Friday, January 21, 2011

Boreas Pass Cabin

Away from the summit ghost town we found what was probably a hopeful prospector's cabin in ruins near a pond:


Or it may have been the edge of town more than 100 years ago.........


I love the texture of weathered wood.............

2 comments:

  1. A 'fixer-upper' for sure. It was a hard life when they lived in these places.

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  2. For those who are interested....More on the hard life at Boreas Pass:

    http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20070613/NEWS/106130065

    It does contain a typo referring to using snow plows in 1989. I'm sure they mean 1889......

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