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  • The abandoned Gold Rush town in Montana that once bustled with 100,000 prospectors now lies empty...

    06/28/2013 9:40:55 AM PDT · by bkepley · 35 replies
    The Daily Mail | 27 June 2013 | James Nye
    Once home to 10,000 hungry prospectors, each with a golden glint in their eye, these are the ruins of the town of Bannack - now a ghostly shell of its gilded past. Founded in 1862 as the first territorial capital of Montana, the abandoned and silent town still boasts 60 structures - all of which can be explored by history lovers of the Old West. Built along the banks of Grasshopper Creek, at its peak Bannack's Main Street had three hotels, three bakeries, three blacksmith shops, two stables, a grocery store, a restaurant, a billiard hall and of course, four...