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



Plate V, 







F-23M6A 



Fig. 1.— All that is Left of the Once Prosperous Town of Cross Fork, Pa. 



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

 its real estate from $896,862 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. 



