A short distance outside of Dillon is
Bannack State Park. The park is an abandoned mining town that was established in 1862 when gold was discovered in Grasshopper Creek.
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| Grasshopper Creek |
While most people had left by the 1950s, the last resident didn't leave until the 1970s. One can wander through many of the 60+ buildings, while others you can just look through the windows.
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| Bannack, an abandon mining town |
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| Betty wandering through the bachelor housing |
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| carriage house |
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| Hotel in Bannack |
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| Oven in Bannack hotel |
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| Masonic temple upstairs & one-room school house downstairs |
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| Joe in Barrack jail |
For my birder friends, here is a magpie I spotted on one of the building rooftops.
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| Magpie on the roof of an abandoned building in Barrack State Park |
There was a very large sign on the door to the visitor's center saying rattlesnakes have been seen around the buildings. Betty didn't notice the sign, and I probably shouldn't have mentioned it to her.
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