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This colorful carousel is complete with hand-carved wooden animals and a Wurlitzer band organ. Herschell-Spillman made the only carousels with giant green frogs--and they are the only carousel animals that wear human clothing.
The Herschell-Spillman Company built this carousel in 1913 in North Teswanda, New York. Their talented craftsmen created a wider variety of hand-carved carousel animals of any manufacturer, ranging from storks, to giraffes to zebras. Although the original location of this carousel is unknown, it operated in Spokane, Washington from 1923 until the 1950’s when it was moved from Liberty Lake, Washington to Greenfield Village.
A main attraction, the carousel is a symbol of an era that centered around the turn of the century, The colorful carousel has never lost its appeal. Young and old alike are still enthralled with an old carousel.
Some of the first American carousels were made and used in New York. In the 1890’s there were carousels at North Beach, Long Island, Brooklyn, and at Central Park as well as at locations throughout upstate New York. Today the Herschell-Spillman Carousel Factory in North Tonawanda, New York is on the National Register of Historic Places and serves as a carousel museum. Restored Herschell-Spillman carousels are now featured at Greenfield Village, the Strong Museum in Rochester, New York, in Livingston, South Dakota, and in Bickleton, Washington.
Once Upon the Bickleton Highway
Adventure came my way this week once again, with sunshine and thunderheads, wildflowers and quaint little towns. Bickleton Highway... it called me and I ran (and stopped a LOT) among the Eastern Klickitat County terrain that i know so little about. WHat a delightful surprise that way! I slept on a back road in my truck at about 2000 ft elevation I would guess, and by the time I got to the town of Bickleton I was at 3000 ft elevation and the storm that I had been chasing has dumped rain and hail on the streets just before I arrived in my little red truck. Lunch in the Bluebird Cafe was a delicious Salmon burger and salad, a perfect meal for the journey.
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A Bowser Varley Sentry gas pump in the Whoop-N-Holler Museum south of Bickleton, Washington. Lots of texture and color here.
Adventure came my way this week once again, with sunshine and thunderheads, wildflowers and quaint little towns. Bickleton Highway... it called me and I ran (and stopped a LOT) among the Eastern Klickitat County terrain that i know so little about. WHat a delightful surprise that way! I slept on a back road in my truck at about 2000 ft elevation I would guess, and by the time I got to the town of Bickleton I was at 3000 ft elevation and the storm that I had been chasing has dumped rain and hail on the streets just before I arrived in my little red truck. Lunch in the Bluebird Cafe was a delicious Salmon burger and salad, a perfect meal for the journey.
I am uploading mass images this time into a photo album of their own.
Just outside Goldendale on the way up to Bickleton, this field caught my eye. The pattern of the sky and the staggered bails of hay demanded that I ignore the Rule of Thirds and put the horizon smack in the middle. Deal with it, you photography snobs!
Male Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) near Bickleton, Washington. www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Western_Bluebird/overview www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/western-bluebird
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraplane
The Terraplane was a car brand and model built by the Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan between 1932 and 1939. The Terraplane was an inexpensive yet powerful vehicle that was used in both town and country, as both cars and trucks bore the Terraplane name.
Blues singer Robert Johnson wrote and sang the famous song "Terraplane Blues" in which the Terraplane becomes a metaphor for sex. In the lyrical narrative, the car will not start and Johnson suspects that his girlfriend let another man drive it when he was gone. In describing the various mechanical problems with his Terraplane, Johnson creates a setting of thinly-veiled sexual innuendo.
Seen in the Whoop-N-Holler Museum 11 miles south of Bickleton, WA.
A "Dad" Mountain Bluebird. Many of the bluebirds hang out at the cemetary, and there's some good parking on the side of the road across from it. There are bird houses all around the town, in the cemetary, and in associated farms/ranches.
Once Upon the Bickleton Highway
Adventure came my way this week once again, with sunshine and thunderheads, wildflowers and quaint little towns. Bickleton Highway... it called me and I ran (and stopped a LOT) among the Eastern Klickitat County terrain that i know so little about. WHat a delightful surprise that way! I slept on a back road in my truck at about 2000 ft elevation I would guess, and by the time I got to the town of Bickleton I was at 3000 ft elevation and the storm that I had been chasing has dumped rain and hail on the streets just before I arrived in my little red truck. Lunch in the Bluebird Cafe was a delicious Salmon burger and salad, a perfect meal for the journey.
I am uploading mass images this time into a photo album of their own.
Check out my website, and view the blog posts via menu www.starlisa.net
some fun stuff going on!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
my images are copyright, and my own. any use of any image has to go through me first. More info on my profile, or see my portal website at
I am also on Facebook www.facebook.com/StarlisaBlack
and Twitter twitter.com/StarlisaBlack
I really like the special touches on the older cars.
Seen in the Whoop-N-Holler Museum 11 miles south of Bickleton, WA.
The Plymouth automobile was introduced on July 7, 1928. It was the Chrysler Corporation's first entry in the low-priced field, which at the time was dominated by Chevrolet and Ford. Plymouths were actually priced a little higher than the competition, but they offered standard features such as internal expanding hydraulic brakes that the competition did not provide.
The logo featured a rear view of the Mayflower ship which landed at Plymouth Rock. However, the Plymouth brand name came from Plymouth Binder Twine, chosen by Joe Frazer for its popularity among farmers.
Plymouth sales were a bright spot during the depression and by 1931 Plymouth rose to the number three spot among all cars.
The Whoop-N-Holler museum is 11 miles south of Bickleton, WA just off of East Road on Whitmore Road. Lawrence and Ada Ruth Whitmore own and manage the museum. THis huge shed is stuffed with Model T Fords, antique pickups, an ancient horse drawn hearse on sled runners, along with cars which are no longer made such as Maxwell, Edsel, and Studebaker.
This is the car that caught my attention -- the 1968 Studebaker Hawk. When I met and married my husband he had a Studebaker Hawk, though it had to have been made before 1959 since that's when we met. The hawk seemed like a small car then, and it probably was in comparison with the normal sized cars in those days.
The museum is named after the antics of the now-grown Whitmore children.
House Finch near Bickleton, Washington. It is found in North America, where its range has increased since the mid-twentieth century, and in the islands of Hawaii.
Mountain Bluebirds are more common in Bickleton but this Western Bluebird was on a property very close to Main Street. Of course, Main Street also has European Starlings, House Sparrows and Eurasian Collared Doves. No offense, Westie.
Bickleton, Washington is home to many lovely Bluebirds, and in fact is well knows as a Bluebird Capital. Folks there make and tend to perhaps hundreds of bluebird houses along Bluebird trails in this high altitude plateau country in Eastern Klickitat County.;
Adventure came my way on a lovely day in May with sunshine and thunderheads, wildflowers and quaint little towns. Bickleton Highway... it called me and I ran (and stopped a LOT) among the Eastern Klickitat County terrain that i know so little about. WHat a delightful surprise that was! I slept on a back road in my truck at about 2000 ft elevation I would guess, and by the time I got to the town of Bickleton I was at 3000 ft elevation and the storm that I had been chasing has dumped rain and hail on the streets just before I arrived in my little red truck. Lunch in the Bluebird Cafe was a delicious Salmon burger and salad, a perfect meal for the journey. After lunch and some more shooting around town and just outside, I wandered back home via a southern route that took me among many windmills at sunset and back down to the Gorge near Roosevelt. From there I took highway 14 back to White Salmon, tired and happy.
I am uploading mass images this time into a photo album of their own.
The hood ornament of a Hudson looks pretty darned dangerous to me.
The Hudson Motor Car Company made Hudson and other brand automobiles in Detroit, Michigan, from 1909 to 1954. In 1954, Hudson merged with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation to form American Motors. The Hudson name was continued through the 1957 model year, after which it was dropped.
Seen in the Whoop-N-Holler Museum south of Bickleton, Washington.
Mourning Dove near Bickleton, Washington. The Mourning Dove is one of the most abundant and widespread of all North American birds. It is also the leading gamebird, with more than 20 million birds (up to 70 million in some years) shot annually in the U.S. Go figure.
View looking over towards the small village of Bickleton, with the River Taw and Braunton in the far distance
I really like the special touches on the older cars.
Seen in the Whoop-N-Holler Museum 11 miles south of Bickleton, WA.
The Plymouth automobile was introduced on July 7, 1928. It was the Chrysler Corporation's first entry in the low-priced field, which at the time was dominated by Chevrolet and Ford. Plymouths were actually priced a little higher than the competition, but they offered standard features such as internal expanding hydraulic brakes that the competition did not provide.
The logo featured a rear view of the Mayflower ship which landed at Plymouth Rock. However, the Plymouth brand name came from Plymouth Binder Twine, chosen by Joe Frazer for its popularity among farmers.
Plymouth sales were a bright spot during the depression and by 1931 Plymouth rose to the number three spot among all cars.
Western Bluebird perched near its nest box in the town of Bickleton, Washington. Local residents have deployed and continue to maintain a large number (reportedly more than 2,000) of nest boxes for the colorful migrants.
Bickleton Carousel Museum. I paid admission and could have gotten a lovely detailed tour but decided I'd rather see wildlife (or at least, wildlife that wasn't taxidermies...) will have to plan to spend time there, if I ever go back for a longer period of time than an overnight stay (staying in Goldendale, which has some great wildlife nearby as well.) To quote their web site: "The Carousel Museum opened in May of 2007 to display and house the 24 horses and 4 carriages from our 1890-1906 Herschell-Spillman traveling track Carousel and house the history of Alder Creek Country. The museum has been gifted over 4800 historical items and artifacts that we use in our ever changing displays. In 2024 we are featuring Military, Churches in our area in 1900, Barb Wire Display, Wildlife of our Alder Creek area, Great Grandma’s Kitchen, 100+ years of Wheat Farming, Native American, Schools, Laundry, Brands, Tools, Music Room and much more. Our history room is ever expanding as we preserve the past for the future. Come see us!"
Bickleton's 98th Pioneer Picnic And Rodeo will be held June 14 and 15, 2008 at the rodeo and picnic grounds in Cleveland. Cleveland is about four miles west of Bickleton. Week-end features and activities include RV camping, Cowboy breakfasts, one of the oldest carousels on the west coast, Saturday night dance and good food including home made pies. All of this and the professional rodeo on Saturday and Sunday.
Many former area residents come home on this week-end to enjoy and participate. Other people come from near and far to take part. Local ranchers provide the rodeo stock and local cowboys attempt to rope or ride them. Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. Either way the spectators enjoy the action. It costs $7.00 to watch the rodeo and it's a bargain.
You may get involved yourself and go for a fifty cent ride on the carousel. It is a 1905 Herschell-Spillman and is said to be one of only three of its type still in operation. It was purchased from Portland's Oaks Park in 1929 and brought to Bickleton. All of the ponies are safely stored most of the year and are only brought out for this one week-end. They are in the slow process of being restored. Oh - and your age doesn't matter. There will be riders so young they need to be held on to and riders so old they need to be held on and every age between.
If you get to feeling brave, sign up to ride one of Kelly Bowcutt's bulls in the rodeo. They only work eight seconds a week-end and lay around the pasture in Roosevelt the rest of the time getting fat and lazy. Most of them don't even get to work their full eight seconds. Just be sure you are mobile and agile.
Cowboy breakfast is served at 7 a.m. both Saturday and Sunday There are food concessions with the usual food for this type of event. Top off your lunch with home made pie and ice cream. There are always several varieties of pie available and the servings and the price is fair.
In focus? not really. Never found around home? No. But out in the 'sun and sage' wild west (Klickitat Co.) there are a lot of Westerns. (I did see some things that aren't common around PDX. Maybe some of those photos came out.) By the way all these species were seen on or near Grayback Rd. off Hwy 141 (Glenwood Hwy), part of the Klickitat Wildlife Area Soda Springs Unit, point 52 on the Sun and Sage Loop on the Great Washington State Birding Trail. All the photos but the western Meadowlark were taken there; the Meadowlark pic was at Bickelton (pt. 48, "Bickleton Bluebirds").
I really like the special touches on the older cars.
Seen in the Whoop-N-Holler Museum 11 miles south of Bickleton, WA.
The Plymouth automobile was introduced on July 7, 1928. It was the Chrysler Corporation's first entry in the low-priced field, which at the time was dominated by Chevrolet and Ford. Plymouths were actually priced a little higher than the competition, but they offered standard features such as internal expanding hydraulic brakes that the competition did not provide.
The logo featured a rear view of the Mayflower ship which landed at Plymouth Rock. However, the Plymouth brand name came from Plymouth Binder Twine, chosen by Joe Frazer for its popularity among farmers.
Plymouth sales were a bright spot during the depression and by 1931 Plymouth rose to the number three spot among all cars.
Alder Creek Pioneer Association, Bickleton – $1,000 to be put toward the restoration of the Wurlitzer Band Organ, which is part of a larger effort to restore their historic carousel.
Bickleton, Washington is home to many lovely Bluebirds, and in fact is well knows as a Bluebird Capital. Folks there make and tend to perhaps hundreds of bluebird houses along Bluebird trails in this high altitude plateau country in Eastern Klickitat County.;
Adventure came my way on a lovely day in May with sunshine and thunderheads, wildflowers and quaint little towns. Bickleton Highway... it called me and I ran (and stopped a LOT) among the Eastern Klickitat County terrain that i know so little about. WHat a delightful surprise that was! I slept on a back road in my truck at about 2000 ft elevation I would guess, and by the time I got to the town of Bickleton I was at 3000 ft elevation and the storm that I had been chasing has dumped rain and hail on the streets just before I arrived in my little red truck. Lunch in the Bluebird Cafe was a delicious Salmon burger and salad, a perfect meal for the journey. After lunch and some more shooting around town and just outside, I wandered back home via a southern route that took me among many windmills at sunset and back down to the Gorge near Roosevelt. From there I took highway 14 back to White Salmon, tired and happy.
I am uploading mass images this time into a photo album of their own.