BANNACK, Mont. — Between Jackson and Dillon, you'll find the ghost town that paved the way for the creation of the Montana Territory. When gold was discovered at Grasshopper Creek in 1862, fortune ...

Community members are invited to roll up their sleeves and help preserve one of Montana’s most historic sites during an ...

The lightning-caused wildfire burning about a mile south of the historic ghost town of Bannack is estimated to have nearly quadrupled in size overnight, according to state officials. In a press ...

One Los Angeles night in the spring of 2017, three USC students gathered to talk about making music: Anna Scholfield, a junior majoring in public relations; Jamison Baken, a junior majoring in music ...

Directions: Take I-90 east into Montana. Turn south on I-15 and just past Dillon take exit 59 (Highway 278). Drive west on Highway 278 for 18 miles. Turn south onto the Bannock Road and travel 4 miles ...

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Metea Valley senior defender Kaylee Bannack plays a position that doesn’t get a lot of publicity. That isn’t going to stop her from making a name for herself, although it might be on — or in — a ...

The Nevada City Living History Museum goes to great lengths during its summer season to make sure everything in the old mining town is historically accurate. “We still have a little mix of that with ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. January 11… One hundred and fifty years ago a group of Vigilantes captured and marched Sheriff ...

Last winter we were updating the insulation in our home. When we tore up the attic floorboards, we found a small sheaf of loose papers tied with a string. We almost threw them out, but then took a ...

Abandoned buildings in Bannack ghost town, Montana - Sue Smith/Shutterstock As the United States began expanding westward after the American Revolution, new settlements sprang up across the prairies ...