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Ghost Mines of Montana: Spotted Horse Camp and Other Towns
A vivid tour of Montana’s vanished mining towns chronicles Spotted Horse and Maiden with bursting mines, shifting fortunes, and colorful settlers. Tales recount Castle, Copperopolis, Yogo, Barker, and the era’s dangers, railroads, and quirky characters across Fergus and Judith basins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spotted Horse Camp
Marcella Rawe
Montana
Spotted Horse and Castle
Big Sheep
Granite Mountain
Copperopolis
Cleopatra
Beaverhead County
Prince of Wales
Lion City
Trapper
Glendale
Judith Basin
Fergus Counties
Tommy
Murray
Butte
Marcus Daly
Cottonwood
Salt Lake City
Philipsburg
France
Tenderfoot
Frank Wright
Fergus County
Castle
Castle Buttes
Little Belt Mountains
Thomas Murray
Joe Wanderlin
Wanderlin
Jerome LeRight
Mr. Murray
Tom
Joe
Bridger Canyon
Merry Makers
George Evans
Suffolk
Castle Mine
Milwaukee Road
Mr. Evans
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Evans
Martinsdale
White Sulphur Springs
Biuett
Graham
Anaconda
Yogo
Judith River
Fort Benton
Stanford
Judith
Black Milly
Garfield
George Washington
Jefferson
Nigger Milly
C. C. David
Billy Babcock
Brothers
Bill Babcock
South Dakota
Bill
Colton
Jake Hoover
Jake
Barker
Hughesville
Hi Wright
St. Joseph Company
Maiden
Judith Mountains
Skookum Joe
Spotted Horse
McGinnis
P. W. Maiden
Meagher County
Lewistown
Judiths
Harry Kendall
al St
Kendall
Tom Murray
Castle Days
Buck
Bill Buchanan