Friday, January 15, 2021

Weekend Roundup

 Welcome to The Weekend Roundup...hosted by Tom The Back Roads Traveller

Starts with "C"  
2. A Favorite
3.  COLOURFUL chosen by Tom


Starts with "C"
We'll take a road trip this round.
CRAZY CREEK
2017 Wyoming


UPDATE
I didn't realize so many would be curious about the origin of the name!!

There are many legends about the 'Crazy Woman.' One says it was named for an Indian woman, left to live alone in her teepee here, who went insane. The more common story told is the violent and tragic tale of the settler who witnessed the capture and scalping of her husband by Indians, which drove her to insanity.

Crazy Woman Canyon served as a passageway Native Indians. It was a pass up into the Big Horn Mountains. It was a perfect staging area for war parties during the Plains Indian Wars. It was even used and a hideout and getaway by Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid as well as other outlaws in the late 1800’s.


The most known legend is the story of the Morgan family. The family was traveling via covered wagon when they were attacked by Sioux warriors. Three children and their fathered were killed, but Mrs. Morgan survived the attack. After witnesses the horrors, though, she lost her mind. She stole an axe from a warrior and attacked, killing four as the Sioux fled.

Soon after, a mountain man named Johnson came upon the bloody scene. He buried the husband and children, and tried to get Mrs. Johnson to leave. She refused, and he built her a small cabin. Eventually, he found her frozen body, dead from starvation. Locals knew about her presence near the stream, and dubbed it Crazy Woman Creek.



And we stop for CHUGWATER CHILI


FAVOURITE

CATCH CENTRAL CHURCH COFFEE

2020 Bloor St. West Toronto



COLOURFUL


Déjà Brew
A catchall for leftover beer, coffee, food, motels and whatever catches my fancy!
COFFEE CUP Puerto Vallarta Mexico






12 comments:

  1. You really wonder about the back story of Crazy Woman Creek Road.

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  2. What??? "Crazy"! LOL - is there a story behind the name?
    Wow, that really is a colorful place, love it.

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    1. I've updated the post to explain the origin of the name, Iris. Please pop back to read.

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  3. I've updated the post to explain the origin of Crazy Woman Creek, Andrew. Please pop back to read.

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    1. Thanks. As is usual, there are many stories and no doubt some with a factual basis somewhere.

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  4. Thank you! Oh, wee, all stories are very sad. My "LOL" really was not fitting, I thought of a modern crazy like when Bart Simpson traveled with his pregnant girlfriend through the desert and she craves strawberries NOW!
    Sorry...

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  5. No need to apologize, Iris. I should have researched and included the origin in my first post!

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    1. Oh, you didn´t know before, either? Blogging sure has it´s benefits for us all then :-)

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  6. I love your pictures. That's very interesting about the name origin too.

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  7. Jackie, you did really good with the "colorful. It will be my favorite today. That lady, if true, went way off. Off to Wyoming and off her rocker.
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  8. Jackie, you did really good with the "colorful. It will be my favorite today. That lady, if true, went way off. Off to Wyoming and off her rocker.
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  9. ...CRAZY woman CREEK road, CHUGWATER CHILI, CATCH the fire CENTRAL CHURCH COFFEE, COLOURFUL Gringo Lingo and COFFEE CUP. Jackie you racked up a bunch of Cs! Thanks for COMING to the party, take CARE.

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