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Post by montanamuskrat on Oct 18, 2009 20:47:15 GMT -5
We were in the back pasture this weekend cutting firewood for this winter. I went down stretch of a fence I have fixed for years and noticed something I had not thought of when I first became a member of RTH. I may have fibbed when I showed you pictures of my first wire wraps. I believe I have found my first wire wraps. These are still hanging around. Some times the creator of good art doesn’t notice his or her work until later. This is art that lasts and lasts. These are masterpieces. My critics up till now have all been cows and the told me MOOOOOOO. I guess this means good. I have a guess what this is, in this picture, (and not just a pile of rocks).Winner will get two pieces of MT agate. Thanks for looking Tom
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Post by Bikerrandy on Oct 18, 2009 21:00:09 GMT -5
Hmmmmmm, looks like some sort of marker (beacon)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2009 21:11:51 GMT -5
Looks like some cairns from past backpacking trips that Ive been on, marking the direction to go. Ive also seen fence posts like this, and property boundaries.
Shan
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Post by wyobrian on Oct 18, 2009 21:13:21 GMT -5
Indian prayer rocks Brian
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Post by Geo-Ing Crazy on Oct 18, 2009 21:32:20 GMT -5
I'd guess a cairn also, but for sheepherders. Barb
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Post by Toad on Oct 18, 2009 21:50:09 GMT -5
Marker for a well?
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Post by superioragates on Oct 19, 2009 0:14:46 GMT -5
Old fireplace or fire pit? Marie
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Post by texaswoodie on Oct 19, 2009 10:41:08 GMT -5
Wagon trail marker
Curt
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Post by carloscinco on Oct 19, 2009 14:29:53 GMT -5
Bus stop for Grizzly Bears.
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Post by Toad on Oct 19, 2009 14:35:51 GMT -5
End of fence marker
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Post by carloscinco on Oct 19, 2009 14:54:48 GMT -5
A mail box.
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Post by damammy on Oct 19, 2009 15:22:48 GMT -5
How would you run a farm without rocks, (?) It looks like a corner post to me. Donna
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Post by Thunder69 on Oct 19, 2009 17:20:14 GMT -5
Grave marker...John
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Post by montanamuskrat on Oct 20, 2009 0:15:19 GMT -5
WHOA ROCKERS, I HAVE A WINNER It has been 24 hours and I have a winner. This is kinda funny, I posted two of my very first wire wraps and a guess what, not a comments on the wire wraps. I think that everyone wanted the Montana agates, what a bunch of rockhounds. (I love this web site.) It was not a bus stop for grizzly bears. It does not mark anything or any place, and it is not a grave marker. I did not find any evidence of a fire being built on or around it. No wagon trails, mail boxes, and I don’t think it is an Indian prayer rocks. I did learn a word I did not know “cairn”, it is a pile of rocks, and the winner is, – Geo-Ing Crazy. “I'd guess a cairn also, but for sheepherders”. Think of someone out on the open range, with a horse, a dog, a herder’s wagon and nothing to do but watch sheep. I asked a lot of old ranchers what the sheepherders mounds were for and was there a purpose for them. I was told the old sheepherders would occupy their watching time, stacking rocks. The sheep would graze in an area for days, maybe weeks or months. Every one knows what happens when you count sheep, so they stacked rocks when they weren’t counting. (Ok, a little dry wooly humor.) I have seen round ones, tall ones, and square ones, some built with big rocks and little rocks. The mounds are in the middle of an open range, sometimes in the timber, sometimes in coulees and sometimes on ridges. No one could tell me if it marked something significant, except a person’s overwhelming boredom. This is one that over looks the Flint Creek Range Thank you all in advance Debby and Tom
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Post by Geo-Ing Crazy on Oct 20, 2009 7:04:56 GMT -5
Debby and Tom - Thanks!! Hey, I really did like your "original wire wraps". They are neat, and I got a chuckle out of the picture of your "wraps". You are right, though, the minute you mentioned winning some montana agates, I forgot all about the wraps :-) I don't have any Montana agates so that was the enticement.
I've seen similar cairns in Idaho, and was told they were created by sheepherders. (Shannon had the word in print first, so sorry if I stole your rocks!)
Barb
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Post by frane on Oct 20, 2009 18:55:18 GMT -5
I like the original wrap too! Really neat pictures that I have enjoyed looking at! Fran
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Post by kjohn0102 on Oct 22, 2009 16:38:55 GMT -5
I'm not noticing the wraps OR the rocks, my eyes are drooling over the beautiful snow-capped mountains in the background! Debby and Tom-you live in my "My Friend Flicka" dream land! I know I know, that's Wyoming, but still-you get my dream? Just give me a horse and that back pasture and you'd never hear from me again! kj
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Post by Geo-Ing Crazy on Oct 27, 2009 16:49:31 GMT -5
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Post by montanamuskrat on Oct 27, 2009 17:36:48 GMT -5
Glad to see you got the package. We're also glad you like the stones. Thought you would like to see a sunset over the shining Mountains. Debby and Tom
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