No man's land.....

Great image Kerry....says so so much!

Amazing how big that is....crazy

Yes, I grew up in the small town movie business. It's a dying breed, and mostly a labor of love for those still left.

Joanna and Kerry,
Nice to meet you at the Michigan Sturgeon Point Lighthouse last month! These photos remind me of home in Montana. My daughter probably passed you yesterday as she took the Amtrak Empire Builder west.
My parents and sisters' families live north of Sweetgrass Hills in Canada. We have hiked up them.
When you get to Cut Bank, my hometown, you will see the big penguin, for the town sometimes is coldest in the nation. I hope you sleep well at Super 8; I housecleaned there in 2001. Hope it's clean! 😉
Going on west of Cut Bank on Highway 2, you will get to a grain elevator on the north side of the road at Highway 444- Meriwether Road. My childhood farm is north of there 12 miles.
You will also pass the Camp Disappointment monument west before Browning where Meriwether Lewis found that the there was no good eastern river for their canoes. (Actual campsite near our farm). Browning is the main town on the Blackfoot Reservation.
Enjoy the beautiful mountains as they grow into your view!

Probably a windmill without fins

These stone formations look beautiful and mysterious to me!
I wander if there is some water running beneath them so it keeps
growing. Amazing!

I'm glad that Kerry found this to take you down memory lane. Did your family own a movie theater when you were growing up?

Really enjoy these 'history note' relating to the area. Keep them coming.

Am I the only person who ever thought that cows couldn’t swim?

They have the make up table and everything! After each reel of film was shown, it would have to be re wound before the next showing. My mother always said she had good arms from winding the film. Later, she got an motorized winder.

That projector is a carbon arc. Running one of those is a lost art form - you had to keep the carbon in the flame far enough to cast a bright picture, but not so far as to burn the film up! I never learned to run carbon arc. I learned on bulbs - which cost $1-2,000. each!

Yes, a trip down memory lane. Thank you.

Actually, it wasn't. Even though it was chip-seal, they used very small river gravel instead of crushed limestone and it was pretty smooth. The road is BIA-1. So far, I have really enjoyed riding the reservation roads. They're in better shape than US-2 and there is almost no traffic - it makes for very relaxing riding.

Great image

At night they probably come alive!

Hi Jeanna!!!!!!