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We took a trip up the family farm today. Not that we need an excuse to venture north, but the purpose of this trip was a family reunion for my wife's massive family. At times I think they are realted to every single person to ever set foot in the county. Any way, it is not a true family trip in my family if at least one hound is not included. This trip old Trapper made the ride. He really enjoyed splashing about in the pond and playing with the young cousins. I think the farm is good for our four legged family members, too.
high camp on the summit, north cascades national park, washington
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The Milky Way streams over Mount Triumph...
I am seen here with the only person we met on our hike of a Trapper Peak. Given his occupation I guess Jeff will have been somewhat busy these last few weeks. Working for the forestry service as a fireman can be an intense role in Montana.
A couple of weeks ago, Joan and I went to the Gordon Setter 2010 National Specialty in Greeley, CO. While there we linked up with Bill Stauder who is the breeder of our dog, Riley. Here, Riley's brother, Trapper, gives Bill some love. If you're interested, you can view all 429 (!) of my photo's from the show here
Photograph of an unidentified young man, possibly a Canadian fur-trapper.
Photograph from an album containing black and white photographs probably taken by the Honorary Hugh Annesley. The album features the Annesley family motto Virtutis Amore’.
Date: c.1854-1855
PRONI Ref: D1854/5/1/2
This mask is a steampunk version of a trappers mask. Based on masks from horror movies, more many original tricks have been imaginatively added.
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Trapper Peak is a mountain I have climbed on a couple of occasions. This view which was taken from the summit looks west across into Idaho and was taken ion my first ascent. The summit of Trapper at 10,157 is the high point in Montana of the Bitterroot Mountains. It's ascent route is varied and traverses a mix of terrain through forest, bypassing three lakes, some good scrambling and finally a high plateau just short of the summit ridge.
I had hiked with my pal Mike who stopped just short of the summit to look after Meggie his golden retriever. The terrain had become a little too awkward for her. For that a reason I was on my own on the summit and unable to add anyone to provide some scale to the scene. The ascent from the trailhead offered just under 4,000 of vertical gain.
I am happy to post my fifth shot of Trapper.
This lovely cat came in to my life while I was out birding on January 02, 2010. It was a very cold day. I drove up a dead end road bordering Elk Island National Park. At that point there is a rough trail leading to Trapper Lake. At the end of the road, I found this emaciated, filthy, and near dead cat at the bottom of a snow bank mewing pathetically.
I took her home and named her "Trapper" after the lake I found her near. She has turned out to be very friendly and affectionate. The vet thinks she is between 10 and 14 years old. Whatever her age, she is a fatter, furrier, and a much healthier cat now and is a good thing to come home to. She is a totally indoor cat and has never shown any interest in going outside.
Of all the shots in Kansas City this location was probably tops on my list. The amazing amount of surviving warehouses and industrial buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries in this neighborhood offer such visual appeal. Coupled with the snaking trackage, elevated vantage point, lack of fencing, ease of access, substantial train traffic and variety it is truly a superlative location that simply begs to be photographed!
Located immediately west of downtown at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers it is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city. Historically the bottoms was an area of trade for Indians and French trappers, thus prompting the original name, 'The French Bottoms.' Construction of the first railroad in the city began in 1863 and only 15 years later so many new lines had been built to and from the city that the many fledging roads chose to build a union depot. The location chosen was right here in the West Bottoms which had rapidly blossomed as a commercial center after the Kansas City stockyards were established in 1871.
The gorgeous Gothic Revival station located here soon turned out to be in a less than ideal location, and after it was swamped by a devastating flood (the area is called the bottoms for a reason after all!) in 1903 the roads all came together to form the Kansas City Terminal Railway and build the new route and even grander Union Station on higher ground that I wrote about earlier. After the present station opened in 1914 the old station here was razed a year later.
But the junction and associated area was still called Old Union Station, and the bottoms continued to flourish as a commercial and livestock center. To learn a bit more about Old Union Station check here: kchistory.org/week-kansas-city-history/bottoms
A devastating flood in 1951 decimated the bottoms and led to the closure of many businesses that never reopened, though the stockyards recovered partially and stayed in business until 1991 (though I'm unsure when the last livestock moves by rail were). That flood also swept away the old wooden interlocking tower here, and the brick one seen in the background replaced it that year. Still owned by the KCT, I'm unsure when it was closed, but it makes a great background prop nonetheless.
A couple noteworthy buildings rise behind the train. To the left and above the train and tower is one of the oldest buildings in the bottoms, the circa 1879 Deere, Mansur and Company building. The company manufactured plows, cultivators, planters, stalk cutters, hay rakes and other implements and was the Kansas City branch of the John Deere Moline Plow Works. Holsum Food Products, whose faded name still adorns the brick, later occupied the building and now the structure has found new life as artist studios.
The architecturaly significant seven story masonry structure to the right is the circa 1902 Avery Manufacturing Company building. If it seems to have a spooky air to it that would be logical as it was last used as The Chambers of Poe haunted house. I was amazed to learn that the haunted house industry has led the way in the revitalization of this area that has only just recently begun. To read more check out this: www.kcur.org/community/2013-10-31/how-haunted-houses-help...
But anyway, you're here for the trains and this was a nice one. An unidentified BNSF manifest curls north on the 80 Track near MP 9.5 on the KCT north south corridor led by boring gevo BNSF 5896. But trailing were two nice quarter century old units flying the BNSF's predecessors' colors albeit a bit battle worn. BNSF 9592 is an EMD SD70MAC blt. Apr. 1995 as Burlington Northern with the same number only a few months before the merger. Trailing is BNSF a GE C44-9W blt. Sep. 1997 some two years after the merger but nonetheless delivered in the famed Santa Fe red and silver warbonnet scheme.
Historic West Bottoms
Kansas City, Missouri
Saturday August 28, 2021
At 10,157 feet Trapper Peak stands as the Montanan highpoint of the Bitterroot Mountains. I have travelled a good deal to Montana, a state that is chock full of stupendous mountains that just beg to be climbed, so far though Trapper Peak is the only sizeable one that I have returned to. So in a sense it is probably my favourite big hill within striking distance of Missoula.
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This original log cabin was the first authorized post office in Mason County. It was originally a combination home and post office and was built as early as 1850. William Quevillon (Ku-vee-aw), who first came to this area as a trapper, built this cabin on one of his hunting trips. In 1852 Quevillon brought his wife and their four children on a horse drawn scow, along the beach from Grand Haven to this log cabin.
Quevillon was appointed postmaster in 1855 and served in that capacity for 18 years. Postage on a letter from Grand Haven to Fairview (located just south of here in those days) was 50 cents and mail was delivered four times a year!
This cabin was moved intact (minus the fireplace) to White Pine Village in 1968. The fireplace was rebuilt, using all local fieldstones.
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