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Journal
146
R.E. Johnson
1967
Sept. 1 Red Mtn, L.O., Highland Mtns, Silver Bow Co., to Lost Creek State Park, Montana
(Librarian) & to get maps at Montana Bureau of Mines. Drove
to Lost Creek State Park in Deer Lodge Nat Forest on the east
side of the Flint Creek Range. Camp empty (fire closure) &
creeks & Lost Creek Falls cold & full. Located the amazonstone
vein beside the falls & obtained specimens (very faded green).
Stuffed the 2 birds collected this morning.
Sept. 2. Lost Creek State Park to Glacier National Park, Montana
Drove to Missoula to return items borrowed from
Dr. Hoffmann & then to Bigfork to see Dr. Brown & on to Glacier
Park. The Sharps were camped at Aggar Campground.
The Glacier Wall Fire had crossed the Logan Pass Rd & the
road is closed.
Sept. 3-12. Glacier National Park, Montana
Did no collecting & did not visit the alpine zone. The whole North
Fork District of Glacier Park is closed due to high fire danger and
the Going-to-the Sun Rd over Logan Pass remained closed due to a fire. All
The Montana National Forests were closed also, thus no collecting was
possible. Worked at Park Headquarters until 9PM Sept. 12, then
drove to Browning.
Sept. 13 Browning, Montana to Butte, Montana
Drove to Great Falls in the rain & the skies looked black
ahead of me. Checked the weather forecast in the newspaper and
called the weather bureau. Rain & snow expected to follow me
through Wyoming into Colorado. I reversed directions & drove to
Butte, called Suzanne Goodman for a date & we dined at Lydia's &
spent the evening at the Camera Club looking at slides of Chile. She
was back down from the lookout due to several strikes of