CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 9/29/2015

Andrew Moore: Dirt Meridian

"J.D. Jerde and the Old Post Office, Harding County, South Dakota" (2014) is reproduced from Andrew Moore's stunning new collection of photographs of the High Plains of North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska—aka, the 100th meridian, which divides the United States between east and west. Moore writes, "Before it was the chicken coop for the Great Plains Buffalo Ranch, this old house served as a post office in a town to the west. In previous times, it was common for these to be located in someone's home. Often it was just a box or a crate in the corner of a small room, but nonetheless, for the homesteaders it was a prominent status symbol to be designated as such."