Virgina City is a well perserved ghost-town with a population of 150 or so residents, located to the south about 25 miles to the southaway. Virginia City seems to have been frozen in time, sitting high in the Rocky Mountains in a bowl along Alder Gulch, where gold was first discovered in 1863, during the Civil War. Within a year the town grew to over 10,000 and became the Territorial Capital in 1865. Today, Virginia City, Montana's main street provides an exceptional example of commercial architecture from the later eighteen hundreds. Many of the original structures are filled with original artifacts. The buildings are both historic and architecturally significant, especially for the Victorian era. Take one of the several tours available and visit. It is like stepping back in time. and visit them. This is cultural tourism at its best.

Dillon, Montana is also nearby, and has some historical implications and landmarks as to the beginnings of the wild west. The nearest one, Bannack, Montana, is a short distance west of Dillon, Montana just off Route Montana 278. Bannack was the first great gold rush in Montana. It was first Bannock, Dakota Territory, then Bannack, Idaho Territory and now it is Bannack, Montana. If you go further to the northwest you will come to the Big Hole Battlefield. This was the site of one of greatest Indian massacres in history, when our U.S. Calvary troops killed women, children and old men in 1877, Chief Joseph's war. There are reenactments at that site.

One of the most beautiful National Parks, Yellowstone National Park, is located about 120 miles to the south.

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