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Creepy old boomtown ...
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Bannack Ghost Town
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October 18, 2026 at 8:36 AM
swervia.bsky.social
Four haunted places where the campground is on the site, not 20 miles away: Bannack ghost town MT, Calico Ghost Town CA, Artillery Ridge at Gettysburg, and Winter Island in Salem (closes end of October).

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October 5, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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Bannack State Park•Montana
Touring the old wild west ghost towns is a good way to step back in time and learn something about the historical past first hand. Photographs of a ghost town sure do create interest, but the glossy.....
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September 22, 2026 at 4:03 AM
bobsoltys.bsky.social
Bannack Days, 1996.

Low rez scans of Ektachrome 100 VS, 35mm 1.4 ASPH, Leica M6 Titanium.

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Two horses pull a wagon in which a cowboy wearing a yellow rain slicker and another cowboy during Bannack Days in Bannack, Montana in 1996. The Hotel Meade is in the background. Cowboys re-enact a High Noon shootout during the 1996 Bannack Days in Bannack, Montana. Two cowboys have just fired their pistols while a third lays on the ground after being shot. A cowboy is hanged for murder after a shootout during Bannack Days in Bannack, Montana. A cowboy wearing a long coat stands guard at the left edge of the frame, and another cowboy and a woman stand guard in the background.
September 18, 2026 at 8:49 PM
bobsoltys.bsky.social
Bannack and Bodie are well worth the trip. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/t...
5 Ghost Towns to Explore This Fall (Gift Article)
These mostly abandoned wilderness outposts, resplendent in their solitude, invite curious visitors to imagine what life was like during the boom times.
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September 18, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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merry-go-round, if you dare
[Bannack State Park]
Photo of an old merry-go-round, all wood slats and metal bars, and a warning sign, "Antique Merry-Go-Round, Use at Own Risk"
September 10, 2026 at 7:39 AM
legendsofamerica.bsky.social
In 1862, gold was found in a creek where Bannack stands today. It was the beginning of the town and the State of Montana, considered one of the last frontiers. Today, Bannack survives as a state park, established in 1954. Explore Bannack, Montana: www.legendsofamerica.com/mt-bannack/
Bannack, Montana, 2008. Photo by Kathy Alexander.
September 6, 2026 at 1:50 PM
expletivedeleted.bsky.social
I really want to go to Montana again. We had a good time there. Bannack State Park was a lot of fun. Many photos taken there.
September 4, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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At 1:15 PM MDT, 8 NE Bannack [Beaverhead Co, MT] Mesonet reports Tstm Wnd Gst of M60 MPH. Mesonet station MTM14 BLM - Argenta. #mtwx Link
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September 2, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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8 NE Bannack [Beaverhead Co, MT] Mesonet reports Tstm Wnd Gst of M60 MPH at 1:15 PM MDT -- Mesonet station MTM14 BLM - Argenta.
at Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:48:58 +0000 via IEMbot
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September 2, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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Special Weather Statement issued August 29 at 5:57PM MDT by NWS Great Falls MT
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At 556 PM MDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 13 miles east of Gilmore, moving northeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. SOURCE...Wind gusts near 50 mph were reported in Gilmore, Idaho. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Lima, Dell, Bannack Pass, and Snowline.
August 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM
destinationwestorg.bsky.social
It can get cold here quick after summer.
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Bannack Ghost Town
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August 29, 2026 at 4:29 AM
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Special Weather Statement issued August 27 at 4:37PM MDT by NWS Great Falls MT
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At 437 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13 miles southwest of Dillon, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Dillon, Sheridan, Twin Bridges, Alder, Grant, Beaverhead Rock State Park, Bannack, Laurin, Clark Canyon, and Bannack State Park.
August 27, 2026 at 10:45 PM
finnfolklorist.bsky.social
In August 1916, teenaged Dorothy Dunn was wading in a pond near Bannack with her cousin and a friend. While wading, the three misstepped and fell into a deep section of water. None of them knew how to swim. Two were rescued in time, but Dorothy perished in the water.

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A historic red brick Hotel Meade building with a wooden balcony, set against a backdrop of grassy hills under a cloudy sky with a large tree nearby.
August 23, 2026 at 9:28 AM
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but many others have reported feeling cool spots within the hotel, as well as children explaining how they met the girl in the long blue dress.

The Meade Hotel closed its doors in the 1940s, but it still sits in Bannack and is known as the most haunted building in town.
August 23, 2026 at 9:29 AM
finnfolklorist.bsky.social
People today continue to venture inside to see if anyone (or anything) is home. It’s been said that Dorothy still lingers upstairs, while shadows of old miners and vigilantes roam the town in search of their ever-elusive prey, fortune and justice.

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Ghosts & Gangs
Exploring haunted Montana. Back in the glory days of the Montana mining boom, hundreds of thousands of people occupied various cities and towns, from Bannack to Virginia City to Butte. Over time, folk...
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August 23, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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Special Weather Statement issued August 22 at 4:12PM MDT by NWS Great Falls MT
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At 412 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 17 miles northeast of Leadore to 10 miles southwest of Lima. Movement was northeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Lima, Dell, Bannack Pass, Clark Canyon, and Snowline.
August 22, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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Special Weather Statement issued August 21 at 10:45PM MDT by NWS Great Falls MT
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At 1043 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking showers and thunderstorms with strong wind gusts moving northward through Beaverhead County. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Dillon, Sheridan, Alder, Grant, Beaverhead Rock State Park, Polaris, Bannack, Laurin, Clark Canyon, Bannack State Park, and Glen.
August 22, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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Special Weather Statement issued August 21 at 10:05PM MDT by NWS Great Falls MT
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At 1003 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of thunderstorms with strong gusty winds approaching southwestern Beaverhead County. Movement was north at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Lima, Dell, and Bannack Pass.
August 22, 2026 at 4:15 AM
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Photo taken at Bannack State Park in Bannack, Montana and edited with the Google Photos Magic Editor AI

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January 23, 2024 at 10:48 PM
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Photo taken at Bannack State Park in Bannack, Montana and edited with the Google Photos Magic Editor AI

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January 22, 2024 at 11:29 PM
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Photo taken in Bannack State Park in Bannack, Montana and edited with the Google Photos Magic Editor AI.

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January 17, 2024 at 10:59 PM
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www.counterpunch.org/2025/07/24/g... Genocidal Clowns Plunder Public Forests   - CounterPunch.org
Genocidal Clowns Plunder Public Forests
Here in Montana, early mining claims at Benetsee Creek (1852); Bannack (1860); Alder Creek near Virginia City (1862); and Last Chance Gulch in Helena
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July 25, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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The ghost town of Bannack, Montana, photographed by John Vachon in 1942 for the US Farm Security Administration.

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A street of wooden buildings along a dirt road with mountains in the background. There are bare trees and telegraph poles. A small wooden weatherboarded church with a dirt road in front. More wild west type buildings in a state of disrepair. Tombstones in scrubland on the edge of town with a snowpeaked mountain in the distance.
December 14, 2023 at 6:55 AM
cmf406.bsky.social
There's a UK writer who lost me when she said they took a "detour" from Vegas to Denver that took them through Bannack, a ghost town in Montana. That's a 700 mile "detour"! It doubled the trip! Lost all faith in the book itself.
August 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM