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 ...

BANNACK - The gold in these hills is shaped like a Bayer Aspirin bottle. It has the consistency of a broken poker chip. It glitters like a rusty square nail caked in the dust of a hundred years.

HELENA, Mont., May 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- During the late 1850s, the gold rush was booming in Montana. As the gold disappeared, so did the people, leaving behind deserted towns. Exploring ...

DILLON — Linda Mazejka, vice president of the Bannack Association, was amazed by the photos she saw of the damage done to Bannack State Park when a flash flood ripped through the ghost town July 17.

Fire personnel were continuing to contain the northern edge of the wildfire burning south of the Bannack ghost town and state park on Thursday.

Bannack was founded during the 1862 gold rush and briefly became Montana’s first capital before fading into a ghost town.

BANNACK — Bannack State Park will host Bannack Days on July 20 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on July 21 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The event will have traditional activities, displays, vendors and ...