Editing Ruby Ridge standoff (section)

== Geography ==
[[Ruby Ridge (southern Boundary County, Idaho)|Ruby Ridge]] is the southernmost of four ridges that extend east from the Bottleneck/Roman Nose mountain range toward the [[Kootenai River]].<ref>{{ gnis|389713|Ruby Ridge}}</ref> Caribou Ridge lies north of it,<ref>{{gnis|378929|Caribou Ridge}}</ref> and the area between them drains into the Ruby Creek. Weaver insisted that his cabin, located north of the creek, was on Caribou Ridge, and that "Ruby Ridge" was a press invention.<ref>{{cite book|last=Schlater|first=Evelyn A.|year=2006|title=Aryan Cowboys: White Supremacists and the Search for a New Frontier, 1970-2000}}</ref> Both ridge names predate the Weavers' arrival, as noted in a [[Forest Service Guard Station|Forest Service]] report on the 1967 Sundance Fire.<ref>{{citation|last=Anderson|first=Hal E.|year=1968|title=Sundance Fire: An Analysis of Fire Phenomena|series=Research Paper|id=INT-56|publisher=United States Department of Agriculture}}</ref> The standoff occurred approximately {{convert|10|mi|sigfig=2|spell=in}} from the nearest incorporated city of [[Bonners Ferry]] and approximately {{convert|30|mi|sigfig=2|spell=in}} south of the border with Canada ([[British Columbia]]).