A petrified rock snake? Snapshot Saturday
Snakes or monsters? We wandered through the Little Missouri State Park this week. An easy way to start getting in shape for hiking season. However, this time gave our imagination a jump-start, too. You never know what might jump out at you. This time, it wasn’t...Our most exciting road trip — Old Highway 16 Marmarth Fantastic Scenes
Highway 16 Marmarth Travel at your own risk. At least that what the sign said. You can do it if you take your time and watch the weather. Marmarth was a shipping point for cattle brought overland from range grounds in this State, Montana, and South Dakota. The...
Then and Now — Cartwright Tunnel grew from the top down
Hard Labor More than 100 years ago, local farmers and ranchers hired on to dig by hand the Cartwright Tunnel for the Great Northern Railroad. It was part of its Montana Eastern Railway, an unfinished rail line that ran west of here in Montana. Using dynamite to...
Road Trip! Enjoy the drive, bask in TR’s quiet Elkhorn ranch
Elkhorn Ranch, a refuge for a soon-to-be President How to get to the Elkhorn Ranch Off the beaten path – The Elkhorn Ranch exactly where Teddy Roosevelt wanted to be in 1883 – and so the Elkhorn Ranch became his refuge. He’d just suffered a string of losses,...