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...
View ArticleBlue 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...
View ArticleCity 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...
View ArticleBeneath 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...
View ArticleFarm 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,...
View ArticleDreaded 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...
View ArticlePurple 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...
View ArticleWestern 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...
View ArticleFresno 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...
View ArticleInto 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...
View ArticleBabes 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...
View ArticleLast 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...
View ArticleEdge 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...
View ArticleInside 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...
View ArticleBlue 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...
View ArticleButte 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...
View ArticleRed 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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