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Bannack is a ghost town in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States, located on Grasshopper Creek, approximately 11 miles (18 km) upstream from where Grasshopper Creek joins with the Beaverhead River south of Dillon. Founded in 1862, the town is a National Historic Landmark managed by the state of Montana as Bannack State Park. [3]
However, some people stayed in Bannack and explored the use of further mining techniques. From the late 1860's to the 1930's, Bannack continued as a mining town with a fluctuating population. By the 1950's gold workings had dwindled and most folks had moved on. At that point the State of Montana declared Bannack a State Park.
Unit of Flathead Lake State Park West Shore State Park: Lake: 129 52: 1955: Flathead Lake: Unit of Flathead Lake State Park Whitefish Lake State Park: Flathead: 10 4.0: 1960: Whitefish Lake: Wild Horse Island State Park: Lake: 2,164 876: 1977: Flathead Lake: Unit of Flathead Lake State Park Yellow Bay State Park: Lake: 15 6.1: 1941: Flathead ...
Attractions to the Polaris area include Maverick Mountain Ski Area, Montana High Country Tours Lodge, the Grasshopper Inn, Elkhorn Hotsprings, Bannack State Park, and Crystal Park. [3] Polaris is minutes from blue ribbon trout streams, hundreds of snowmobile and cross-country ski trails, and trail heads to mountain lakes.
After the population of the town dwindled to nothing, the state stepped in and helped preserve the area as Bannack State Park. More than 50 original buildings remain standing, most of which can be ...
It is located between Bannack, Montana and Dillon, and traversed by Montana Secondary Highway 278. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Badger Pass Mine is located at 45.21659 and W -112.95087. [ 5 ]
The Montana landmarks emphasize its frontier heritage, the passage of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Montana's contributions to the national park movement, and other themes. Three sites in Montana extend across the Idaho or North Dakota state line, and are listed by the National Park Service as Idaho NHLs or North Dakota NHLs.
Hell Creek Recreation Area is a public recreation area managed by the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana occupying 337 acres (136 ha) on the south side of Fort Peck Lake twenty miles (32 km) due north of the community of Jordan, Montana. [4]