Wyoming & Montana Mish Mash

Here are some pictures from all over Wyoming and Montana during our trip. I didn't feel they were big enough to get their own blog post so I mashed them all together into a single post!

mountain mining

No shortage of mountain mines in Wyoming. We ran across tons of underground mines fenced off with warnings and above ground gold mines. Here are some of my favorites from the trip.

Rawlins Jail

We decided to take a tour of a historic Jail in Rawlins, Wyoming. This jail does tours daily but may not have the funding to stay open so we decided we better see it while we can. It was a very informative tour and I would recommend to see it if your in the area. The place was very old and you can see the paint peeling away and how time is taking its toll. Very neat, here are some pictures and a link to their official website:

http://www.wyomingfrontierprison.org/

cafeteria

water tower & yard

showers - dont drop the soap

kitchen

death row

gas chamber chair

gas chamber -  i was the first to volunteer to sit in it!

ghost towns of wyoming

Along out route in Wyoming we came across many ghost towns. Some were very neat and others just ruins. Most ghost towns had people living in them much like Saskatchewan, other's were completely abandoned and some even restored and available for tours.

The one ghost town we went to had no trespassing signs  on every single building. Didn't matter whether it was a house, shack or even a pile of logs each building was posted. With one resident it was obvious this town is closely watched.

Here are some pictures of the buildings from there towns.

military memories

During our time in Wyoming SaskUrbex really wanted to check out some military locations. We drove to a few and were unable to visit them. We decided to head back to the first one we visited and go through a back road.

Originally we had went up the main road and saw a man opening the gate - I was going to ask him for permission but he quickly closed it and drove away. Maybe he wasn't supposed to be in there? So after a slight detour we made it a "Atlas D Missille Base".  If you want more information about it you can visit blog.saskurbex.com2011/11/09/wyoming-atlas-d-missile-base/

In my opinion it was well worth the walk, this location was severely gutted but has stood up to the test of time well. It was very neat to see how these places were set up and the cradle was definitely my favorite part. I am surprised by how much they had left behind.