RHH's photos with the keyword: house

When we retired in 2017 we purchased this home near the town of Medical Lake, Washington, to be near our handicapped son. The house had been empty for two years and had been a rental for a number of years before that and was a mess. Since that time we've refurbished the house inside and out and recently finished the last major project, new windows. The photo shows the house as it now looks, though before the new windows were installed. We have a son who is a building contractor and he had come out a number of times and is the main reason the house looks like it does. The lawn and gardens were a mess as well, mostly weeds and bare dirt and my wife has worked hard on those, and they, too, are now in order. The inset shows Clear Lake which is across the street and down the hill from our home. We did not purchase the house because of its nearness to the lake, but have come to love the lake, and some of our grandchildren, who now live in the area, love the lake as well.

This is Clear Lake, the lake near which we live. As with many of the lakes in the area, there are sheer cliffs around part of the lake, though where we live the lake is accessible from a park maintained by the homeowners association.

Jack Longstreet was an outlaw and gunfighter who had his ears cropped for cattle rustling in Texas and thereafter left for Nevada and the Amargosa Valley arriving there in the 1870's. He later built this house near a spring in what is now Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge and lived there until he died. He never changed his ways, was involved in several killings and gunfights and was hated but feared by those who lived in the area. He claimed to be a brother of the Confederate general, James Longstreet, but there is no evidence to back that claim.

Jack Longstreet was an outlaw and gunfighter who had his ears cropped for cattle rustling in Texas and thereafter left for Nevada and the Amargosa Valley arriving there in the 1870's. He later built this house near a spring in what is now Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge and lived there until he died. He never changed his ways, was involved in several killings and gunfights and was hated but feared by those who lived in the area. He claimed to be a brother of the Confederate general, James Longstreet, but there is no evidence to back that claim.

Jack Longstreet was an outlaw and gunfighter who had his ears cropped for cattle rustling in Texas and thereafter left for Nevada and the Amargosa Valley arriving there in the 1870's. He later built this house near a spring in what is now Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge and lived there until he died. He never changed his ways, was involved in several killings and gunfights and was hated but feared by those who lived in the area. He claimed to be a brother of the Confederate general, James Longstreet, but there is no evidence to back that claim. This is view from one of the windows of his house and the insets show the outside and inside of the house. Here is a link to an old newspaper article about him: www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/Region_8/NWRS/Zone_1/Desert_Complex/Ash_Meadows/Sections/History_of_Ash_Meadows/Jack%20Longstreet%20for%20website.pdf I'll be away backpacking in the Colorado Rockies until 7/27.

This was our destination on one of our hikes the second day of our stay in Big Bend National Park. We hiked to the Homer Wilson Ranch, a former sheep ranch that is now part of the park.

This was the inside of the Homer Wilson Ranch House in Big Bend National Park. We hiked down into the valley and explored the old buildings of the ranch, now abandoned and part of the park.

This is the front of the Homer Wilson Ranch House, now abandoned but once the home of a sheep rancher. The house looked well built and comfortable with beautiful views of the surrounding mountains but lonely. It was difficult to imagine anyone making a living off this desert land.

On the second full day of our stay in Big Bend National Park, we followed the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive along the west side of the park, stopping and hiking at various places. This was one of those places, the Homer Wilson Ranch, a former sheep ranch. We hiked down into the valley and explored the abandoned buildings of the old ranch. The photo was taken out the window of the house in which Mr. Wilson once lived and up the wash that runs near the house to Ward Mountain.

The Homer Wilson Ranch, a former sheep ranch, is now an historic site in Big Bend National Park. We did the short hike down into the valley and explored the old ranch buildings. This was the main dwelling with Carousel Mountain behind.

This was our home before remodeling the exterior. It actually looks better in the photo than it actually was. The siding was faced and rotten in many places. We had to have the roof patched last winter and the front porch and steps were falling down. That is all changed now and in five days. My son and three of his crew flew out and did roof, siding and porch.

This is what we've been working on the past week. We tore off the old roofing material, replaced the roof, replaced the siding and the front porch. Even the exterior lights were replaced. My son-in-law and I tore off the old roofing material two weeks ago and helped with the rest but my son and his crew of three guys did most of the rest in five days. The house before remodeling is shown in the inset photo.

As in many other place, the older and smaller farms of the Palouse have been swallowed up by much large operations and the buildings from which the farms were once operated stand abandoned and deteriorating.

Taken along Highway 2 in eastern Washington on the Columbia Plateau, an area still heavily farmed, but where most of the smaller farms have long ago been abandoned. We've stopped before to photograph this old house and another picture, taken in the spring is posted below. The house is gradually deteriorating and will, I suppose, eventually be destroyed.

We certainly didn't try to find out as the property was posted with numerous "No Trespassing" signs, but took our photos from the roadside. Taken in eastern Washington along Highway 20 between Tonasket and Republic.