A Few B&W shots from Bannack, MT: Bannack is a Ghost Town in SW Montana an operates as Bannack State Park. Bannack was founded in 1862 and served briefly as the capital of Montana...

fetzler Loc: North West PA

Bannack is a Ghost Town in SW Montana an operates as Bannack State Park. Bannack was founded in 1862 and served briefly as the capital of Montana Territory. At one time it had a population of 10,000. It is said that Henry Plummer's gold lies up one of the hills. Henry was hanged without reveling the site. (if indeed there is one)

Attached are a few B&W images. I will post color ones later.

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paulf6 Loc: Orono, ME

fetzler wrote:

Bannack is a Ghost Town in SW Montana an operates as Bannack State Park. Bannack was founded in 1862 and served briefly as the capital of Montana Territory. At one time it had a population of 10,000. It is said that Henry Plummer's gold lies up one of the hills. Henry was hanged without reveling the site. (if indeed there is one)

Attached are a few B&W images. I will post color ones later.

Very nice B&W photos. I like the look of B&W anyway. I find for photos of what you shot, the B&W fits nicely with the time period. -Paul

adamsg Loc: Chubbuck, ID

The whole area around Bannack (one of the several "spellings" of Bannock), is fascinating. There is also a Virginia City not far away. I look forward to your color shots. Thanks for posting these.

Alan Wolslegel Loc: Thurston County, Washington

fetzler wrote:

Bannack is a Ghost Town in SW Montana an operates as Bannack State Park. Bannack was founded in 1862 and served briefly as the capital of Montana Territory. At one time it had a population of 10,000. It is said that Henry Plummer's gold lies up one of the hills. Henry was hanged without reveling the site. (if indeed there is one)

Attached are a few B&W images. I will post color ones later.

Enjoyed your posts. My maternal grandfather was Charles Plummer, he died before my time. My grandmother told us very little about Henry regardless of how much I asked lol. I found a couple of books about the Plummer gang that filled me in. Thanks for the posts.
Alan

danewell

Beautiful! #3 (the door) tells a story.

walt750 Loc: Toronto, Canada

I can’t see how colour would improve these photos. They carry a certain feeling that colour couldn’t, IMO.

Gifted One Loc: S. E. Idaho

I have been going there for over 60+ years. My parents was found of that place. I remember knowing some of the last original residence. much of the mining structure was still intact. Nice shots. I hope to go there this summer.

J. R.

adamsg Loc: Chubbuck, ID

walt750 wrote:

I can’t see how colour would improve these photos. They carry a certain feeling that colour couldn’t, IMO.

That is a very good observation. The nature of the subject and the fine detail of weathering and texture are accentuated in B&W. Color may well detract some from the impact.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Nice black and whites.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

Very well done! I agree with Walt and Adam, color images wouldn’t have the same impact or feel as these excellent B&W images.

Stan

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Excellent work!

Mister H Loc: Michigan

fetzler wrote:

Bannack is a Ghost Town in SW Montana an operates as Bannack State Park. Bannack was founded in 1862 and served briefly as the capital of Montana Territory. At one time it had a population of 10,000. It is said that Henry Plummer's gold lies up one of the hills. Henry was hanged without reveling the site. (if indeed there is one)

Attached are a few B&W images. I will post color ones later.

Love these in B&W. In color, the story would be different.

dc3legs Loc: Tucson

All are so excellent. The stair shot is my favorite

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Like the B&W treatment in these fetzler, it fits the mood well.

Don

The Can Man Loc: Big Arm, Montana

Along with Bannack there are a lot of great rustic gems here in Montana. Thanks for reminding me of all the great B&W photos to be had. Beautiful pics. Color would def. ruin those photos. IMO