Last Saturday we went to Public Lands Day at Gold Butte. It was the kick of for Dustin's Gold Butte Historical Documentation Project.. which is pretty much going to be the coolest thing ever.
Part of the goal of Public Lands Day is to connect people with the public lands and celebrate service and recreation on those lands. With this (Historical Documentation) project we hope to raise people's awareness of the rich history that is also connected with our public lands and encourage them to visit these places.
The overall goal of Gold Butte Historic Documentation Project is to create a catalog of places within Gold Butte and the stories behind them. Our goal is to ensure that the places and the stories behind them are preserved and accessible. Some have been lost and many are not freely accessible. But with this project we hope to begin to recover and collect as much as we can. This project can only be carried out with the help and support of the people who love and enjoy our public lands. We hope to collect hard facts such as names and dates but also personal accounts and your experiences with places out at Gold Butte. Family stories and your personal narratives is what will bring this project to life.
Through our history we will preserve our access.
This was our group. Lots of family came out to support Dustin's project and to spend a beautiful day in the hills.
Here Dustin is explaining the project. He even made the front page of the local paper! Woot!!
After the BLM opening ceremony we headed out for our adventure. The purpose of the project is to document historic sites with pictures, GPS points and stories.
We picked Nay Ranch.
The Nay Ranch is full of great history and an awesome pond.
To submit your stories and/or historical information about sites at Gold Butte
email Dustin at gisfeller@gmail.com.
