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Montana
Hell Gate fur-trade and stage settlement
Ghost town Documented sitePermission required
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: trade goods, percussion caps, early cartridge cases.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1860s trading post and early Montana settlement
Trading settlement on the Clark Fork west of present Missoula that held Montana's first post office in 1862 and served wagon and gold-rush traffic. It never had more than a few dozen residents and collapsed in 1865 when trade shifted upriver to Missoula Mills.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
river bottom, private ranch land
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