As I toured the remains of this ghost town, I found the remants of the floor patterns in the various remaining strutures quite interesting. These patterns were created in the mid-1800s. These are not great shots, but the patterns are what are important for us to think upon. I felt as if I had come upon an archaeological find, and wondered what type of persons lived and walked and endured this cold, rough barren land. I stood in silence imagining their lives and their conversations, wondering what had brought them to this place.
I love patterns not just in design but patterns in our own lives and in the lives of others.
"If we can find ways of responding as individuals to multiple patterns of meaning, enriching rather than displacing those traditional to any one group, this can make a momentous difference to the well-being of individuals and the fate of the earth. What would it be like to have not only color vision but culture vision, the ability to see the multiple worlds of others?" — Peripheral Visions written by Mary Catherine Bateson.
Bannack is a ghost town in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States, located on Grasshopper Creek, approximately 11 miles (18 km) upstream from where Grasshopper Creek joins with the Beaverhead River south of Dillon.
Founded in 1862 and named after the local Bannock Indians, it was the site of a major gold discovery in 1862, and served as the capital of Montana Territory briefly in 1864, until the capital was moved to Virginia City. Bannack continued as a mining town, though with a dwindling population. The last residents left in the 1970s.
