Local History
A mixture of nature and history that I’ve encountered in my travels near and far.
Towering giants. Ancient trees. Trees growing since Columbus sailed to the New World. We have gigantic western redcedar close by–south of Troy, Montana in the…
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Waking up on top of a mountain as the horizon turns orange with nothing blocking the view is an amazing sight–especially from the comfort of…
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Ninety years ago construction began on a monumental project that never came to fruition–the Eileen Dam. A rock failure caused the entire project to be…
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Chug-a-chug-a-choo-choo. The train began to roll out of the Ione, Washington station on a beautiful October day on a short trip to Metaline Falls. Through…
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“Where am I?” “How high am I?” These questions are easy to answer today with a GPS. People have always wondered where in the world…
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More than a highway–the only all-land route to Alaska Fairbanks 1000 km. Six hundred miles I estimate. There aren’t many road signs in the Lower…
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Painstakingly scratched into the rock above the Colorado River in southeast Utah were depictions of big horn sheep, birds, bears, horses and human-like figures with…
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On our way to California, we took the scenic route through Utah and Arizona. Southeastern Utah is amazing country with all the exposed rock. We…
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