Day One in Laurin

My cool photo of Tori showing off a piece

of foundation remains from an old building

that was just recently torn down

*What we originally thought was the Laurin Ranch House, Laurin, Montana

In 1868 the Shoshone, Bannack, Sheepeater Treaty

was signed.

A piece of glass that's about a hundred years old.

We found it in a hole.

The Catholic Church in Laurin, Montana



Fake Flowers are Classsayyy

The creepy attic stairs that

Jared and I opened so he could

get in the belltower.

So today we went to Laurin, Montana trying to compare what buildings in town are the same and still existing as they were around the time of the 1868 Shoshone Bannack Sheepeater Treaty. We measured some distances between buildings, investigated the old church built in 1901 and measured plots where an old stage stop and mercantile shop from the time had sat until recently. Kate gave us all a little intro into archaeological work and we dug around a bit in some dirt piles that had been recently dug and piled up. All in all it was definitely a pretty cool day. We even had the luck of meeting the renter of the old Laurin Ranch House and got a chance to step inside. It's definitley eerie standing where such significant people once stood even if it looks like the middle of nowhere.