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Montana is a wild west state that was never truly tamed, a place where folks are so far and few in between that an independent spirit and sense of self-sufficiency are almost a requirement to live here. Cattle ranching, railroads, mining, homesteading, and the military brought many early residents to this state, and some might say not much has changed since the first white settlers arrived here.
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Much of what made Montana what it is today can be found in its forgotten places, in the abandoned communities that thrived and then died in this rough and tumble state. Old mining towns and stagecoach stops harken back to the days when going west was synonymous with getting rich - and occasionally dying trying. Cowboys, calamities and sinners converged on outposts each in the running for the title of the west’s wickedest city. Soldiers worked to both keep the peace at home and abroad at towns that became their camps. Bootleg booze and fresh water made communities that came out of and disappeared back into nothingness.
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