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Saint Jude Thaddeus Church - Havre, Montana

With the first Catholic mass held in the growing community of Havre in 1887 in the Great Northern Section House, this Spanish Mission style structure has been welcoming generations of Havre's citizens...

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Haze of Grey - Havre, Montana

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Blue Buttes - Big Sandy, Montana

 While on my way southward to the Missouri Breaks from the Hi-Line, I had to pull off onto the shoulder of the road to take in this view.  Looking westward onto the buttes lying at the feet of the...

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Iliad, Montana

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City Lights - Havre, Montana

Exploring around the hometown while on leave in late October presented a prime opportunity with the crisp autumn air for some night photography!  The first picture here on the left is one of the newer...

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Beneath the Streets - Third Avenue - Havre, Montana

The Havre Beneath the Streets tour is one of the more notable tours of the Hi-Line City.  Surprisingly I went 23 years without making this adventure in my own hometown, but I was able to finally do it...

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Farm Critters - Skyview Ranch - Big Sandy, Montana

 Growing up on a farm, I fully understand the micro-society that farm animals create within their realm.The Horse - Man's other Best Friend.  Just as our canine friends, horses can read our emotions,...

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Dreaded Dentist Chair - Havre Beneath the Streets - Havre, Montana

During Havre's honky-tonk days in the the subterranean "mall", the dentist's office is at the corner of Second Avenue and First Street.  Fully equipped with picks, hooks, and other somewhat frightening...

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Yesteryear's Vestige - Skyview Ranch - Big Sandy, Montana

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Purple Skylights - 2nd Avenue - Havre, Montana

 Constructed near the dawn of the 20th Century, the businesses 'beneath the streets' relied mainly on torch and candlelight, but the addition of these amethyst colored glass squares into the sidewalks...

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Western Ways - Havre, Montana

Of my tour of Havre Beneath the Streets, this room in my opinion holds some of the most amusing pieces of the old-time Havre.  I truly hope that some of the stories of events that occurred in this very...

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Fresno Reservoir - Havre, Montana

One of the summer hot-spots for recreation for the Heart of the Hi-Line, Fresno provides her patrons water sports and boating, camping, and of course, fishing in one of Montana's best warm water...

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Into the Mist - Beaver Creek Park, Montana

Situated in the valleys of the ancient volcanic mountains south of my hometown of Havre, Beaver Creek Park is the largest county park within the Lower 48.  The morning that I made this adventure...

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Babes of the Bordello: Beneath the Streets - Havre, Montana

Walking through the Red Light District.        Being a student of foreign languages for the past few years, the fascination with how words transform over time from one to another still excites me to...

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Last Run before Winter: Beaver Creek Park - Havre, Montana

 Strecthing from more than 50 miles, Beaver Creek winds her way northward through the Bear Paw Mountains to join the northernmost tributary of the Missouri, the Milk River.  This stream acquired its...

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Edge of Nightfall - Havre, Montana

 The remarkable fact about all of these pictures within this post is they were all taken on the same day!  While I was driving around the Fresno Reservoir area, I was fortunate enough to watch the sky...

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Inside Saint Marks - Havre, Montana

From the laying of the cornerstone in 1908 to the fitting of the last stone to the tower in 1918, this Gothic style edifice was raised one layer at a time by the hands of the parishioners and of other...

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Blue Skies and Barn Wood - Big Sandy, Montana

 I have started up on snapping shots of old barns across the United States before these consequential structures disappear.  This old barn is located about seven miles west of Big Sandy, Montana, along...

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Butte by Night - Butte, Montana

 Coming into the Silver Bow Creek Valley from the north on Interstate 15 just as the sun set behind the Anaconda Range, I snapped a shot on the left looking over what is known as Butte America.  Once...

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Red Towers of the Hill - Butte, Montana

 Rising up to 200 feet tall amidst the residential areas surrounding uptown Butte, these black steel headframes that once lower miners thousands of feet beneath the surface now stand as memorials under...

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