Montana

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Posted by Amy Lindsey on June 5, 2009 at 11:15 PM

Hey all you Montanans (is that what you're called?)!

I'm heading to Glacier June 20-24 and then West Yellowstone June 24-26. I would like to find some old 1-room school houses and/or old farm buildings (circa late 1800s-early 1900s) to photograph in the area. Anyone know of some good places? Websites? Books? Sample images?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Posted by Carol Nichols on June 6, 2009 at 10:01 AM

Amy - When I visited Montana last summer I bought a book called Big Sky Barns by Chuck Haney who is a professional photographer. It has terrific photos and locations of old barns all over Montana. Unfortunately I didn't find the book until I was waiting for my flight leaving Kalispell and saw it in the gift shop. But I will definitely be using it to find barns on my next trip out there. I spent most of my Montana vacation in Glacier N.P., but on my last day I was just too tired to do any more hiking (and carrying photo gear) so I just drove around around Montana for an entire day. What a beautiful state! I plan on doing that some more on my next trip with my barn book in hand! The book is published by Riverbend Publishing www.riverbendpublishing.com. Have a great time.......

Posted by Steve Robinson on June 6, 2009 at 5:42 PM

I did some searching and found some one room schoolhouses in Gallatin County north of Yellowstone which would be a way into West. There are also some 'ghost towns' in SW Montana, like Virginia City, which have abandoned buildings.

http://montanahistoricalsociety.org/shpo/register/NRmap/NRbyCo/GA.pdf