I was also the youngest on the facility, for I was a fresh 13 year old. They took my Dostoyevsky and even my Calvin and Hobbes. Spring Creek Campground and Trout Ranch - Big Timber, Montana - RV LIFE Punishments were abnormal and out of place. Id like all of u to realize if you got sent here its your own doing. Do you remember me? From Wisconsin? (john H, Myles, Eugene..etc) what a trip ANd all of your stories are hauntingly familiar.times and memories i had locked up deep down to forget about i mean what good did gravel pit do? Staring into space is categorized as either looking-at-boys or planning to escape. Hey there! Last week during the Youth Foundation parent/child seminar, Chaffin Pullan (who is the new director since Jade Robinson resigned) mentioned taking the kids to Riverview in Montana. I was at SCLA in their final days of neglect and deceit. I stayed at level one, zero points for a whole year. And collin is a big, built, corn fed country boy. He would catch flying bugs from the air and eat them for his protein. The twins gave me level 3 just so i could go to a seminar and see my mom in hopes that it would calm me down but it only made things worse.. I remember one time near the end of my program i got dropped from level 3 allstar to level 1. I hope you all are doing okay. Considering WE all went through it. I was in innocence. Tell me stories of his comments and behaviors!!!! Who are these two ex cop guys?? I remember a big Samoan guy stealing my clothes (never got them back), stealing the Mountain Dew can I got for Christmas, and hitting me and slapping me to wake me up in the middle of the night, telling me walk without shoes into a van outside in the snow, to be driven to Montana from Utah. Jake was the guy that told me: uh you wont make it if you run unless you want to hide under a truck for six months. Now I find this survivor website!!!!! Most of the townspeople didnt like it, other than they, SCA, dumped a ton of money in town. Spring Creek Campground and Trout Ranch - RV Park Store Live Water Properties is committed to providing an accessible website. I was excited the whole way I couldnt wait to go snowboarding. Clifford the big red dog, what a douche. Then I remember Cameron trying to talk to you in the Hungry Horse and realizing you didnt understand English very well, and I was like, holy shit. We never deserved that nor the awful mental and emotional repercussions that still longer and influence us today. Chaffin was definitely a creepy dude. 257 Main Boulder Rd, Big Timber, Montana 59011, 406.932.4387 So for any parent that reads this that thinks about sending there kid off to some place you have no clue whats going on. If u ever need someone to talk to Id be more than willing to listen. Trust me, I know exactly where youre coming from. In all honestly I cant believe I found this website! I first got some place in Utah. KOCH Newsroom | Their Home on the Range I can relate to everyone here in this page and I can feel your pain. Redfin has 44 photos of Nhn Nevada Spring Creek Rnch. Here she is. I was in respect with you. The honor among those being exploited. So yes I was a pain im sure. Anyway, Im sorry you got screwed with. I had never had a filling/cavity in my life and came home with ~20. Dont remember fight with dignity. He was a good friend. I can honestly say I was glad I went to spring creek because I did 10th thru 12th grade of high school in just 10 short months, I would have never received a high school diploma if it wasnt for spring creek. email Judy O'Hair -Myles. Then your going to go do a lame workout on the court that part I didnt mind because at least I was outside doing something active. I was transferred to Charity in 2005 from Innocence for a short time! He would take the senior staff out and theyd all get drunk. It would be priceless to talk to those whom understand. 4th generation owners Daryl & Theresa Smith welcome you to enjoy DePuy Spring Creek, a world-class trout fishery nestled between the breathtaking vistas of the Absaroka and Gallatin mountain ranges in beautiful Paradise Valley south of Livingston, Montana. Ill never forget Zach. Also 3 mi. If you would participate in our goal of shutting these places down for good, you will be helping your daughter and thousands more like her. My name is danny I was the big guy that got sent there after military school. During this march through the desert we are given a ziplock bag with 3 smaller bags in it of rice , beans, and flour. They meant to make us weak and docile through shock. I got trench foot which screwed me for life. Trying to get exposed? I also forgive my daughter for her choices/actions that resulted in her stay at Spring Creek. Ihave been trying to find one person if anyone is still in contact. I think I remember Eugene because he had a hearing aid that he used to let me wear for fun, and he was an awesome kid from California, too. I was in and out of jail until my late 20s until i got my shit together and now have a family and own a business. My name is Gabe and I was in a WWASP program from January 1997 to December 1997. Mike was my therapist for over 2 years. Thank you so much for posting this, and being such a good advocate for her safety. . God damn fuck that place so fucking much. Luckily it had a speaker in there so it would do last calls for every departure. During our P.E. The Pullans were alsoinvolvedin Camas Ranch, an apparent attempt to remake a portion of the facility into an 18+ program, which failed. With no access to telephones or computers, my only connection to the outside world was through letters to my parents. I wish I had the parenting knowledge I have now before I sent her to Spring Creek. I wanna say Jason, not sureand there was the guitar playing guy Rich, or Rick (?) Im so glad this place closed down. I felt desperate and wanted to fix the problem. Anyone knows Jet or Scott Snijder? I was the kid that got messed with. I had a horrid time while there and spent time in work sheets and the hobbit. The fresh air, mountain views and peaceful setting will make you wish you never had to leave. Just brutal. We use to watch movies with u guys on sundays. None of us did, but you could tell from the kids that probably should have been rewarded by there parents instead of sending them off for someone else to deal with. Beaverhead Ranch is home to 7,000 cow-calf pairs and 15 families who are employed on the ranch. Any one that attended these facilities please dont disregard what anyone has to say about it. My mom was so set on me graduating and returning home as her new and improved accountable daughter.. what a success youve become I did graduate both school and the program. Damn that was a long ass run through a dark ass forest Didnt make it down the hill until sun started coming up. Id like to connect and talk about your experience more if you are up to it? So many parents refuse to admit their mistakes and it is extremely frustrating as a former inmate to deal with. My substance abuse problems and parental disobedience stemmed from a lack of intelligent and honest parenting. Shit all the trains out here unless commuter are moving slower than I can walk. Im pretty sure you could have ate steak and went to the movies on your own free will whenever you wanted in the free world Im a lil dumbfounded by your explanation of this place. Improve or just stop. Brandy, from California. Overall spring creek sucked but it wasnt a bad abusive place when I was there like everyone else has said atleast not in my experience lmao. At first they put me in intervention for long periods of time in solitary confinement. She said that she has worked with many students and has a 95% success rate of getting us were we need to go. Im sad to hear about Karley and how she felt before her death. They had went from being a prestigious boarding school with a student body of over 500, to nothing more than a run down academy with very few staff and only a handful of students. We were totally at his mercy , so what were we to do. What!!! She at-least had a mother. I cant even imagine the intolerable conditions with those racist, unethical, monsters! Chocolate Fudge Brownie Nutrition and Description | Chick-fil-A I was there from fall of 01-March of 02. Enjoy unique accommodations right on the water. Good luck to you. Its obviously worked out well for you and you deserve every ounce of success and happiness you get in life. Take a good hard look at the situation. After abusing hundreds, maybe even thousands of teenagers this man has finally been stopped. We were just kids after all. I graduated in 2007 and looking on how to get mine too? My son was facing prison so I felt that I had no choice. All the buildings are still there. Finally , stinking to all high heavens we came outta the desert all lean and hungry. Oh and if you struggle with school work good luck. Dont even get me started on the seminars. but if hes anything like me. They finally kicked me out but told my family it was because I wouldnt stop making myself throw up..which is true..but i think that mini riot pushed them over the edge. I would make my nose bleed and went through a whole box of tampons and kept making my nose bleed. We had the worst reputation which i somewhat enjoyed. YEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Cant remember exactly. It was like $10,000 or something like that a month. I was in the hobbit over thanksgiving and also around christmas of the year 2000. any spring creek lodge people have any luck getting their transcripts?? When I came home I had a contract and was a completely different person only like 20-30lbs heavier. Cliff fucking hated me for that. Property amenities Free High Speed Internet (WiFi) Children Activities (Kid / Family Friendly) Pets Allowed ( Dog / Pet Friendly ) Location Contact 257 Main Boulder Rd, Big Timber, MT 59011-1435 Getting there Billings Airport 68 mi See all flights Rental Cars See all Big Timber rental cars See all nearby hotels Nearby restaurants Big Timber Bakery Site cast to trophy trout cruising the shallows of several productive lakes. I was scared and lonely the entire time. One of the customers overheard us and said there is a girl about 1 mile up near the storage sheds on the right and there are two guys talking to her. Oh and Steve came out of the woods from a road behind the girls dorm. There were signs everywhere that said private property and no trespassing. I am the type of person who has deep thoughts, and I am not always conscious of my surroundings. He was replaced with a paranoid, confused kid who was obsessed with protecting himself. Lol. The rebranding was a total failure haha. Find out when to come, what equipment to bring, browse blog articles, and more. My moms the only one but Ill never talk to her again. I was also in quest. I dont care what the reasoning was behind it, keeping something like that a secret and allowing someone to abduct you is absolutely deplorable. We were in the same family. I thought this was all behind me but its not. I had no Idea where I was taken for months. I could no longer socialize with kids in my normal high school, and it destroyed any chance of a normal high school experience. Big Spring Creek (Montana) - Wikipedia Not the place to be if you wanted a good nights rest. if anyone out there remebers me email me I would like to hook up with some of you guys. I remember there as a cold snap and it was -20 degrees below zero during the day and we had to go to an emergency cabin or freeze to death during a night that went down to -40. (Morava?) O'Dell Spring Creek | Rainbow Valley Lodge