Spruce Street from Main Street May 5 2011

Spruce Street from Main Street with Bear Bottom Inn on the right and the corner of the Mackay Library May 5 2011

Capitol Street from Spruce February 13 2011

Yes, that is actual melted ice on the road!

Extreme Wind in Mackay, Idaho - Note the flag on the American Legion Hall beyond the Eagle carved by Allen Herres for the Bear Bottom Inn in 1996

Custer County Sheriff Office Mackay Idaho

Mackay's 4th School - Elementary & High School July 16 2010

Mackay Mansion March 29 2010

Mackay Mansion on the corner of Spruce and Elm was built in 1901 by the White Knob Mining Company. Currently owned by Frauenholz's.

Bear Bottom Inn Bar Stools 1996

The Bear Bottom Inn was the clever idea of Barbara Chaffin and her daughter, Margie VanOrden. Bar stools carved by Allen Herres.

Bear Bottom Inn was the Uresti Home

This is the building that now houses the Bear Bottom Inn on Spruce. The house was the home of the Uresti Family.  Circa 1983, the porch was removed because it was falling down. The porch posts are now on the porch at 308 Cedar Avenue. Note the large cottonwood trees that thrived because an irrigation ditch ran the length of the Spruce. When the irrigation ditch was taken out, all of the cottonwoods died.

Bear Bottom Inn Before 1996

The building on Spruce where the Bear Bottom Inn is located today was the Uresti Home prior to this photo. Note the Hazel Lundberg Home on the corner of Spruce and Main. This photo was May 1983.

Mackay's Bear Bottom Inn Opens Motel For Season March 6 2010

Located on Spruce between Main Street and Capitol. Call 208-589-8939 For Reservations.

Mackay Library March 6 2010