Across the street is an old barn that has been falling down for years. It is so heavily shielded by trees growing up around it that one cannot really see the extent of the decay.
Passing 400W on 650S (which is also called McCoyburg Road), I was surprised to see new construction. I could not tell if this will be a new house or something else.
A bit further down the road the framework of new home is up. There has not been much new-home construction in Rensselaer. I wonder how much there has been in the surrounding area.
A bit further to the east was what appeared to be the site where a house once stood. If there had not been a "No Trespassing" sign, I would have looked for an old foundation.
In the same area was another artifact from the past, an old corn crib.
This road has some twists and turns. I met a couple of women biking to the west but I did not get a picture of them. As they approached, two dogs came out to bark at them, but after barking at the women, they seemed not to care to give me any attention. A number of people have built along the road south of Pleasant Ridge, which you can see in the picture below. It shows both the elevator and the ethanol plant.
A couple miles to the east lies the little settlement of McCoysburg. It consists of about 15 houses, almost all along the road. It never was much of a settlement, though a century ago it did have a few small stores, a railroad depot (or maybe two).Today it has no businesses. When I worked the census twenty years ago, I was surprised to learn that one of the houses served as a seasonal vacation home. I thought it a strange place to have a second house.
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Wow! That was quite a ride! It's been a long time since I've been out to McCoysburg. Thanks for the interesting tidbits! :o)
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