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Highland Trail and Vigilante Killings on Early Montana Frontier
In the Highland trail region between Alder and Silver Bow gulches, bands of gold seekers traveled amid scenic passes and treacherous gaps. The forested, bandit-haunted route saw robberies and murders before vigilantes met in secret to hunt those responsible for four miners killed nearby.
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Bone Ridge
Senate
Treasure State
Bannack
Virginia City
Gulch
Helena
Last Chance Gulch
Highland City
Highland Gulch
Silver Bow
Silver Bow Gulch
Caliornia
Highland Trail
Alder Gulch
Alder
Silver Bow Gulches
Butte
Madison County
Justice
Highland
Aldergulch
Coyote Bill
Bill
Haint