Ovid, Idaho: History and Buildings

Ovid Idaho is at the intersection of highways 89 and 35 in Bear Lake County.  It is an unincorporated area but has an old school and church.  

Old bridge work

Ovid School, now a residence

Ovid General Store

Ovid Church

Dyer, Nevada History Military Museum in Esmeralda Market

On a family trip in 2021 we were running short of gas, so we detoured to Dyer, NV on our way to Mammoth Lakes.  We made it to Dyer and got gas, but unexpectedly found a military museum in the gas station.  I took an extra few minutes to explore.  It is fun to find things unexpected.  The store says never forget 9/11.

Fossil Butte National Monument 50 Million Years Ago

 Fossil Butte National Monument is very interesting and very cool.  We hade previously toured but the visitor center was closed.  These pictures are frm the visitor center.  The fossils are from Fish Lake, an ancient lake of 50 million years ago.  There are fossils of fish, turtles, crocodiles and birds.  There are also a few mammals, including a type of hippopotamus and a type of otter. There is coprolite which proved the existence of fish in the deeper water of the lake.

turtles

fish

fish eating fish

corprolite

plants

insects

bird

mammals

bats

snakes

alligator