Hunters Hot Springs Pioneer Story of Montana’s Resort
The article recounts Dr. Hunter and family founding Hunters Hot Springs in Montana starting from their 1864 expedition via the Bozeman Trail. It details encounters with Crow and Sioux Indians, early dam and bathhouse construction, wintering in Bozeman, and the springs becoming a sanitarium by 1870. It notes the Hunters’ hardships, cross-cultural interactions, and the later transition of the property after Dr. Hunters death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crow Country
Cer
Jack
Raegee
Boreman
Ray See
Haneete
California
Platte
Denver
M Tore
Hunter Han
Cellifogala
Montana
Hunter
Platte River
Bozeman
Bozeman Trail
John M. Bozeman
Wind River
Yellowstone River
Livingston
Porter
Thedians
Yellowstone
Dr. Hunter
Hot Springs
Beal
Rouse
Virginia City
Helena
Last Chance Gulch
Salt Lake City
Diamond City
Mrs. Hunter
Old Ne
Hangings and a Returned Steer in Montana Minerals Era
A historical account recalls Vigilante justice in 1860s Montana. Reece Anderson of Deer Lodge lost a steer blamed on thief Johnson, who was hanged though no direct link existed. The steer later reappeared, and vigilante mercy followed by another tale from Alder Gulch, Brady’s fatal shot and the crowd of eastern watchers.
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Montana
Reece Anderson
Deer Lodge
Reece Andersons
Johnson
Alder Gulch
Brady
Iowa
Kelly
Lynch
C. B. Hardenbrook
Prominen
Anaconda
Fraper
Henry Plummer
Bannack
Law and Order
Phil Hunter
Plummer
Gallatin Valley
Hunter
Virginia City
Granite
Idee Ie
Hughith
D. M. Durfee
Nonune Snag
Robe Bheriti Lew Coleman
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Hunters Hot Springs
England
Mayfair
George V
Dre. A. J. Hunter
Hunter’s Hot Springs
A. J. Hunter
Hunter's
General Accounting and Tax Service
Wm. B. Finlay
First National Bank
Great Falls
Conoco
Sonally
Ace