This is what happens to the environment even after over 100 years has gone by... the lasting damage. All for $2 million in gold.
One of the largest of the 7 mines in the area was the A. M. & D. Mine, long abandoned.
Donna loves these mountain log fences.
Not a bad dirt road to Hogans Cabin in Montana off Hwy 43, about 7 miles off the Hwy.
Dustin is a "seasonal" worker from St. Louis, MO. who was stocking the cabin with firewood for winter cross-country skiers for the upcoming winter season. (guess they were shorter in the olden days?)
The western pine beetle is devastating the national forests of the western states. Some areas, it might be one in ten trees affected...in others it could be as low as one in three.
To tell you the truth I have no idea how or why these trees ended up on the ground.
Some of the very few animals we saw on our 40 mile dirt road trip.
Just another sad time in our history. Rather than allowing the Nez Perce to continue the trek to Canada, the U. S. Army decided to slaughter women and children and ship the remainder to some Kansas reservation.
Big Hole Battle field.
Every year the Nez Perce have a ceremony of remembrance for the dates of August 7th through the 9th. We happened to be there on August 7th...the day the Nez Perce first camped at Big Hole. This is approximately where the tipi's were placed.
Maybe during the ceremony they will allow me to help?
Wisdon, Montana was the starting point for our back road trip to Gibbonsville, Idaho. We spent some time with the proprietor of this store, who also runs a ranch south of town, about the area and wolf problems. Donna and I are getting a better understanding of the tug of war between the wolf lovers and the ranchers outcry for sever wolf control.
Love a barn that is much bigger than the farmhouse... especially if it is red!
Not really sure why the rancher or ranch hand had decided to hang this carcass of a badger on the fence... warning to other badgers?
This could be our new floor plan.
We are not sure why this narrow dirt road is maintained by the forest department but maybe for fall hunters.
It takes us from about 4500 feet elevation to the pass at 7100 feet, that not only divides Idaho and Montana, but also the mountain ranges of Salmon National Forest and Beaverhead National Forest.
3 comments:
great pictures and history, seems like the pine beetle is gradually moving northward each year. Shorter, milder winters, gloabla warming.... nah
oh, that was me, Joe
Kinda thought it was you. yes to the shorter season but winter might be a tad too cold for me
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