Living Large in a Ghost Town
Oct 12, 2020 18:18:47 #
More from our trip to the old mining town of Bannack, Montana.
In the early 1860's this area was called Bachelor's Row. The first miners who arrived after the discovery of gold were men traveling without their families. They slept in bedrolls under the stars, or in small tents, or even in wagons close to their claims. They spent all their time on their mining efforts. This worked fine in the summer and the early fall. The harsh winter was coming (20 below or more!) and to withstand it more suitable housing needed to be found. The dense row of small one-room cabins on the north of the main street was the solution. Each had a corner fireplace, a couple bunks, several shelves and a table with stools. What more could a fella want?
In the early 1860's this area was called Bachelor's Row. The first miners who arrived after the discovery of gold were men traveling without their families. They slept in bedrolls under the stars, or in small tents, or even in wagons close to their claims. They spent all their time on their mining efforts. This worked fine in the summer and the early fall. The harsh winter was coming (20 below or more!) and to withstand it more suitable housing needed to be found. The dense row of small one-room cabins on the north of the main street was the solution. Each had a corner fireplace, a couple bunks, several shelves and a table with stools. What more could a fella want?
Oct 12, 2020 18:21:45 #
Oct 12, 2020 18:23:34 #
Longshadow wrote:
Indoor plumbing???
Was a rough life.
Was a rough life.
Nope - slop jars and two-holers. Oh yeah, it was rough...
Oct 12, 2020 18:29:49 #
Great photograph, I know you must have taken more than one shot that's the kind of place you can fill up an SD card.
Oct 12, 2020 18:32:49 #
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Oct 12, 2020 19:16:08 #
Cany143
Loc: SE Utah
(Apart from me wanting that window to be placed absolutely dead center in the photograph, and placed such that the window opposite is centered and equally dead center in relation to the closer window... and maybe some deeper blacks, too, though that I can overlook) that's a pretty flippin' nice image, Sir.
Oct 12, 2020 19:31:05 #
Great shot. A step up in class from the jail. Those guys were a different breed of Homo sapiens.
Oct 12, 2020 21:00:24 #
Beautiful image of another era. To Cany's comments, I don't expect that the two windows were equidistant from the end of the shack, from the look of the width of the planks! Stay well and keep on sharing.
Oct 13, 2020 05:44:12 #
Oct 13, 2020 07:06:21 #
Great photo. Love seeing photos of old places and would to hear the stories that they could tell. Mahalo for sharing
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