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Bagging a badger528 viewsAs Bigelow emerges from his burrow, a nice lady awaits to nab him with a necktie before he can escape.
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Vintage Truck522 viewsThis pre-WWII Chevy truck belonged to the Forest Service. They used it to fight fires and rescue porcupines stuck in trees.
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Pet Haven518 viewsThe Museum kindly provides a shaded area with kennels for visitors to safely put up their pets while touring the Museum.
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Mattox Winter Home506 viewsChuck and Elouise's sybaritic winter home in Bend, complete with two-wagon garage. (Actually it depicts an upscale residence of the 19th-century Silver City boom town.)
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Poking along506 viewsPokey the Porcupine ambles casually onto the stage, slouching his ungainly way toward his appointed post.
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Pokey goes vertical500 viewsHe may seem to be awkward and clumsy on the ground, but boy can this dude climb. He could teach a cat a thing or two!
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Lakeside Shelter495 viewsNorthern Paiute campground, first stop in the Spirit of the West exhibit.
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Hard-Rock Mine491 viewsNot a cafe.
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Mattox Summer Home486 viewsChuck Mattox proudly welcomes us to his luxurious new summer residence in the High Desert.
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Blurry Badger484 viewsA bungled zoom shot of Bigelow the Badger as he circles back for another round of burrowing. (Couldn't change the settings quickly enough to get the right ISO and shutter speed.)
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High Desert Housing481 viewsA traditional Native American tipi, in front of a regular reservation house of the type that replaced it.
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Boom Town475 viewsNew settlements sprang up in support of the mining boom of the mid-19th-century. This one is called Silver City.
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