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I will start this response paper with a disclaimer; if anyone wants to see the real Bonanzaville I suggest going sometime in the summer, before October. I went this past Saturday, October 25Th and a handful of the buildings were already shut down, it was kind of cold out, and I was literally the only visitor there. I think it would have been a better experience if I would have been able to visit all the buildings, and had other people wandering the streets of this make-shift town along with me.

On a better note, I still did enjoy most of the aspects of this heritage site. As I wandered the site I noticed quite a few things that Webb would have liked to see represented in a site depicting a settlement of the plains. There was a windmill, a water tower and even a few pictures of cowboys spread throughout the site. On the other hand, it was hard to take anything away that Sharp would have appreciated. I contribute most of that to the fact that it is hard to argue Sharp's points without the people as examples of themselves. It was pretty cool though, because the use of real buildings and the set up was so much like a town that I half expected to see those people going about their daily business every time I entered a building or turned the corner on the street.

As I stated before, I would like to have gone when it was busier and when I could have entered all the buildings, but what I pulled from this site was a pretty close look at how life was lived by the people on the plains. It seemed to be a limited living situation, with mostly just the basic surroundings and materials to be used. Although basic, there is a certain charm about only having/using what you need and still living an enjoyable life that draws me to it.