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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: May 9, 2018
Caption: Many Cultures Forge Strong Communities panel
Additional Description: Captions: (upper center left) Boom Days "The river is packed with logs for a distance of almost two miles. The mill has been running to its utmost capacity; but has scarcely made an impression yet on the millions of feet of logs to the booms and above." - Missoulian, August 1, 1881; (bottom left) Community Gardens "...One of the grandest sights I ever saw in my life was when I happened to be at Bonner one evening as the sun was going down, and there were fully a hundred men, women, and children, many of the women wearing white dresses, hoeing and caring for their gardens..." - Kenneth Ross, former mill manager, describing 1918 gardens on land donated by the mill; Gateway to the Blackfoot From Bonner to the Blackfoot River Corridor in a stone's skip away. Take time to explore one of Montana's most highly prized recreational area. In Summer, float the river, fish, camp, picnic or explore the backroads and trails. Visit nearby Garnet, Montana's best preserved ghost town (off Hwy 200) and Bonner's Two Rivers Community Park (just east of here on Hwy 10). When Fall arrives take a scenic drive to witness the changing colors of larch and cottonwood trees. During Winter, cross-country ski at Lubrecht Forest or try the slopes of nearby, downhill ski area. Watch bighorn sheep on rocky slopes close to Bonner. In the Spring look for native widowers from arrow-leaved balsamroot to lupine.
Submitted: September 9, 2018, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p444706
File Size: 3.323 Megabytes

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