Please stop by and view our new art display featuring the photography of Jim Jones. The pictures, which were taken on a trip to Alaska, are displayed on the 2nd floor west wall of the library.
- Jim Jones
“I have taken photographs almost as long as I can remember. One of the oldest memories I have of taking pictures took place the year I graduated from the eighth grade. My family took a trip from Wisconsin to North Carolina to see one of my aunts. We were going through the coal mining area of Kentucky and there were all these piles of coal and shale along the road and the train tracks were right next to the road. Growing from the shale were some gorgeous roses and I wanted to get pictures of them. Somehow I talked Dad into stopping the car to let me go across the tracks to get a picture. Once I got over there and got a picture and went to come back across the tracks, there was a coal train going by. I couldn’t get back to the car and it was June and hot; this was long before many cars had air conditioning. Everyone in the car had to be sweating like crazy. There were over 300 cars in that train, all hauling coal. I don’t know what happened to that photo, but I have been taking pictures ever since.” ~Jim Jones