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Following Old Trails in Windfall Hills and Ohio Gulch
The article recounts a three day trek with Dean Stone through Windfall and Ohio gulch near Trout creek Cedar, featuring veterans Adam Thielen and Charlie Moorehouse. It celebrates the rugged landscape, enduring mining life, and deep ties of Montana old timers to the Bitter Root mountains. Moorehouse’s backstory as a California-born miner and veteran packer frames the narrative, ending with praise for Montana history written in these trails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean A. L. Stone
School of Journalism
University of Montana
Dean Stone
Missoulian
Missoula
Mont
Stone
Trout Creek
Cedar
Cedar Swamp
Bert Palmer
Coeur d’Alene
Milwaukee
Steve
Tenderfoot
Mr. Stevens
Ohio Gulch
Adam Thielen
Charlie Moorehouse
Adam
Ohio
Charlie
Sunrise Peak
West
Higgins Avenue
Remington
Moorehouse
California
Argonauts
Sacramento
Idaho
Clearwater
St. Joe
Louis Barrette
Montana
California Gulch
Oregon Gulch
Spain
Uncle Sam
Philippines
Frisco
Pacific
Quartz
Verdure
Teddy Roosevelt
Quartz Creek
Express
George Mink
Great