Thursday, May 27, 2021 (continued)
We made a detour to Sidney, MT to visit with Betty M, a Chofu High School classmate of Kent. Lots of catching up to do, plus she had gathered a bagful of helpful information for our travels. Thank you, Betty! Enjoyed having lunch with you at Cattle-Ac!
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On Betty's recommendation we stopped at
the MonDak Heritage Center (1984) that featured
J K Ralston, an Old American West painter;
(statue of J K Ralston by William Rains) |
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| James Kenneth 'J K' Ralston's real cowboy hat? |
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| J K Ralston's real painter's palette? |
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Sample of a commercial sign painted by J K Ralston
(note the telephone number) (KSS) |
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| Buffalo Crossing the Missouri (1931, by J K Ralston) |
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Grain and Seed Art by the Ridgelawn Community for
the 2000 Richland County Fair |
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| Close-up of the grain and seed mural |
We almost missed the MonDak Pioneer Town on the lower floor of the center! It was set up as a street of storefronts and homes.
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| Bank safe (looks like a front-loader washing machine!) (KSS) |
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| Hundreds of brands of, I assume, local ranchers |
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| Medical doctor's office (KSS) |
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| Local convenience store |
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| Pioneer gas station? |
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| Approaching Culbertson, MT, the flat plains landscape changes |
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| Crossing the Missouri River near Culbertson, MT |
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Fort Peck Dam (1933-1940, a major project of the Public Works
Administration) is the highest dam on the Missouri River,
and was a hydraulically filled earth embankment dam |
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During construction, a portion of the dam
broke away and caused a landslide,
killing eight men, six of whom were never
found and assumed to be buried in the dam (KSS) |
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| Other men who died on the job have been memorialized (KSS) |
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| Panorama of the resulting Fort Peck Lake |
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| Three miles farther is the spillway (1940) for Fort Peck Dam |
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| The spillway is unique, being two-miles long |
*On 5/8/1805, the Corps of Discovery arrived at a confluence of waters they named the Milk River.* |
Milk River Observation Point view of the Milk River
confluence of today |
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The lighter blue river meets the darker blue of the
Missouri River that is seen straight across the photo
about a third of the way from the bottom |
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| Antilocapra americana/Pronghorn |
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Glasgow, MT: Sculptures (by Buck Samuelson) of
mostly dinosaurs, are for sale! |
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Oh! We are starting to see mountains;
however, they are the Little Rocky Mountains (KSS) |
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Hotel bookings were not easy to find, so this time
we had an older non-chain motel for the night |
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| But all we need is a bed and a hot shower! |
Next: Lewis & Clark Trip Day 21.
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