** I wrote this post in July, after I went to Yellowstone, and I'm not really sure why I never published it... Anyway, I'll do it now! I will also dig up some pictures of YNP to post eventually too :)**
While I was in Montana, we stopped at Bannack State Park to see the ghost town there! The town has over thirty buildings that you can go inside. It was really cool to see all the old lean-tos, outhouses, cabins, and even go upstairs in the buildings. I took lots of pictures!
This is the main street of the town. In 1863, it had a population of 3,000 people.
The two story hotel is made of brick. This was the first building I went inside. My brother and I explored every room of the hotel, and even went up the stairs.
There were a lot of rooms upstairs off of a really long hallway. All the rooms were yellow, and the wallboards were peeling off in some places. The floorboards creaked. (photo credit to my bro)
There were lots of old doorknobs that I couldn't resist taking pictures of.
The badly tuned piano in the saloon. My brother played a song on it and you could hear it echoing down the street.
What is left of the saloon. My brother also took this picture.
This is the Methodist church.
The inside of the church reminded me of Christy and When Calls the Heart.
Some of the doors were locked, so we peered through the keyholes.
Most of the buildings did not have furniture. However, in the backroom of a cabin stood a huge wardrobe. I looked inside, but didn't see Narnia.
In the same building, there were newspapers plastered onto the walls. Sadly I didn't get pictures of any of the cabins that had dirt floor.
This was the town jail.
I think these stairs were in the Gibson House, a rooming house that was built in 1862.
There were a lot of little bunnies running about the grounds.
The schoolhouse looks very interesting. It was built in 1876.
The last house we went in had furnishings as well as another piano.
In the bedroom, a dress made of a sack hung in the "closet."
What do you think about Ghost Towns? I think they're really cool!