Mushrooms in Echo-Broken Leg Trail. (Keith Hammer photos)

Nine Swan Rangers hiked to above Elk Spring on Saturday, September 29, and also cleared deadfall from the Elk Spring and Echo-Broken Leg Trails.

A trail sign in Jewel Basin Hiking Area points to the lake formerly known as "Squaw."

"For the past century, some 75 place names across the state have contained the term 'squaw,' a word deeply offensive to many people in Montana, especially the members of Montana’s seven federally recognized tribal nations. . .

Now, after almost a decade of work, 60 of the 76 “s-word” places have been replaced by new names."

Click here to read the entire Char-Koosta News article (3/19/09).

Click here to view or download the list of 17 Salish-Pend d’Oreille place names (and their meanings) that have replaced "squaw" in Montana.

In-Thlam-Keh, for example, means "black bear."

Click here to see a photo of In-Thlam-Keh Lake.

In-Thlam-Keh Lake reflects Mount Aeneas at right. (Keith Hammer photos)

Ten Swan Rangers hiked past Martha and Birch Lakes to In-Thlam-Keh Lake in Jewel Basin Saturday, September 22.

Autumn Equinox was ushered in with the most vibrant of Fall colors, enhanced by a red sun filtering through thick wildfire smoke!

Smiling faces under smokey skies at Estes Lake. (Keith Hammer photos)

Eight Swan Rangers hiked to Estes Lake on Crane Mountain Saturday, September 15, opting not to climb and choke on wildfire smoke that is limiting mountaintop views!

Grandpa points the way to the top of Aeneas. (Keith Hammer photos)

Eighteen Swan Rangers hiked Mount Aeneas Saturday, September 8, and many got passed by new Rangers aged 3, 7 and 8!

Seven Swan Rangers hiked a loop up Peters Ridge Trail, south along Alpine Trail #7, then down Strawberry Lake Trail on Saturday, September 1. (Photos by Keith Hammer)

Eleven Swan Rangers hiked the "back door" into Jewel Basin's Crater Lake on Saturday, August 25, via Wolf Creek Canyon and a sketchy-in-places bear and goat trail! (Photos by Keith Hammer).

Sixteen Swan Rangers hiked to Lamoose Lake, then half continued on to Hash Mountain (above) along the Swan Crest Saturday, August 18. (Roger-style photo and others by Keith Hammer)

Four backpackers recently retraced Bob Marshall's 1928 route from the Swan Range to the top of the Chinese Wall (above) in the Wilderness that now bears his name.

Travel with them (and Bob) through these twelve photos and captions!

(Roger Benson photo)

Seven Swan Rangers hiked to Picnic Lakes and Black Lake in Jewel Basin Saturday, August 11, where summer wildflowers continue to bloom in abundance!