Saturday, July 20, 2024: …A Panorama View Of The Buildings Of The Lolo Pass Visitor Information Center, Created & Run By The National Park Service, And States of Idaho & Montana.
…The Building At Left Is Not Open To the Public. The Building Right Is Where Are Staff To Answer Questions, And All Of The Displays, Some Of Which Are Shown In NEXT Panorama Photo.

Lolo Pass, MT & ID Border.

Inside The Visitor Can Learn About Significant Places In The So Named “Lolo Corridor”.
……The Lolo Corridor encompasses the Lolo Creek Area and Lolo Pass, famous for its scenic beauty, historical significance to the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the Nez Perce, and outdoor recreation like hiking, camping, fishing, and skiing. Travelers can drive U.S. Highway 12 or the more primitive Lolo Motorway (Forest Road 500), a remote route suitable for high-clearance vehicles, offering spectacular views. Key attractions include numerous interpretive signs, the Lolo Pass Visitor Center, and the Traveler's Rest State Park, a confirmed campsite from the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Also visit The Nez Perce National Historical Park.

The buildings were a part of the Old Mud Creek ranger station near Lolo Hot Springs in 1923. In 1977 they were moved to Lolo Pass and restored.

…This above Click Here. Statement Made By A National Forest Website, if true would be interesting. However it is not evident where at “Lolo Pass” this restored building, might now be. And Google Research reveals no clues.
… Click Here For a.1930’s Photo & Short discussion.

Click Here For Static Photo Video With Sound Track About => “The [National Forest Service] Mud Creek Ranger Station. Discussion about the history of these buildings and where they were moved to including Lolo Pass Visitor Center, Missoula (Orchard Homes area where Bill Bell lived). Includes discussion about the coldest day Bud Moore remembers, trapping mink, Jay Turner and Ed Mackay. Good winter trapping story.

Concerning The Lolo Pass Visitor Center Buildings, The Above-Mentioned USDA Forest Service WebPage, Blue Link Above, Says. =>
,,,,”This NEW Visitor Center, reuses buildings which were originally a part of the Old Mud Creek Ranger Station near Lolo Hot Springs in 1923. In 1977 they were moved to Lolo Pass and restored to meet the increased demands of an information center.”
And Of Course, .Robert Pirsig And The ZMM Narrator Would HIGHLY Approve Of Such =>
… Preservation, “Restoration”, and Re-Use of this Historical Old National Forest Service Ranger Station Building. And especially a Re-Use of This Venerable Old Building, where it can be seen and appreciated for what it is and was!
….This Appreciation Can Be Similar To What The Narrator Says (After Their Visit To Yellowstone National Park), About His Motel Cabins at Gardiner, MT.
…. I notice things about the cabin too, which I point out to Chris. The windows are all double-hung and sash-weighted. The doors click shut without looseness. All the moldings are perfectly mitered. There’s nothing arty about all this, it’s just well done
….AND This ALSO “Fits” The Narrator’s Discussion =>
…. That wall in Korea that Phædrus saw was an act of technology. It was beautiful, but not because of any masterful intellectual planning or any scientific supervision of the job, or any added expenditures to "stylize" it. It was beautiful because the people who worked on it had a way of looking at things that made them do it right unselfconsciously. They didn’t separate themselves from the work in such a way as to do it wrong.
….. There is the center of the whole solution.
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