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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXG4_finney-house_Sheridan-MT.html
Construction layers of this original homestead tell much of Nevada City's ?boom and bust' history. In 1864, miner Frank Finney and his bride, Mary, moved into a cabin on this property that had been constructed the previous year. The cabin forms th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXG3_site-of-the-trial-and-hanging-of-george-ives_Sheridan-MT.html
Dec. 21, 1863Most extraordinary trial in history.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXG2_madison-county-pioneers_Sheridan-MT.html
The gold rush to Alder Creek in 1863 spurred settlement of the Madison Valley, and among the first families to settle here were the Jeffers, the Switzers (whose home is preserved here in Nevada City) and the Careys. Irish-born Nick Carey walked to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXG0_nevada-city_Sheridan-MT.html
Nine booming gold camps sprawled along remote Alder Gulch in 1863. Nevada City and Virginia City were the largest. In December, 1863, Nevada City's main street was the scene of the miner's court and hanging of George Ives. This event was the catal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXFK_bi-metallic-aerial-tramway_Philipsburg-MT.html
The tramway was constructed in 1889 to carry ore from the Blaine Shaft in Granite to the Bi-Metallic Mill in Kirkville, near Philipsburg. The Bi-Metallic aerial tramway was 9750 feet long with a vertical drop of 1225 feet, and was the longest aeri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXFI_superintendents-house_Philipsburg-MT.html
By 1899, this house stood at the head of Magnolia Avenue, or "Silk Stocking Row," where the elite of Granite lived. The first floor housed the living quarters for the Superintendent of the Granite Mountain Mining Co. The second floor may have orig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXFH_ruby-shaft_Philipsburg-MT.html
Most of the ore that brought tremendous riches and fame to Granite was brought out of the Ruby Shaft, operated by the Granite Mountain Mining Company. Several tunnels outside the Ruby Shaft were also important in producing the silver (and some gol…