Haw Creek Out 'n About

Wolf Ranch Cabin

Mike — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Wolfe Ranch Cabin, September 24, 2007

The cabin was built in 1906 out of Fremont cottonwoods.

From Wikipedia:

The Wolfe Ranch, also known as Turnbow Cabin, is located in Arches National Park near Moab, Utah, U.S.

John Wesley Wolf settled in the location in 1888 with his oldest son Fred. A nagging leg injury from the Civil War prompted Wolf to move west from Ohio, looking for a drier climate. He chose this tract of more than 100 acres (0.40 km2) along Salt Wash for its water and grassland – enough for a few cattle. The Wolfes built a one-room cabin, a corral, and a small dam across Salt Wash. For more than a decade they lived alone on the remote ranch. In 1906, Wolf’s daughter Flora Stanley, her husband, and their children moved to the ranch. Shocked at the primitive conditions, Stanley convinced her father to build a new cabin with a wood floor.

The ranch on Salt Wash was established about that time under the Bar DX brand. With the arrival of Wolfe’s daughter and son-in-law in 1906, the newer, surviving structures were built. However, the Stanley family moved to Moab in 1908. The family sold the ranch in 1910 and returned to Ohio. John Wolfe died on October 22, 1913, in Etna, Ohio at the age of eighty-four.

Gallery: Arches National Park

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Old Faithful Crowd

Mike — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Old Faithful is the most popular of all the thermal features, as evidenced by this crowd waiting for the next eruption.

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, September 12, 2007

Information and resource page: Yellowstone National Park

Gallery: Madison Junction to West Thumb, September 12, 2007

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High altitude snack bar

Mike — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000

A painting-like rendering by Paint Shop Pro (click on image for larger version)

A close up of part of the image:

Inside the Trail Ridge gift shop, Rocky Mountain National Park

Gallery: Estes Park and then up to Trail Ridge – September 5, 2009

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Anchor of a Very Famous Vessel

Mike — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000

In May, we visited The Mariners’ Museum in Newport News, Virginia. A major new part of the museum is The USS Monitor Center, where major pieces of the Monitor’s wreckage are being conserved and displayed. The first large artifact recovered was the ship’s cast iron anchor, in1983, over 120 years after the Monitor sank in a storm off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. It provided conservators the opportunity to develop a treatment process for other large iron artifacts that were to come later.

The 18,000 square foot exhibition tells the story of the USS Monitor and her opponent the CSS Virginia through a array of original artifacts, archival materials, multimedia experiences and recreated ship interiors. The Conservation Facility allows visitors a close up look at the conservation and reconditioning of the turret, steam engine, guns and more.

I’ve added 2 new Virginia photo galleries to my Haw Creek site – The Mariners’ Museum in Newport News and images from the Virginia Beach ocean front. All of the photos were taken on May 10, 2009.

Gallery: The Mariners’ Museum, Newport News, May 10, 2009

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Lake Ponder

Mike — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Wishing Well Overlook and, below, Lake Ponder Barrier-Free Trail , Crowley’s Ridge State Park, Arkansas, May 2009

Gallery: Crowley’s Ridge State Park

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Ferry, anyone?

Mike — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000

The Green River Ferry ramp is also used as a boat ramp, but the time period for getting the boat out of the water is limited. That’s why the woman is riding in the boat as her hubby drives up and out of the way.

Green River Ferry, Mammoth Cave National Park, May 25, 2009

Gallery: Mammoth Cave National Park

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John Oliver Place

Mike — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Gallery: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Through the Window

Mike — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000

North Windows Arch, Windows Area, Windows Trail, Arches National Park.

Gallery: Arches National Park, September 24, 2007

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Smoke from California

Mike — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:24:00 +0000

September 1, 2009 – From the slope of the terminal moraine, looking up the valley of Moraine Park in Rocky Mountain National Park. The smoke is from fires burning in California. The building in the foreground is the Moraine Park Visitor Center. We were on a ranger guided walk on a short nature trail at the visitor center, which also has a few museum area inside.

Gallery: Eastern slopes – September 1, 2009

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Flowers at the Market

Mike — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:32:00 +0000

Farmers’ Market in Madison at Wisconsin State Capitol, September 20, 2008

Gallery: Dane County Farmers’ Market on the Square – Madison, Wisconsin, September 13 and 20, 2008, on the streets around the state capitol building

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