Sunday, July 21, 2013

A 1910 Homestead

A 1910 Homestead:

A high country homestead in the Laramie Range, in Albany County.  A  sign indicates that the homestead was filed in 1910, which would explain the high altitude nature of the homestead.  This one must have been occupied until fairly recently, and might still be during part of the year, given the modern plate steel sign.  At least one of the outbuildings appears to probably date from at least as recently as the 1950s.

2 comments:

Rich said...

When I see pictures of places in different parts of the world, I always wonder why things like those gates are built that way, with a pole going up to a gap 10-12' off the ground instead of a hinge down lower on the post.

Does the gate lift up off the ground as the snow builds up or something?

Besides all that, I could see myself living somewhere like that, although it might be a battle getting through winter.

Pat, Marcus & Alexis said...

No, it's just how they provided support to the gate in a situation in which the the poles may be somewhat shallow and the materials not the best.

"Besides all that, I could see myself living somewhere like that, although it might be a battle getting through winter."

Me too.

It would be a battle getting there in the winter, as you note. These places are about 7,000 feet high, and they were pretty much isolated during the winter.