Bannack, Montana - Wikipedia
Bannack is a ghost town in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States, located on Grasshopper Creek, approximately 11 miles (18 km) upstream from where Grasshopper Creek joins with the Beaverhead River south of Dillon.
Bannack State Park - Montana FWP
Bannack State Park is a National Historic Landmark and one of Montana’s best preserved ghost towns. Bannack is the site of Montana's first major gold discovery in 1862 and is Montana’s first territorial capital.
Bannack Ghost Town, Montana
Mar 4, 2023 · Bannack is a Montana ghost town located in Beaverhead County, located on Grasshopper Creek, and close to the town of Dillon. Bannack holds the history and mysteries of the wild west. The town’s name was a tribute to the nearby Bannock Indians.
Bannack - Montana’s Official Tourism, Travel & Vacation Info Site
Come walk the deserted streets of Bannack, and discover for yourself the way the West really was. Bannack is one of the best preserved of all of Montana's ghost towns. It was Montana's first major gold discovery July 28, 1862 and became Montana's first territorial capital in 1864.
Bannack State Park - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (2024)
Bannack State Park. 418 reviews. #1 of 15 things to do in Dillon. State ParksGhost Towns. Open now. 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM. Write a review. About. A park with over 60 original structures still standing from the 1800s, including the old hotel, the governor's mansion, the Masonic Hall and the Methodist Church.
How to Visit Bannack, Montana: A Gold Rush Ghost Town - My …
Jul 11, 2024 · A Montana state park, Bannack Ghost Town offers historic buildings to explore, guided tours, gold panning, and a campground. And there are many special events, including ice skating on the frozen dredge pond in the winter.
Bannack State Park - Montana State Parks Foundation
Bannack State Park is the location of Montana's first major gold discovery, founded in 1862 this historic ghost town still has over 50 standing buildings! Find out more about the history of the park down below.
Bannack State Park - Discovering Montana
The state park features within its region one of Montana’s best known and most-visited ‘ghost towns’, which comes by way of an almost complete town of original buildings and structures from the original Old West period in the state’s history.
Bannack, 'Heart of the Wild West' spurred birth of Montana Territory - KECI
Aug 22, 2021 · Today, Bannack is Bannack State Park, where visitors come to see up-close an integral chapter in Montana history. Between Jackson and Dillon, you'll find the ghost town that paved the way for...
Bannack - Montana's Best Preserved Ghost Town - Distinctly Montana
Sep 12, 2024 · Montana has many other, real, abandoned ghost towns – some decaying back into Mother Earth and are all but forgotten, and some have been preserved and stand as a testament to those former “glory days.” Located in southwest Montana, on Grasshopper Creek, Bannack is one of the best examples of the latter.