Museums 101: A trapper's cabin (photo diary)

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Friday, Oct. 11, 2019 Friday, Oct. 11, 2019 at 12:30:03pm PDT

In 1988, the Upper Swan Valley Historical Society was established in Condon, Montana. The goal was to discover, collect, preserve, and interpret materials relating to Montana’s Swan River Valley. Today the Swan Valley Historical Society has displays relating to the area history. The museum grounds include several historic buildings.

The Trappers Cabin was built sometime in the late 1920s or early 1930s near the Elbow Lookout. In 2014 the cabin was donated to the museum.

photo P1120349_zpswdavsg4g.jpg — The bed shown above has a mattress of evergreen boughs.