Steel was in short supply during World War I. That apparently resulted in the drowning of a steer in 1931.
This is a photo of a collapsed bridge over the Salmon River at the mouth of White Bird Creek. The composite cantilever bridge was built during the war using as little steel as possible. Not enough steel, perhaps, as it collapsed under the weight of a herd of cattle being driven across it in 1931. Seventeen steers and one cowboy went into the Salmon. Sixteen steers and one cowboy came out, leaving one steer the casualty of a distant war.
This is a photo of a collapsed bridge over the Salmon River at the mouth of White Bird Creek. The composite cantilever bridge was built during the war using as little steel as possible. Not enough steel, perhaps, as it collapsed under the weight of a herd of cattle being driven across it in 1931. Seventeen steers and one cowboy went into the Salmon. Sixteen steers and one cowboy came out, leaving one steer the casualty of a distant war.