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Founded in 1862 as the first territorial capital of Montana, the abandoned and silent town still boasts 60 structures - all of which can be explored by history lovers of the Old West. Built along the banks of Grasshopper Creek, at its peak Bannack's Main Street had three hotels, three bakeries, three blacksmith shops, two stables, a grocery store, a restaurant, a billiard hall and of course, four Gold Rush Ghosts />And of course, while the Gold Rush Ghosts sprang up around the gold, the hard-nosed prospectors needed entertainment which came in the shape of bars and notorious saloon girls. Within the space of one year, Bannack's population had grown to 3,000 and the residents applied to the U. While they originally had named the town Bannock, after the neighboring Native American people, Washington apparently made a mistake and changed the 'O' to an 'A' - which remained to this day. As befitting its reputation as a frontier town, Bannack developed a reputation for lawlessness. The roads in and out of the town along the Montana Trail were home to dozens of bandits - and the situation spiraled out of control to such an extent that in January 1863, the town hired a man named Henry Plummer as sheriff. However, it was later discovered that Plummer was secretly in charge of a particularly ruthless posse - with some accounts blaming Plummer and his men for the murders of over one hundred people around Montana, Idaho and Utah. Incredibly for the sheriff, he and two deputies were hanged without trial on January 10th, 1864 and a number of his associates and friends were lynched or banished under threat of death if they ever returned. The title of territorial capital was taken from Bannack in 1866 by Virginia City - and the town which had exploded in population in the space of three years, slowly started to shrink. By 1870, the gold started to dry up and by 1874, the population had fallen to a few hundred. Realizing the need to halt the decline, the a school was built and in Gold Rush Ghosts, the Beaverhead County Courthouse was erected - which is still there today. However, Bannack's steady decline continued unti 1940, when the school closed and Bannack officially became a ghost town. Today, history buffs from across the country come to visit and explore the remaining buildings - staying in lodges and campsites built along Grasshopper Creek.

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