I love this photo.  All the lines in the side of the cliff makes it look like its raining to me.  I appreciate it too because you think to yourself, how could I survive there?  I didn't know how rare cameras were then and how rare it was to own one.  It makes me appreciate the photo more because your right, most pictures were of the civil war.  The irony of the title too! I agree this should be preserved because it is important we know how past generations lived.  It should be preserved so we have a piece of history and can study those people's culture.  Would you live there?