When I was sorting through photos one day, I discovered these taken from about the same spot in different eras. This first one was taken in 1909 and is captioned "Little Canyon from Dad's west rimrock." That's about a hundred years ago, you know.
The next photo (right) is the same scene: "August 1939 from lone tree point on the 'South 80' [that's what they called that particular field] looking down Little Canyon; Dieterle boys' place in distance."
. . . and my contribution taken on a cold April Sunday 2008. Sonny Hairston now owns and operates a hunting club on that land.
That is really neat! I like to look at areas (Lewiston, for instance) and think about what it looked like when Lewis and Clark came through. It's not quite the same as comparing the pictures you posted--the land almost untouched. Instead, I think about the trees that must have been introduced and how the land was shaped to accommodate man-built structures. What did THAT look like hundreds of years ago?
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