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Bannack, MT - Window View - 2
A window view of Bannack, Montana. Photo by Kathy Weiser-Alexander.
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Bannack, MT - Window View
A window view of Bannack, Montana. Photo by Kathy Weiser-Alexander.
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Bannack, MT - Town View Late 1800s
By 1863, the settlement had gained some 3,000 residents and applied to the U.S. Government for the name of Bannock, named for the neighboring Indians. However, Washington goofed it up, spelling the...
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Bannack, MT - Town View
In July, 1862, Colorado prospectors discovered gold in Grasshopper Creek, where Bannack, Montana would soon be established. Photo by Kathy Weiser-Alexander, July 2008.
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Bannack, MT - Skinners Saloon
This building, originally built on Yankee Flats was moved to Bannack in 1863. Owned by Cyrus Skinner, a known outlaw and suspected gang member of the Innocents Gang, the saloon quickly became one of...
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Bannack, MT - Ryburn House
Built in 1896, this was the home and office of Dr. Robert H. Ryburn who practiced in Bannack from 1897 to 1915. A progressive man, Ryburn was the first in town to own an automobile, which made the...
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Bannack, MT - Roe Graves House
Around 1866, William Roe, who had made his fortune in Bannack, not in the gold fields, but, rather, in freighting, merchandising, and banking, built the first frame house in the city. Later, when the...
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Bannack, MT - Old Wagons
Old wagons in Bannack, Montana. Photo by Kathy Weiser-Alexander.
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Bannack, MT - Old Truck - 2
An old truck in Bannack, Montana. Photo by Kathy Weiser-Alexander.
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Bannack, MT - Old Truck
An old truck continues to sit and rust in Bannack, Montana. As the ores declined, so did the town and by 1890, only 400 residents remained. However, the town remained populated enough to continue to...
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Bannack, MT - Methodist Church Vintage - 2
Bannack Methodist Church, 1963. Vintage photo restored by Kathy Weiser-Alexander.
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Bannack, MT - Methodist Church Vintage
Bannack Methodist Church, 1963. Vintage photo restored by Kathy Weiser-Alexander.
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Bannack, MT - Methodist Church Today
Built by church members and townsfolk, the effort was led by Montana circuit riding preacher, William Van Orsdel, fondly referred to as "Brother Van." Construction began on the Methodist Church in the...
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Bannack, MT - Masonic Lodge-School
The Masonic Lodge in Bannack, Montana also served as a school. Photo by Kathy Weiser-Alexander.
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Bannack, MT - Masonic Lodge Today
Situated diagonally across from the old courthouse and adjacent to Grasshopper Creek, this building served the citizens of Bannack with a school on the first floor and the Masonic Order meeting room on...
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Bannack, MT - Masonic Hall Vintage
Situated diagonally across from the old courthouse and adjacent to Grasshopper Creek, this building served the citizens of Bannack with a school on the first floor and the Masonic Order meeting room on...
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Bannack, MT - Main Street Scene
Bannack, Montana - Street Scene. Bannack got its start when Colorado prospectors found gold along Grasshopper Creek in the summer of 1862. The site of the first major gold discovery in Montana, miners...
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