One of the most persistent legends of Sunset Hills Cemetery has been centered around the untimely death of Mary Blackmore on July 19, 1872. Wife of wealthy English railroad investor William Blackmore, Mary fell seriously ill during a trip she and her…
read moreThe wreck of the Peter Iredale is shown in this photograph, taken by Portland photographer Leo Simon on November 13, 1906, nineteen days after the ship ran aground near Ft. Stevens. The Peter Iredale was a four-masted steel bark built in Maryport, England, in 1890 and owned by…
read moreHauntings- Little girl name Sally very shy History- Located in the heart of historic Virginia City, Montana, The Road Agents’ Roost is in the old Herndon & Donaldson Furniture Store built on this spot in 1863, the year things really got started…
read moreThe lynching of sheriff Henry Plummer poses one of the most haunting mysteries of the Old West. The story is well-known: in 1863, miners at the booming gold camp of Bannack (then in Idaho Territory, now in Montana) elected a sheriff. The…
read moreWe do lots of Ghost investigations and events with this wonderful lady. Who is a historian and paranormal investigator here in Montana. Also a author of the spirit tailings books. Here is a little overview of one of her books go check…
read moreBannack, 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…
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