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Forgotten Ghost Towns of Montana Pioneers and Fort Benton
A nostalgic survey of Montana’s vanished industrial hubs and ghost towns from Bannack to Coulson. It recalls Dillon area relics, Diamond City, Carroll, McCarthyville, and Red Mountain City, detailing their rise with mining booms and their swift decline as railroads and fortunes shifted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Montana Society of Pioneers
Old Fort Benton
Redman
Yarn Hill
Carroll
McCarthyville
Bannack
Montana City
Beartown
Yreka
Granite
Highland
Adobetown
Yogo
Cable City
Ophir
Bagdad
Geneva
Diamond City
Coulson
Moving Picture
Nellie Paget
Nellie
Henry Plummer
Beaverhead County
Sons and Daughters of the Revolution
Dillon
Helena
Virginia City
Butte
Confederate Gulch
Montana Bar
Diamond
Meagher County
Missouri
Diamond R Company
Mississippi River
Pacific Coast
Fort Benton
Diamond R
Matt Carroll
E. G. Maclay
George Steele
Charles A. Broadwater
Utah & Pacific
Northern Pacific
Billings
A. H. Yerkes
Yerkes
Bud'McAdow
Yellowstone
Clark
Srork
Jacob
Whismarck
Percy McAdow
Overland Stage
Denver
Bud’ McAdow
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