We drove from Green River on Tuesday. We tried to stop and trade drivers often. It was wonderful, because we accidentally found a couple of interesting places.
We stopped for lunch at the Fremont Indian Museum off of I-70. It was so windy we had to eat in the car. Out the car window we saw this.
It didn’t move at all. It sure looked like a critter, but what? We couldn’t stand the suspense so we went to look.
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OK, now we know…..or do we? Still not sure what the animal is supposed to be.
Further on we saw a sign for Silver Reef Museum. So we stopped. Turned out it was not your normal museum, but a town of either restored or original buildings from the end of the 1800’s. The town was founded because silver was found in the sandstone reef beside the town. It was believed that this was the only place that silver was ever found in sandstone. That belief is now being challenged. But back then, it was difficult to convince financiers that there actually was silver here. And, yes, there was. Millions of dollars worth. The town flourished from 1876 to 1890. Now just a ghost town.
This is the original Wells Fargo office. It has held up very well. It is now used as the museum. Too bad it was closed on Tuesdays.
The small grey building behind the Wells The old saloon.
Fargo office is a powder house.
On the way back to the highway, we saw another sign. We went to see the Leeds CCC Camp. In 1933 this camp was built as explained in the sign.
They sure did make those buildings to last.
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