Bannack, Montana, late 1800s. ~~~~ On July 28, 1862, John White and other members of the “Pikes Peakers” discovered gold in the creek waters where Bannack stands today. It was the beginning for both Bannack and the State of Montana, considered one of…
read moreThe western-most Stillwater County community of Reed Point is likely one of the smallest towns along I-90 and the Yellowstone River. The picturesque setting gives it a feeling of serenity, peacefulness and quiet. Access to the Yellowstone River is at the Indian…
read moreCoolidge: A remnant of Montana mining history. Although silver mining history dates to the mid to late 1800’s in these mountains, it wasn’t until 1913 that the Elkhorn Mining District began to thrive. That’s when William R. Allen, Montana’s Lieutenant Governor, quit politics to…
read moreWe investigated with the great team out at Northern Nevada Ghost hunters. listen to our podcast to hear about how great they are. here is some history of the church plus the video we recorded. The Episcopal Church ventured into The West…
read moreGold was discovered in Grasshopper Creek in July 1862. By the spring of 1863 the population of the Bannack mining camp had reached 3,000. The population diminished somewhat with the exodus following the discovery of gold in Alder Gulch in 1864, but by then…
read moreommercial district in 1872, Sunset Hills Cemetery is the final resting place of many Bozeman history-makers. The gravestones found on the cemetery grounds communicate the life of the deceased in narrative engraved text as well as the more subtle shapes and symbols…
read moreSometime in the 1890s, husband and wife team Frank and Amanda Mckeen took over the saloon and added hotel rooms, a restaurant, and even a bowling alley in the basement. Whether or not you believe in ghosts, the Fairweather Inn is a…
read moreWe always get together from summer to fall with telescopes and blankets and notepads to record the sky’s and put it on this website to record our findings. Go check it out also gonna add the Bigfoot website to check out to….
read moreIn 1934, Victor Goddard of the Royal Air Force was flying over Scotland through a storm in a Hawker Hart biplane. He had become disoriented and thus lost. He was desperate to find some kind of landmark that he recognized to get…
read moreThe territory of Montana, created in 1864, had no prison during the Civil War and gold rush days. Federal prisoners, convicted of violating the laws of Congress, were sent under contract to the Nebraska State Penitentiary. Those convicted of violating territorial laws…
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