Masonic Lodge and School House
The first schools in Bannack were subscription schools – essentially private schools with parents paying tuition for their children to attend.
In 1874, Bannack Masonic Lodge No. 16 built a combination lodge and school building. The school was a public school serving students in K through 8th grade. It finally closed in the 1950s. The school was on the bottom floor and the lodge on the second.
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Bannack, Montana was founded in 1862 after a major gold discovery. It served as the capital of Montana Territory briefly during the civil war. The last residents left in the 1970s.
“Images from Bannack” are from July 30, 2010, our third visit to Bannack.
Graeter House – (above) Augustus Graeter and his wife, Emily Drury were married in Nebraska in 1860 and arrived in Bannack in 1862. In partnership with A. J. Smith, they constructed the Smith – Graeter Ditch in 1863 to provide water for mining. The ditch, along with others, helped sustain and contributed to the expansion of mining operations in Bannack. In 1897, his company built the gold dredge, which operated along Grasshopper Creek until 1902.
Turner House – Like most buildings in Bannack, this cabin saw many different uses over the years. This house was last owned by the Turner family before being acquired by the State of Montana. Arthur Contway purchased the building in the early 1900s and it served as his residence, Post Office, barbershop and had the only telephone in town for some time.
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Bannack, Montana was founded in 1862 after a major gold discovery. It served as the capital of Montana Territory briefly during the civil war. The last residents left in the 1970s.
“Images from Bannack” are from July 30, 2010, our third visit to Bannack.
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Bannack, Montana was founded in 1862 after a major gold discovery. It served as the capital of Montana Territory briefly during the civil war. The last residents left in the 1970s.
“Images from Bannack” are from July 30, 2010, our third visit to Bannack.
A view through a Bannack window.
Wallpaper inside the Bannack State Park visitor center.
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Bannack, Montana was founded in 1862 after a major gold discovery. It served as the capital of Montana Territory briefly during the civil war. The last residents left in the 1970s.
“Images from Bannack” are from July 30, 2010, our third visit to Bannack.
A Sundancer Class C motorhome at Bannack State Park, Montana.
A view from the Bannack State Park visitor parking lot.
The State Park visitor center building, below, was once owned and occupied by carpenter George French.
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Bannack, Montana was founded in 1862 after a major gold discovery. It served as the capital of Montana Territory briefly during the civil war. The last residents left in the 1970s.
“Images from Bannack” are from July 30, 2010, our third visit to Bannack.
One of the two loops at the campground along Grasshopper Creek in Montana’s Bannack State Park.
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Bannack, Montana was founded in 1862 after a major gold discovery. It served as the capital of Montana Territory briefly during the civil war. The last residents left in the 1970s.
“Images from Bannack” are from July 30, 2010, our third visit to Bannack.
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Image is from the What the Hay Gallery. What the
Hay is a central Montana hay art contest stretching over 21 miles in Judith Basin County. It features around 50 or more creative hay bale sculptures in fields between the towns of Hobson and Windham. What the Hay information.
Haw Creek Galleries
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I’ve managed to do a post a day for a month now, despite losing power for over a day in the middle of June. I plan to continue for the foreseeable future.
While I don’t plan to do it every month, for this first month’s completion I’ve included links to all of the posts and listed all of those I received comments from up to the point of publishing this post. Thanks, everyone!
The person who made the most comments is Melanie with 15. Melanie is our daughter and has her own blog, From Scratch.
Again, this effort of trying to post every day is to make this a habit, something that I do without procrastinating. After all, I like blogging, so why not?
Posts:
July:
June:
Note: This post is a retread post
West Yellowstone, September 11, 2007 – We’re camped a little over 6 miles from the western entrance of Yellowstone National Park. I had just finished picking up my tools after setting up our internet satellite dish – and happened to look up.
The sky was dark, but we have a street light right next to our camper at this campground, so I didn’t expect to see the inky black sky inset with thousands of twinkling stars. However, I was standing in the shadow of the camper which blocked the light from the street light.
Looking west, south, and north, there was no light pollution from surrounding towns – because there are no surrounding towns in those directions. To the east is the town of West Yellowstone and there was some light there, but not much.
I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve seen such a starry night. It was easy to make out the Milky Way and the major constellations – at least the ones that I can still remember.
Most of the time, I simply do not have the opportunity as there are so many trees where we live that block the view. As well, there is a lot more humidity in the air which contributes to atmospheric haze that blocks starlight and diffuses the light of towns and cities over a wide area.
Over too much of the US, light pollution from the urbanization of America limits the view of the night sky.
Starry, Starry Night…..
I’ve added a new Haw Creek travel page on the What the Hay hay art contest in Montana, as well as a What the Hay photo gallery.
Note: some of the photo pages have links to larger versions of the images.
Held the second Sunday in September, What the Hay is a central Montana hay art contest stretching over 21 miles in Judith Basin County. It features around 50 or more creative hay bale sculptures in fields between the towns of Hobson and Windham.
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July 5, 2009
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Image is from the What the Hay Gallery. What the
Hay is a central Montana hay art contest stretching over 21 miles in Judith Basin County. It features around 50 or more creative hay bale sculptures in fields between the towns of Hobson and Windham. What the Hay information.
Haw Creek Galleries
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I’ve managed to do a post a day for a month now, despite losing power for over a day in the middle of June. I plan to continue for the foreseeable future.
While I don’t plan to do it every month, for this first month’s completion I’ve included links to all of the posts and listed all of those I received comments from up to the point of publishing this post. Thanks, everyone!
The person who made the most comments is Melanie with 15. Melanie is our daughter and has her own blog, From Scratch.
Again, this effort of trying to post every day is to make this a habit, something that I do without procrastinating. After all, I like blogging, so why not?
Posts:
July:
June:
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