sometimes you have to believe in magic or nothing gets done

Different people have different takes on who built the rock walls in Monument Coulee and when, without carbon dating we may never know.

Sometime during the late 1940s L.D.Lindsley, now a man past middle age, carried his bulky camera past Umatilla in Dry Falls to a place where basalt columns lay strewn about with granite, all mixed up. He paused before a tall basalt pillar, unpacked his gear and took a picture of the rock spire. Later, at... Continue Reading →

Whiskey Rock was located at the northern tip of Blue Lake. At one time in the 1950s after curving around down along the lake the road would come up on a small flat and there was Whiskey Rock. The old Scenic Highway then darted behind the rock away from the lake making a sharp corner... Continue Reading →

My Grandma Jean Willard used to swear the cats, especially Gus, would stop and pose when she took the camera out. These are shot around Willards Resort and Jasper Bay in the mid 1960s

Behind Blue Lake, my Grandparents told me that some excited archaeologists were excavating a cave in the area. I can't say this is that cave but for sure the floor has been dug out. This is a 'popular' hike to place close to Packhorse Rock for the more exploratory types.

by Harry Jefferson Brown, 1904 Pilot Rock, Washington, stands on the west wall of the Grand Coulee, eight miles from Coulee City, Douglas county, and is the finger post marking the gateway to the Big Bend country and pointing the way to the fertile plains lying within the embrace of the greatest river of the... Continue Reading →

Words and pictures by Jean Willard, 1966

A lot of people have seen it but few know why it was constructed. It was created during the final days of construction to monitor the filling of Lake Roosevelt for earthquakes from shift soil and weight. Even after Lake Roosevelt was filled the lonely station was manned for a while before being closed for... Continue Reading →