Grandfather Out West ~ Photos #3

Here are more photographs my my Grandfather Lowell Townsend Copeland's 1917 trip to Wyoming and Montana. See the first group of photos here and group #2 here.

Wyoming 1917
"Bear-Tooth" Mountain and Lake

You can search the Internet for images of Beartooth Mountain and see recent photographs of this same mountain.

Wyoming Montana 1917
Mrs. Sidley and me/I [Lowell Townsend Copeland] at "Bear-Tooth" Lake.
Beautiful!!

Montana 1917
Mr. Sidley and Bill.

I wonder what they're doing hanging over the water?

Montana 1917
Bill and his horse "Bluebell" on our way to Red Lodge, Montana

And for the last photo: Can you figure out what is going on here before reading the caption?

Montana 1917
Bill + Mrs. Sidley.
Bill is having his hair washed at the last camp.

Grandfather Out West ~ Photos #2

More photos from Grandfather Lowell Townsend Copeland's 1917 trip west. See the first installment of photos here.

Wyoming 1917
Pack horses fording a stream just before coming into a camp.

Wyoming 1917
Taken from the top of the "Great Divide" which was about 11,000 ft. above sea level.

Wyoming 1917
"Tex" and the pack horses on top of the "Great Divide."

I believe Tex was one of the group's guides on this trip.

Wyoming 1917
Taken from the top of the "Great Divide."

Wyoming 1917
L.T.C. [Lowell Townsend Copeland], Bill [Sidley], Mrs. Sidley, Miss Holt, and Mr. Sidley.
Index Peaks in the background, which marks the boundary line between Wyoming and Montana.

From the captions on this group of photographs, I can tell that my grandfather visited Wyoming and Montana, seeing the "Great Divide," Yellowstone National Park, Index Peak, Beartooth Mountains and Lake, and Red Lodge.

See the last installment of photos here.

Wordless Wednesday ~ Grandfather Out West

In the summer of 1917, when my grandfather, Lowell Townsend Copeland, was not yet 17 (he was born December 21, 1900), he took a trip out west.

I have a set of 27 photographs that were taken during this trip, and they are all labeled on the back (likely Grandfather's handwriting). I will share a few each day for the next few days.

Wyoming 1917
Mrs. Sidley, Miss Holt, and Mr. Sidley

I don't know who Mr. and Mrs. Sidley or Miss Holt are.

I know the head is partially cropped in the following photo, but it is the only closeup photo in the collection of Bill Sidley, who looks like he might have been grandfather's age.

Wyoming 1917
Bill Sidley

Wyoming 1917
L.T.C. [Lowell Townsend Copeland] and Bill all ready for a day of fishing.
Catch anything? [unknown handwriting]

Wyoming 1917
L.T.C. [Lowell Townsend Copeland] in his fishing outfit with his rod.

See Grandfather Out West Photos #2.

See Grandfather Out West Photos #3.