Every rustic and weathered old farmhouse or homestead has a story. The little shack outside of Grangeville is no exception. It took me two years to figure out the history of this little homestead and it is more interesting than I had hoped for. History became much more interesting to me when I figured out that it isn’t just a list of dates and events, but the story of
Let’s take a stroll down memory lane and see how things have changed in the last 100 years. When our grandparents or great-grandparents were our age, they did things a lot differently than we do today. Inventions in areas such as transportation and communications have made things easier. While this blog post is a little different from my normal post, in some ways it’s not. Often when I am out shooting pictures of old homesteads or ghost towns, I am thinking of what life was like for the people who lived in those places. I know that I get so busy in the day-to-day business of living that it’s easy to forget how only 110 years ago
Knox Ranch was not our destination. As a matter of fact, when the three of us started our ghost town trip to Roosevelt Idaho, we didn’t know that Knox Ranch
Exploring the Camas Prairie Railroad has been something I really wanted to do for the last few years. In this part of my series exploring the now abandoned 2nd subdivision of the Camas Prairie Railroad. This is the most exciting section, in my opinion, and it inspired this desire so I traversed it first. This 23-mile section of the railroad clings to the side of Lapwai Canyon and climbs from 1589 ft elevation at Culdesac to 3665 ft elevation at Craigmont. The builders conquered this rugged terrain using 17 bridges and
The Photographer’s Weekend on the historic Sumpter Valley Railroad is a very
Gold Point Mill is located on Forest Service Road 222 near Elk City Idaho. It was entered into the National Register of Historic Places in the year 2000. The weathered-looking building and beautiful forest landscape make it a
White Knob Idaho began after the discovery of copper in 1901 by Wayne Darlington. The landscape surrounding Mackay and White Knob is rough and rugged with amazing
The Camas Prairie Railroad runs through some of the most rugged and beautiful landscape that Idaho has to offer. I have been working on a personal project to travel the entire length of the second
The Spider Single Camera Holster is one of my favorite pieces of camera gear. I have owned it and used it on every shoot for a couple of years now. Besides making me feel like a
