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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27C2_virginia-city_Virginia-City-MT.html
Prospectors found placer gold along a streambed choked with alder trees in May, 1863.
Thousands came from every corner of the world to try their luck in the placer mines and, perhaps, to garner a piece of the far-famed treasure.
A brief but tur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27BX_garnets-vigilantes-and-gold-dredges_Sheridan-MT.html
The Ruby River was called the Passamari by the Shoshoni Indians and the Stinking Water by the miners in the early 1860's.
Later, it was mistakenly renamed the Ruby, although the gems found along its length were actually garnets.
The road t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27BV_the-remarkable-sarah-bickford_Ennis-MT.html
Born a slave in 1852 near Jonesborough, Tennessee, Sarah Bickford would become an iconic Montana businesswoman.
Separated from her parents during the Civil War, upon conclusion of the war Sarah then moved to Knoxville, Tennessee.
In 1870, local…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27BT_adobetown_Sheridan-MT.html
Alder Gulch at peak population numbered ten thousand souls and the colorful mining camps that enjoyed the limelight were so numerous that contemporaries named it the Fourteen-mile City.
Adobetown was one of the many settlements that lined the gu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27BS_gold-in-alder-gulch_Sheridan-MT.html
Alder Gulch, located between Virginia City and Alder, is one of the most significant placer mining districts in the U.S., having produced over 2.5 million troy ounces of gold between 1863, and 1889. In total, miners recovered over $40 billion (tod…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27BJ_the-jefferson-valley_Twin-Bridges-MT.html
In, early August, 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, westward bound, came up the Jefferson River and passed through this area. The valley was an ancient travel corridor; Lewis noted the presence of an "old Indian road" near the Big Hole River. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OKL_site-of-first-masonic-meetings_Virginia-City-MT.html
This Monument Marks The SiteWhereinVirginia City Lodge No. 43Of KansasAndMontana Lodge No. 9Of ColoradoHeld Their First Meetings.Virginia City LodgeHeld Its First MeetingFebruary 27th, AL. 5864.Montana LodgeHeld Its First MeetingMay 30th, AL. 5865.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXG7_the-mount-vernon-dredge_Sheridan-MT.html
In its first five years, Alder Gulch produced between 30 and 60 million in gold. By 1874 about 35,000 people lived in the gulch. Times ran out but the gold never did. You can still find it here in the hills and streams of Alder Gulch.There were 5 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXG6_gallows-barn_Sheridan-MT.html
Built in the 1890's for the White Sulfur Springs Sheriff's Department. In the year 1917 this barn had a legal gallows installed for the execution of three men. These men robbed a train south of White Sulfur Springs and murdered a trainman on Janua…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXG5_montanas-oldest-standing-school_Sheridan-MT.html
This little log building is Montana's Oldest Standing Public School, built in 1867 in Twin Bridges, Montana, about 30 miles north of here. It served Twin Bridges until 1873, when the Masons built a two-story building with the first floor for use a…