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In the 1880s, when the Northern Pacific Railroad pushed its way west, largely on the back of Chinese laborers, the new town of Paradise, Montana, became an important stop for the railroad. At the time, non-white laborers who got in trouble could not be put in jails with white folk. The railroad built this cabin across the Clark Fork River, and ferried any drunk or disorderly Chinese across the river to let them dry out. There were no bridges across the river at that time. The next day, the railroad would send a boat back across to pick up the workers, who were, presumably, ready to go back to work. This cabin sits about ten miles from Plains along River Road East, and directly across the river from Paradise.

Born in Montana, raised in California, I have been holding a camera most of my life. I particularly love photographing the grand landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. Involved in photography all my life--starting out as a model for my father, a terrific photographer in his own right. Got my first Brownie Box Camera as a child, and have never looked back. Got serious when I inherited my father's Kodak 35mm viewfinder camera, then moved on to Single Lens Reflex cameras. Finally joined the digital revolution in the fall of 2006. Today, most of my work is done with a Nikon D810 digital SLR fitted with various Nikkor and Sigma lenses.