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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DF3_deer-lodge-post-office_Deer-Lodge-MT.html
Deer Lodge Post Office. . The first post office in Deer Lodge was established on May 21, 1866. It was one of the earliest post offices in Montana. Mail service to the early settlers of the Deer Lodge Valley was very expensive and very slow. Letter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D1W_execution-of-george-rock_Deer-Lodge-MT.html
Execution of George Rock. Old Montana Prison. On this site in 1908, George Rock was executed by hanging. A year later, William Hayes met a similar fate. Rock and Hayes killed Deputy Warden John Robinson and severely wounded Warden Frank Conley in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D1U_1912-cell-house_Deer-Lodge-MT.html
1912 Cell House. Old Montana Prison. To ease increasing overcrowded conditions, the 1912 Cell House was constructed, adding two hundred cells to the prison complex. Erected in only eleven months using convict labor, the cell house was a model faci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D1M_electrified-railroad_Deer-Lodge-MT.html
Electrified Railroad. The Milwaukee Road. The Anaconda Company's Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway converted from steam to electric locomotives in 1914. Aware of Anaconda's success, Milwaukee electrified its Rocky Mountain division between Harlowt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D1J_the-old-montana-prison_Deer-Lodge-MT.html
The Old Montana Prison. Old Montana Prison. Gold was discovered near Deer Lodge in 1862. Subsequent discoveries in Bannack and Virginia City prompted a gold rush that attracted men and women of both good and bad character. Thievery, lawlessness, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D1I_1896-cell-house_Deer-Lodge-MT.html
1896 Cell House. Old Montana Prison. Overcrowding reached a critical point by the spring of 1896. The cell capacity of 182 was exceeded by 150 prisoners who were confined in a single log building without cells. The log building was deemed "in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D1H_1870-1931-federal-building_Deer-Lodge-MT.html
1870-1931 Federal Building. Old Montana Prison. The first prison building was constructed on this site in 1870 while Montana was still a territory of the United States. It served as a territorial prison and federal penitentiary. In 1889, when Mont…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D1G_1931-administration-building_Deer-Lodge-MT.html
1931 Administration Building. Old Montana Prison. This administration building was the heart of security and prison operations. Here new prisoners were admitted, inmates received visitors, and departing prisoners were counseled about outside emplo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D18_1909-last-spike-monument_Deer-Lodge-MT.html
1909 Last Spike Monument. The Milwaukee Road. The last spike of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad's (better known as the Milwaukee Road) Puget Sound Extension connecting Chicago to Seattle was driven near Gold Creek, Montana so…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D0M_site-of-the-first-log-house-in-the-deer-lodge-valley_Garrison-MT.html
Site of the First Log House in the Deer Lodge Valley. . The Site of the First Log House in the Deer Lodge Valley. Built in 1859 by John F. Grant, Pioneer Stockman and Trader. Erected under the Auspices of the Society of Montana Pioneers, Augu…