Old West

Portable Cattle Squeeze: Wordless Wednesday

Portable Cattle Squeeze near Crane Hot Springs, Oregon Wordless Wednesday Bend Branches always appreciates your comments and likes. Comments may…

6 months ago

Oregon Trail History & Education Center: LAPC

While camping at Three Island Crossing State Park in Glenns Ferry, Idaho, I visited the Oregon Trail History & Education…

1 year ago

Museum of the Rockies (MOR): FOWC

Museum of the Rockies (MOR) in Bozeman, Montana, is a place I've always wanted to visit. I had known about…

1 year ago

Columbia Gorge Museum: RDP

When I travel along the Columbia River, I usually drive on the Oregon side because it's faster. Last spring I…

1 year ago

Similarities and differences on display: LAPC

Last week, I showed symmetrical displays of history at the Museum of the American West in Lander, Wyoming. However, history…

2 years ago

Treasures of the Old West: LAPC & MM

Here are some treasures of the Old West at the Museum of the American West, in Lander, Wyoming, shown in…

2 years ago

Pioneer Village in Monochrome: LAPC, WPCC

While taking pictures of the Pioneer Village in Lander, Wyoming, I immediately thought of how they would look in sepia…

3 years ago

Old homestead & Mt Hood: Wordless Wednesday

Old homestead & Mt Hood near Maupin, Oregon Wordless Wednesday

4 years ago

Sheepherder’s wagon Haiku: HPC

sheepherder’s wagonrolling across windswept plainssteady sentinel Haiku Prompt Challenge - Rolling and Steady

4 years ago

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’: Monochrome Monday

Rollin' wooden wheels from the past presented in monochromatic tones. Monochrome Monday

4 years ago

Santiam Wagon Road 2 hike: LAPC

Santiam Wagon Road In late May, I went on a hike on part of the Santiam Wagon Road near Sisters,…

4 years ago

Buffalo Bill sculpture in Cody: Saturday Sculpture

This large Buffalo Bill sculpture is on a major street near the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody,…

4 years ago

On a corner in Howe – John Day history: MM

I saw this abandoned building on a corner in Howe, Idaho. Though I could not learn the history of this…

5 years ago

A home from the past: Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

5 years ago

In the Oregon Outback: Monochrome Monday

Here's a sepia tone view of Fort Rock Homestead Village Museum in the Oregon Outback. Twelve buildings built in the…

5 years ago

Living in the Past: Monochrome Monday

Living in the past at Fort Rock, Oregon. Monochrome Monday

6 years ago

Do you get the point?: Monochrome Monday

A collection of different types of barbed wire on display at Fort Rock, Oregon. Monochrome Monday

6 years ago

Sunflowers & Stagecoaches at the Steens

Sunflowers & stagecoaches? You may be wondering how those two things go together. Last August we explored the Steens Mountain…

6 years ago

Oregon Trail – Baker City: Visiting History

Covered wagon encampment On the Oregon Trail      “We’re almost there,” Pa said. He pointed towards a low sagebrush-covered hill.…

7 years ago

Bits & Spurs Collage: Monochrome Monday

Old bits & spurs from days gone by live on in this collage at Fort Rock Homestead Village Museum. Monochrome…

7 years ago

Pete French Round Barn

Horsemen of the past Turning in his saddle and tilting his dusty hat to shade his eyes, he finally sees…

8 years ago

Cowboy Dinner Tree

Tucked away in Oregon's Outback, you will find a unique place that hearkens back to an earlier time. The Cowboy…

10 years ago