Join Jolene from Ghost Towns and History of Montana for stories of the people and places that formed the Treasure State! In this episode, we learn about the adventurous journey of John Allen as he forged his way to Cooke City and stuck by the town through years of ups and downs. 

Story Accessed from the Library of Congress at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

Music by David Gwyn Jones

Sound Clips provided by: Zapsplat.com

Photo Courtesy of the Montana Oil and Mining Journal

Join Jolene from Ghost Towns and History of Montana for stories of the people and places that formed the Treasure State! In this episode, we hear a Pioneer's Story of early-day life on the plains and in the old mining camp towns of Montana Territory. 

Story Accessed from the Library of Congress at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov 

Music by David Gwyn Jones

Sound Clips provided by: Zapsplat.com

Photo Courtesy of The Kevin Review

Join Jolene from Ghost Towns and History of Montana for stories of the people and places that formed the Treasure State! In this episode, we get a first-hand account from Lucy Darling on what it was like to teach the first school in Bannack...

Story Accessed from www.montananewspapers.org

Music by David Gwyn Jones

Sound Clips provided by: Zapsplat.com

Join Jolene from Ghost Towns and History of Montana for stories of the people and places that formed the Treasure State! In this episode we learn the story of Helen Patterson aka Nellie Paget who found herself working as a dancing girl in a Bannack saloon...

Story Accessed from the Library of Congress at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

Music by David Gwyn Jones

Sound Clips provided by: Zapsplat.com

Photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz

Join Jolene from Ghost Towns and History of Montana for stories of the people and places that formed the Treasure State! In this episode, we check in on the old mining camp of Castle as the few men left there make a surprising discovery...

Story accessed from the Library of Congress at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

Music by David Gwyn Jones 

Sound Clips provided by: Zapsplat.com 

Join Jolene from Ghost Towns and History of Montana for stories of the people and places that formed the Treasusre State! In this episode, we are introduced to the school wagon. A great, new mode of transportation for students...

Story accessed from the Library of Congress at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

Music by David Gwyn Jones

Sound Clips provided by: Zapsplat.com 

Join Jolene from Ghost Towns and History of Montana for stories of the people and places that formed the Treasure State! In this episode, we look into the mysterious death of a man near Yates, Montana...

Story accessed from the Library of Congress at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

Music by David Gwyn Jones

Sound clips provided by: Zapsplat.com 

Join Jolene from Ghost Towns and History of Montana for stories of the people and places that formed the Treasure State! In this episode, we ride along with a Montana pioneer family for an overland trip from Helena to Fort Benton...

Story accessed from the Library of Congress at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

Photo by James Willard Schultz, Courtesy of MSU Library 

Music by David Gwyn Jones

Sound clips provided by: Zapsplat.com