Mule deer, Morefield Campground,
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
September 15, 2009

Skinner’s Saloon through a window in a building across the street,
Bannack, Montana, July 30, 2010.

Skinner’s Saloon – Originally built on Yankee Flats, Cyrus Skinner moved this building to Bannack’s main street in the spring of 1863.  It became the popular gathering place for Sherriff Henry Plummer’s gang of road agents.  Skinner had left Bannack before the hanging of Plummer, but he was tracked down to a mining camp near present day Missoula and hanged for his purported role as a spy for the Plummer gang.  The building was later used for many years as a store.

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.

• Bannack, Montana (Wikipedia)
• Bannack State Park

Sunrise, Black Hawk State Park, Iowa, September 6, 2013

Black Hawk State Park

• Iowa Department of Natural Resources
• Wikipedia

Tufted Titmouse, West central Arkansas,  March 7, 2008

A couple of musicians on a bench in Hannibal, Missouri,
(Mark Twain’s “home town”)
September 27, 2012

Wire cable in sand on bank of Arkansas River,
below Dardanelle Lock & Dam, May 10, 2005

Mountain Farm Museum, Oconaluftee river valley, near Cherokee, North Carolina,
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, May 6, 2009

Autumn leaves, at home, Arkansas, November 8, 2007

Exterior wall of coastal Fort Moultrie, Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, June 14, 2012

Fort Moultrie is a series of fortifications on Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, built to protect the city of Charleston, South Carolina. The first fort, built of palmetto logs, inspired the flag and nickname of South Carolina, “The Palmetto State”. It is named for the commander in the Battle of Sullivan’s Island, General William Moultrie.

Fort Moultrie is the only area of the National Park System where the entire 171-year history of American seacoast defense (1776–1947) can be traced. (Wikipedia)