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Images from Bannack–006

January 25, 2011

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.

Masonic Lodge and School House, Bannack State Park, Montana

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.

Masonic Lodge and School House, Bannack State Park, Montana

Masonic Lodge and School House, Bannack State Park, Montana

Masonic Lodge and School House, Bannack State Park, Montana

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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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Images from Bannack – 005

January 22, 2011

Graeter House - Bannack State Park, Montana

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.

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Turner House, Bannack State Park, Montana

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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Images from Bannack–004

January 19, 2011

Bannack State Park, Montana

Bannack State Park, Montana

Bannack State Park, Montana

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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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Images from Bannack–003

January 16, 2011

A view through a Bannack window.

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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.

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Images from Bannack–002

January 11, 2011

A Sundancer Class C motorhome at Bannack State Park, Montana.

Sundancer Class C at Bannack State Park, Montana

A view from the Bannack State Park visitor parking lot.

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The State Park visitor center building, below,  was once owned and occupied by carpenter George French.

The Bannack State Park visitor center building

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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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Dodged an icy bullet!

January 29, 2010

We’ve been watching this storm system move our way all week – and we’ve been getting ready for it.

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Yesterday, the weather forecast was that we could get as a .75 inch coating of ice on trees and power lines – enough ice to be disastrous.

Fortunately, though, the ice here didn’t get more than a quarter of an inch. Fortunately, the freezing rain changed to sleet and, later, snow.

It was enough, though, that we didn’t venture out all day – no need.  We’ve got about 4 inches of snow on top of the ice.

We were ready, though, just in case.

One of the first things I did was to move the motorhome between the house and the shop.  The area where it is normally parked is next to and under several large pines.  After our close call last year, when an ice storm dropped branches, power lines and even whole trees not too far north of us, we decided that we would move it to a safer location if another ice storm was forecast for our area.

We also made sure we had enough groceries, which we did.

Just in case we lost power like we did last year, I had topped off the fuel tank in the motorhome.  I also moved our other smaller generator up to the front porch and made sure I found the cords for running power to the refrigerator, fireplace blower, computers and TV.

Despite the winter weather we’ve had this year, we haven’t lost power this season – yet!

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