gone

Somewhere in the distance of the photo, not far from the bridge that's barely visible, there was once a town called Dyerville. In the early 20th century it was a busy place. There wasn't much left of it after the 1955 floods on the Eel River, and whatever did survive was soon bulldozed and abandoned. There's essentially no trace of it today.

It's a good reminder that the works of man are ephemeral. Although the time scale may vary from place to place and may be very short or well beyond the span of a human lifetime, nature will always win in the end.