One Very Important Question..

   I have enjoyed reading the comments people left me after the post on finishing the courthouse tour and the pictures that accompanied that venture. Read it here if you have not:

http://walkinganewpath-pilgrim.blogspot.com/2015/01/four-years-five-months-five-daysmore-or.html

   But there was one troubling question that kept popping up in those words of encouragement:

   What are you going to do with all of those pictures and stories?

   I've got basically two sets of pictures in this 160 item photo file:

   Pictures of Courthouses that are still in use today. Those are active buildings, still serving as the official county seat of their county. Like this one in Early County.

   Then I have old buildings, such as this one in Baker County, that once served as the courthouse but now has been replaced by a newer structure. In most cases the buildings are used by another entity of that county or by a historical society.

   This one in Baker presently houses the Library.

   The other question that kept coming up was, "why don't you publish something on this?"

   That gets me to thinking of the 5 "W" Questions we were taught to ask in school.

   Who, What, When, Where and Why

   WHAT: What kind of book? What pictures and stories to use? All or a selected portion?

   WHO:   Who would want it? Who would it be targeted toward?

   WHEN: Do it now?

   WHERE: What are the logistics in getting a project like this under way and finished?

   And, it seems to me, the most important question starts with WHY: Why do it anyway? Will it do any good for anyone? Is it just an ego trip for the author?

   So, just a lot of questions, practical, logistical and motivational, but the most pressing one is the one hardest to answer: WHY?