Gold Stampede Forges Bear and Elk Camps to Garnet Boom
In 1865 Montana sees a new stampede after reports of gold on Bear and Elk creeks. Beartown and Reynolds City rise as bustling mining camps with high wages, saloons, and gambling, followed by Coloma and Garnet as virgin grounds yield rich ore. Prospectors flood the region, leaving fortunes and debts in a boom‑bust cycle.
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Elk Creeks
Bear Creek
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Uderneath
Reynolds City
Elk Creek
Mother Nature
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Garnet
Samuel Ritchie
Nancy Hanks
Dewey
Williams Gulch
Magone
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Kennedy
Adeline
Sumpter
Nellie
Tourism grows as Virginia City draws visitors
Virginia City Montana reports 6682 visitors at the Hickman Thompson museum during the 1939 season from May 1 to Oct 15. Road improvements along a 15 mile radius are planned for 1940 with the last unsurfaced Vigilante trail segment from Sheridan to Virginia City to be upgraded.
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Montana
Hickman-Thompson Memorial Museum
Sheridan
Hickman-Thompson
Helena
Boot Hill
Fold
Aldergulch
Fairweather Party
Content Corner
Territorial Officers
Charles A. Vincent
Vigilance Club Museum Committee
United States
Rank
Vincent
Leo C. Musburger
Frank E. Blair
Reclamation Group Invited to Falls for 1940 Parley
The National Reclamation Association invited delegates to Falls for the 1940 convention. Tony A J Breitenstein secretary of the Great Falls Chamber of Commerce and O S Warden publisher of the Great Falls Tribune discussed the event. Breitenstein noted conventions average attendance around 350.
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Falls
National Reclamation Associatov
Tony A. J. Breitenstein
Great Falls
Governor Proclaims Early Thanksgiving in Montana
Governor Roy E. Ayers proclaims November 23 as Montana Thanksgiving Day a legal holiday. He notes the nation remains at peace with the world and urges gratitude for life liberty and government preservation.
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Roy E. Ayers
Roosevelt
Montana
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Socony-Vacuum Co., Inc
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Weiter Bron
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