The Granite at Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse Monument
Harney Peak Granite1.7 billion years ago and many kilometers underground, the Harney Peak Granite intruded into an older mica schist. This granite is now exposed in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Click images to enlarge The same Harney Peak Granite is being sculpted...
Rebuilding Sperry Chalet
2017 Wildfire Burns Sperry Chalet Sperry Chalet was built in Glacier National Park in 1914 by the Great Northern Railway. Six miles from the nearest trailhead, Sperry Chalet welcomed guests for more than 100 years before a September 2017 wildfire destroyed the wooden...
Parkitecture in Northwest Montana
A Project Inspired by Sperry Chalet Sperry Chalet was built in Glacier National Park in 1914 by the Great Northern Railway. It is one of several backcountry lodges built by the railroad as a way to increase passenger traffic . The stone used to construct the Sperry...
Saving the Creamery
Homestead-era stone buildingThe “Creamery” was built in the 1880’s by European immigrants who settled in Montana during late 19th century. Milk collected from surrounding homesteads was processed and sold to residents of Great Falls, ten miles to the...