Bui. 638, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



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FIG. 1. ALL THAT is LEFT OF THE ONCE PROSPEROUS TOWN OF CROSS FORK, PA. 



With the departure of tlio sawmill its population shrank from 2,000 to 61, and the assessed value of 



its real estate from $S9G,8G2 to $18,815. 



FIG. 2. APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE HOUSES IN THIS MICHIGAN TOWN ARE NOW 



DESERTED. 



The sawmill, on which the prosperity of the town depended, ceased operations about five years ago. 



