Murphy’s ‘Flop House’ on the Old Pole Trail
- 70-112
- Item
- [1880s-1890s]
Part of MJ General Photograph Collection
View of a stop-over or ‘flop house’ on the ‘Old Pole Trail’ (also known as the Wood Mountain Trail) which ran south of Moose Jaw to Fort Walsh and the Cypress Hills area; this stop-over was operated by a man named Murphy and was located on the shores of Old Wives Lake.