Mystery Photo 67: Thar She Rests
It's big, it's dead, but where is it at rest?
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 5th, 2022 2:30am
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Mystery Photo 66 Revealed: Rusty Springs Aka Iron Mike
Across the park road from the Longmire Historic District in Mount Rainier National Park is the Trail of Shadows, where you’ll encounter several rocked-in mineral springs, one of which is aptly named Rusty Springs (aka Iron Mike Spring).
- By Rebecca Latson - September 22nd, 2022 3:00am
Mystery Photo 66: Taking The Waters
There’s not much water in this spring and it doesn’t exactly look like you’d want to settle down for a long soak, at one time, this was a popular spot.
- By Rebecca Latson - September 21st, 2022 3:00am
Mystery Photo 63-Paperwork
National park sites often are filled with paperwork, but where would you find this journal?
Mystery Photo 62 Revealed: Josie Morris's Home
For more than 50 years Josie Bassett Morris made this log cabin on Cub Creek home. Now part of Dinosaur National Monument, the cabin is the legacy of a woman who, during her long life, knew Butch Cassidy and lived a rough, rugged, and independent live.
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 28th, 2022 2:30am
Mystery Photo 62-Roughing It
Ok, with all the log cabins in the National Park System, asking you to identify this one might be unfair. And yet, there are some very well traveled parks travelers out there and it's very possible they know where this cabin sits. If you don't, we'll have the answer tomorrow.
Mystery Photo 60 Revealed: You're Heading For Laramie Peak!
Find yourself atop the bluff known as Scotts Bluff at Scotts Bluff National Monument in western Nebraska and you'll find an iron arrow embedded in a stone wall. It points to Laramie Peak in Wyoming, some 100 miles away to the west.
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 20th, 2022 2:30am
Mystery Photo 60: Which Way?
We all need a little help with our directions from time to time, but what's up with this arrow? More specifically, where is it, and what's the story behind it? We'll have the answer tomorrow.
Mystery Photo Revealed: Fort Larned's Commissary
Cinnamon was just one staple stored in the commissary at Fort Larned for the troops stationed there in the mid-1800s.
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 7th, 2022 2:30am
Mystery Photo: A Little Cinnamon Is Good, But A Keg?
Everyone could use a little cinnamon for their toast or buns, but a keg of the spice? Which unit of the National Park System would require so much?
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 6th, 2022 2:30am
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