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Wolf Ranch 2

            I love places like this, Wolf Ranch in Arches National Park in Utah. 

This early settler of the west, found this area in the high desert, near water, and built himself a place that would not even qualify as a garage in today's America.

 He used the various wood, rocks, and dirt for mortar that were found all around the area where he homesteaded.

 If you detect a turquoise tint to the building, as well as on the roof, that is drawn from a section of turquoise colored earth on the hill behind the house.  The red tinted mortar, and dusting is from the ground around the home. You notice the rough hewn tree trunks which indicate he had limited tools, or skills for carpentry.  He simply filled in the gaps with mortar, and chips of wood.
All over the west, we find these kinds of buildings, some more sophisticated than others, that tell us a little bit of the kind of hardy people who settled the west.  One did not even start the journey unless he could find sufficient food, defend himself from wild animals, and or men, and build himself a shelter no matter how simple.

Taken in: United States / Utah (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 2006

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