Saturday, July 20, 2024 ….A Colored Front Entrance View Of The Original Rough & Ready Lochsa Lodge, Built In 1928 By Swedish Immigrant Andrew Erickson As A Hunting And Trapping Retreat.
…Found On A Photo Display Wall Inside The Newer Lochsa Lodge, This Is a Color Photo (Notice Fall Color Of Upper Tree Leaves & Red In Truck Taillight), And Thus Must Be Newer Than The Previous Photo.
…And Judging From The General Appearance, This Likely Shows The Lochsa Lodge & Restaurant Building, That Robert Pirsig & Chris Experienced in 1968.

….[“We pull the cycle under a tree, shut off the ignition and gas and walk inside the main lodge..”] (cont. NeXT)

Lochsa Lodge, Lochsa River Canyon, ID.

Lochsa Lodge Burns To The Ground. Log Building Near Lolo Pass Is Destroyed Despite The Best Efforts Of Many.
…. Excerpt From Lewiston Tribune and Missoulian. Mar 1, 2001
,,,,POWELL, IDAHO - The historic Lochsa Lodge burned to the ground Wednesday despite efforts to save the rustic log structure by lodge employees, guests and personnel from the nearby U.S. Forest Service and state highway department stations.
,,,,The lodge, about 11 miles on the Idaho side of Lolo Pass along U.S. Highway 12, was built in 1928 by Swedish immigrant Andrew Erickson as a hunting and trapping retreat, according to owner Susie Denton.
,,,,The Denton family has owned and operated the Lochsa Lodge for the past 32 years, said Denton's husband Don. "My folks, Gus and Gerry Denton, ran it for 17 years," he said. "My wife and I have been up here for 15 years." (End Excerpt)
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