Labor Day was just last Monday. Traditionally it is the end of the glorious summer and picnic season. It is a time to go back to work, back to school and make plans for a winter season that is just around the corner.
To honor Labor Day this year we include three of Doug Giebel's pictures of a picnic at the Sheepsheds on the IX ranch around 1918.
What makes these pictures great is not just all the detail but the fact that they were pictures belonging to Dan Cushman, one of Montana's most famous authors who got his start right here on the Big Dry.
Most of Cushman's books mirror life in small Montana towns like Big Sandy and even get so detailed as to talk about when a town like Big Sandy gave up United States money and started trading everything for muskrats. Now, that is quite a book.
Anyway back to picnics. The picture of the two kids on the running board of a car is a classic. So, here is to the end of one season and the beginning of another season that hopefully will bring us some rain, some snow and not such hot weather!
