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Several of us have been here and have wondered for quite sometime what happened. According to the book, he and another trapper died of scurvy during the winter of 1895. Oregon180 and I were here in 2010 and took his photo.

Can anyone guess where this is?

blackrock wrote:Several of us have been here and have wondered for quite sometime what happened. According to the book, he and another trapper died of scurvy during the winter of 1895. Oregon180 and I were here in 2010 and took his photo.

Can anyone guess where this is?

Yellowpine cemetery?

They are not near any towns...

Idaho!

CamTom12 wrote:Idaho!

Damn, you're good!

My copy came today, nice burly hardcover, larger than I expected. Will write up a review soon.

it's pretty thorough and history loaded.. I noticed Sluice creek isn't in it since I was looking for it as a possible go to next summer...interresting paragraph ,the last one on the Root Ranch page about Lyn Clark... I was fishing at Chamberlain that day and returned to the plane to return to JC but the wind was just howling.. It was so bad I sat in the plane to get out of it. Wings rocking pretty bad I got out and tied down tighter figuring I'd have to spend the night... about 8 PM it just died and calmed.. FLew back to JC in light turb and a smooth landing... learned the next day of the crash at Root ranch which is only a short distance from Chamberlain... happened during all that wind.. We wondered why she would fly in wind like that... but who knows...I follow that old rule up there... down on the ground by 11 AM...

blackrock wrote:Several of us have been here and have wondered for quite sometime what happened. According to the book, he and another trapper died of scurvy during the winter of 1895. Oregon180 and I were here in 2010 and took his photo.

Can anyone guess where this is?

Shearer I think... can't remember where I saw them .. but there's a Scurvy mountain by SHearer...haven't been to shearer in many years.. good fishing there too...

This has been a great read so far. It really ties together a history of the region in general more comprehensively than many other books on the area, and aviation is really just an entry point to the stories for a lot of the book. It's hard to put down at night. Some things might be off here and there (dates or a back story or two), but overall, it's been a genuine learning experience re-learning or correcting what I thought I knew about this or that.

This really was a great effort and worthwhile to read if you are from the area. It's really bringing back some memories of people and places in a big way.

iceman wrote:

blackrock wrote:Several of us have been here and have wondered for quite sometime what happened. According to the book, he and another trapper died of scurvy during the winter of 1895. Oregon180 and I were here in 2010 and took his photo.

Can anyone guess where this is?

Shearer I think... can't remember where I saw them .. but there's a Scurvy mountain by SHearer...haven't been to shearer in many years.. good fishing there too...

Sorry Ice, you are getting warmer, but they are not at Shearer.

pretty sure it's one of the strips further up north. but I can't remember where I saw them...Shearer was a guess since I knew of scurvy mountain... I give up...

iceman wrote:pretty sure it's one of the strips further up north. but I can't remember where I saw them...Shearer was a guess since I knew of scurvy mountain... I give up...

They are about 6 or 7 miles by trail from Moose Creek. Does that help?

ok then if it's a seven mile hike from Moose creek I have no clue cause I've never hiked seven miles anywhere up there but I've seen a couple grave markers on a short hike once about 9 years ago. can't remember back that far as to where..been to Moose dozens of times to fish but only hiked down to the creek and Selway.. that's about as far as I want to hike... you have way more energy and less years than I do...

Yes, it is long day hike... I don't know about less years or more energy, its probably short term memory loss in not remembering how far I've gone and how painful the return is going to be. Heck then again too, maybe my distance measurements skills are lacking. In any case, they are buried along the North Fork of Moose Creek near what used to be the upper airstrip of the Moose Creek Ranches. Page 396 in the book.

That was an awesome day, blackrock! Not to mention the tasty Morels we had after that hike.

Forgive the slight thread-drift here, but here are some more pictures from that hike:

Thanks for sharing the photos Oregon180, they bring back happy memories. Your photos are the essence of this thread, experiencing, exploring, and unveiling what is there. Do you have more photos you can post?

Yes, that was an epic experience the entire weekend and I thoroughly enjoyed the time we spent there. That is one of the main motivators behind my desire to fly; to be able to visit those places and to share the experience with others. I presume it is for many of you as well

hope you stopped and waited before crossing that bridge... learned to stop and wait and closely look at the other side before crossing that one ... one year we met some hikers on the other side who watched a bear cross about 20 minutes before we did and go up the trail we came down on... never saw him but I bet he saw us....

iceman wrote:hope you stopped and waited before crossing that bridge... learned to stop and wait and closely look at the other side before crossing that one ... one year we met some hikers on the other side who watched a bear cross about 20 minutes before we did and go up the trail we came down on... never saw him but I bet he saw us....

Yes, not sure why but almost always stop and watch before crossing that one. Thanks for the tip. We do see a lot of wildlife on the other side. Mostly deer, some elk one year. My wife and I were attacked by a swarm of sweat bees on the other side a few years ago - not fun I got stung/bit about a dozen times. Come to think of it, those bees bit us few times on this trip (when the photos were taken) too.

Got my book for Christmas from my wife. Lots to read when the wx is set in and I can't fly.
HC