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Captain Ahab

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We used one as a club house as kids it was a couple miles from everyone so we all could ride our bikes there later when we got older we would hide our beer there many good uses lol

We may or may not have done the same;-)
 


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I cant make myself tear down the old farm buildings and they aren't worth fixing up, My wife would like to see them gone but I think they give the farm some character. Shows what the old timers who settled this land did with their bare hands.


When Grandpa finally got that door nailed together he probably said that ain't going no where.
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For the last few years I have decided to harvest the old lumber then I keep saying to myself they aren't eating any hay.
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My absolute favorite old building in this area is Coghlan Castle near ST. John.

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I'll have to take the family to see the castle this summer! Looks amazing!
 

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I'll have to take the family to see the castle this summer! Looks amazing!

It's awesome , I was inside and took a good look at it about 40 years ago and it was in good shape except that someone had built a campfire right in the middle of the floor.
 


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This was at a graveyard north of Williston. I guess it may not be that old. But it was still pretty neat. A little creepy maybe too...
 

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I coyote hunt alot in nodak. I'll go outta my way too check old houses.
I can damn- near " feel" the necessity and labor of love that went into them.
 


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A guy should definitely go back to them old throw away cameras so pics don't waste away in that damn dumb cloud..just glad I grew up in the polaroid/dumb-camera days in the ol "heydays" of the outdoors to say the least. Hard copies is where its at for sure.
 
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a lot of cool old buildings and foundations around nd. I was north of 19 west of Esmond a few years ago there was a 12x12 dugout made out of field stone no grout just perfectly laid field stone that hadn't caved in at all. the time to pick the rock and lay them by hand in the 1800s I cant imagine how tough those guys were
 

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What started as a criticism, has now become a fascination! I wish I could sit down and talk to some of the folks that built them.
 

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A guy should definitely go back to them old throw away cameras so pics don't waste away in that damn dumb cloud..just glad I grew up in the polaroid/dumb-camera days in the ol "heydays" of the outdoors to say the least. Hard copies is where its at for sure.

I agree. Got pictures transferred over to a stick for storage, they "never" get looked at.
 

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I saw this in the Turtle Mtns. but not sure where. Davey may be able to help me out.

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Original homestead in the Grassy Butte area. A before and after a complete restoration. The bottom three logs were replaced with logs from trees on the farm area to keep it as original as possible.

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Original PO at Grassy Butte.

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Sl good pictures. I've seen that barn .. Is that picture a few years old ? Could it have been taken on the foothills 1 mile west and 3 or 4 miles North of Bottineau a few years ago ? Someone bought that place and built a new house there. Or else it could be east on 43
 

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Sl good pictures. I've seen that barn .. Is that picture a few years old ? Could it have been taken on the foothills 1 mile west and 3 or 4 miles North of Bottineau a few years ago ? Someone bought that place and built a new house there. Or else it could be east on 43

The info from my camera on iPhoto says that the picture was taken in September, 2009. I'm not sure if I took the pic or if my wife used my camera and took it.
 

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