A few of these sturdy concrete block corn cribs remain, dotting the central Illinois prairie. Most, like this cluster of old buildings, mark a farmstead. When this crib was new, the road was dotted with families.

This is now an industrial landscape, marked by well-maintained but unpopulated roads every quarter of a mile, laid out on a grid. Electric and telephone wires bring power to the remaining farms.
Industrial Agricultural Landscape, 1350N and 050E, Douglas County © D. Gorton 2001
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