Ghost Town

Saturday we made a wide loop through Lewistown and the Judith Mountains. I wanted to show Morgan a ghost town, and Kendall filled the bill, at least according to on-line descriptions.

We ate lunch at a cafe in Lewistown, and then took off to find Kendall. The road is in good repair, as it was used by the gold mine at the old town site before they lost the ability to mine with cyannide leaching and closed down.

There are a few stone walls remaining at the town site, and some holes where the buildings were. The old bandstand is intact. We took pictures, naturally, and Morgan took a video of the cows grazing there. She was as excited by the cows as anything.

On the way, we passed the "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" house that was built last week for a local family. The house is on the Roundup Road. It's said to be 3,400+ sq. ft., and it's nearest neighbors are trailer houses and sheds. The house the family formerly lived in was a converted chicken hatchery, which was likely a good match for the neighbor hood. The new "castle" looks a little out of place.