Historical group tours mining town

Bellamy Nettleton joins Blair Bergh and Cami Fisher as they study the grave of Annie Campbell, the wife of the sheriff who served in the Red Warrior community when the town near Rocky Bar served as the nexus of gold mining in the late 1800s.

Photo by Brian S. Orban

Something caught Bellamy Nettleton’s attention as she walked down the dirt pathway. Stepping onto the small hill, the seven year old reached down and picked up a metal strip several feet in length and took note of rust that continued taking its toll on this piece of steel.

That same sense of curiosity also tugged at HayDense McKee as he darted toward a patch of trees after his eyes saw the remnants of something else. Hidden from plain sight, he lifted up additional pieces of steel for a closer look as a way to figure out if they were once the parts of a piece of machinery.

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