We got a late start on Saturday when we finally decided where we were going.
We arrived just after 1600 on the rocky, narrow and steep road up to the town.
The visitors center, located in the old saloon building, was getting ready to close at 1630. Just enough time for me to buy some postcards. lol
The BLM staff person said that during June there are volunteers that dress up and do re-enactments.
The volunteer hosts finished the season sometime around the end of July. They stay in a couple of the old cabins that have been refurbished and are only there for about 2 months.
During the time that the volunteers are living there, they leave the buildings open till dark.
The BLM charges $3.00 per person. You can pay half price if you have a park pass/eagle pass.
This is the view of the town at the overlook on your way from the parking lot trail.
The Well's hotel building has 3 stories.
The kitchen in the Hotel
Sitting room in the hotel
The hotel had skylights in the roof for the guests on the 3rd floor.
The second floor guests were treated to carpet/wallpaper and nice furniture.
Some of the original wallpaper in the second floor hallway(below).
Old wheel rim is stuck in a tree that has grown around it.
View of town looking North
One of the houses in town had a 3 holer outhouse.
I wonder who would sit with you when you had to do your business?
I prefer to take care of that kinda stuff in private...
This is the outside of the 3 holer.
You could snack on a few elderberries if you wanted.
\Big granite rock near the blacksmith shop with these drill parts stuck in it.
The blacksmith shop had this big bellows inside.
All of these buildings are pretty much the way they were left.
I guess I should mention that Garnet was named after the garnets that can be found in the rocks nearby. Some of them are the green variety. Garnet was a gold and silver mining town in its day. It also had some copper. In 1898 (the peak) the population of Garnet was about 1000. The last remaining merchant in town died in 1947.
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