The meadow in Caribou today. The old wood cabin is in the center of the photo.
The same "meadow" area in 1869 the heyday of the silver boom and before fire destroyed the city. The circled building in the photo is the wooden cabin above shown with it still standing in 1969.
The same meadow/city area in 1917. The 1879 fire had destroyed a huge portion of the city and it was never rebuilt. The silver era was over and the best ore had already been mined. I read that at this point about 50 people were still living in Caribou.
And this is the wooden structure seen in the current photo at the top circa 1969. It is referred to as "Jim Butler's" cabin. Obviously abandoned, but still standing 41 years ago.
Reminds me of that show on the History channel, Life After People. It's eerie to think how quickly evidence of human civilization can be erased from the landscape.
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