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Mud bath at Hot Springs (Montana). Photo probably taken by Mor-
ton J. Elrod. Men and boys sit by the water. Other men are in the
water. A crude wooden framework with cloth hung from some of
the poles surrounds the mud hole. Photo: Montana Memory Project
"Health is Wealth" Camas Hot Springs from Montana Chamber of
Commerce ~1913
Was the first "ski lift" a horse? This woman wears skis on her feet and
holds her ski poles while sitting bareback on a horse with a rope bridle.
The next step in evolving lifts was the rope tow or T-bar.
Photo: Pioneer Museum of Gallatin County
