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After a great breakfast of fried eggs, Ham, and hashbrowns it was off to church. After church we attended a community wide “Good News” gathering in which about 25 souls were baptized in the chilly Salmon River. Air temperature was about 55 degrees. Met a lot of interesting people at the river gathering and pot luck dinner and singing. This evening it’s off to Cowboy Church.

Sorry, no captions till we get near some Internet service.

Group of seven men on a mission to clear some cottonwood trees to make room for construction of a country church near Salmon, Idaho.

I’ve been wanting to photograph some Pow-Wow activity for some time, so when Bucky told me that a group of Delaware were going to present a program at Wilson Elementary School in Bartlesville I jumped on it. I’d still like to get to a more formal gathering but this was very enjoyable. I especially liked the small ones who are just learning the traditions. Clicking an image will show a larger version.

In the days before the Civil War, brick forts were America’s main defense against overseas enemies. In one two-day battle during the Civil War, new technology proved its superiority to brick forts. The Union army used rifled cannons to compel a surrender by Confederates inside Fort Pulaski. No one ever built a brick fort again after the battle. Fort Pulaski was built to defend the harbor of Savannah, Georgia. The brick walls still show the scars of the Union Forces cannonballs.

The brickwork construction shows the incredible craftsmanship of these mid 1800′s builders.

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