternoon, 100°F (37.8°C), we went to the small town of Mitchell, Oregon which was around nine miles from the National Monument. This general store had cold drinks and ice cream on hand among other essentials.

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Comments (15)

Jeff from Honolulu, United States

Excellent color and fine detail here...and, of course, the bikes are just intrinsically special.

28 Jul 2012 6:33am

Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain

A fantastic typical document! Good light and details.

28 Jul 2012 6:48am

Marie LC from Entre montagnes et Bretagne, France

I like this typical town...

28 Jul 2012 7:15am

l'angevine from France

la scène de western plus moderne où les chevaux sont remplacés....

28 Jul 2012 7:53am

Sylvie from Bords de Loire (Anjou), France

Splendide image.
Nous voici au far west !

28 Jul 2012 8:05am

Veronique from France, Switzerland

I love this picture for its atmosphere

28 Jul 2012 8:06am

Curly from South Shields, United Kingdom

This has all the "feel" of the wild west and the cinematic quality of old cowboy movies, just needs a few horses in place of Hondas :-)

28 Jul 2012 8:30am

Ruthiebear from Titusville, NJ, United States

Looks like the Old West for sure! A great image with a lot of story.

28 Jul 2012 4:07pm

Baldwin VW from Bejuma, Venezuela

Old western with modern "horses" ;-)) .. Beautiful photo of this interesting place !!!

28 Jul 2012 8:11pm

Michael Fresh from Chester, United Kingdom

I'm expecting to see a cowboy on a horse. Is that town really like that, or is it for the tourists ?

28 Jul 2012 9:17pm

@Michael Fresh: What you see is what you get, I think. There just isn't much here.

Phil Morris from Saskatoon, Toronto, Canada

A very beautiful image, love this scene where time seems to have stood still except
for the people stopping by.

29 Jul 2012 12:17am

Daryl Johnson from Worcester Park, United Kingdom

'Needful Things' hey...? So evocative.

29 Jul 2012 10:50am

Diana from Olympia, United States

Cool

29 Jul 2012 5:23pm

Stephen from Canberra, Australia

Great find - this place looks like the real deal!

31 Jul 2012 12:03pm

franz from Baden, Austria

what a perfect cloud in the sky ... and the saloon still attracts the cowobys, it seems, though on horses of a different kind ... ;-))

2 Aug 2012 7:30pm

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