Entry - September 29, 1936

10.00 PM Went to Canada today broke. It isn’t but 20 miles away and is sure is a cold 20 miles in these open trucks. You can’t get back over the border (c.c.c.) after six o’clock so I almost got stuck there for the night.

Robert

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Comments from Chris


Canada was close, but take a look at the truck in the photo below. It would have been a cold trip in that thing.

I was taking a look at Robert's map and comparing it to today's maps. I think it is interesting how things change over time and a map can clearly show change. If you get a close look at it you can see how the roads are different. Some are new and some have just disappeared. Robert most likely crossed in Carway which is still a border crossing, but the town has all but vanished.

Something I noticed on the map was Chief Mountain. It is kind of a special place for many of the Native American tribes through history. Take a look at the photo. This rock rises almost 5,000 feet from surrounding area. I can see why they would think about it differently than the surrounding mountains.

Robert in the back facing camera
From Robert's CCC Photo Collection

Map from Lake Sherburne to Canada
Robert's 1937 Glacier National Park Map

Chief Mountain
www.rodjonesphotography.co.uk [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]

Entry - August 28, 1936

9.00 P.M. All the fires seem to be out. They have had about 5,000 men working on twenty fires in the park. When you get near of a fire you see all the bear, deer, and birds leaving the territory.

Robert

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Comments from Chris

Seven days in to the fire.

A wildfire like this typically doesn't kill many animals. They know how to get out of the area. Some of the predators even know how to catch other animals when they are escaping. This must be quite a feeling when everything in the woods is heading one way and you are going the opposite. 

Deer Leaving Fire
Washington Post