While Yer In Montana : Check Out Garnet ~ Ghost Town !!!

Some towns seem to have more than one life. Some even have more than two. Garnet has had three, so far. And who knows there will not be a fourth? About Garnet, one could say "gone today but here tomorrow." Garnet came alive the first time in 1862 as a gold mining town. It is recorded that the "Nancy Hanks" mine poured out $10,000,000 in gold. The mine was owned by two partners. After a disagreement, one partner sold his share to the other for $50. He later hanged himself. The mine operated until 1954 when it was closed. There is much to be seen today in Garnet including many of its original buildings.  

      Here's Kellys Saloon

  and Davey's store

  miner's cabin JW Wells Hotel, 1898window in the hotel

another miner's cabin  Folks still live here preserving and researching the remaining buildings and artifacts that are still being found in the area. Some of the buildings were burned down in a 1912 fire. One lady lived there her whole life until she died in 1960. One of her descendants lives in her home now. Gold, Copper and lead had been mined here. Some of the property is still owned by the descendants of the original settlers and they will not give it up or sell it to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management which oversees the other properties.