Episodes

  • Gold Seekers Hacked Perilous Wagon Trail Thru Mountains
    Aug 2 2022

    Join Jolene from Ghost Towns and History of Montana for stories of the people and places that formed the Treasure State! In this episode, we learn about the adventurous journey of John Allen as he forged his way to Cooke City and stuck by the town through years of ups and downs. 

    Story Accessed from the Library of Congress at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

    Music by David Gwyn Jones

    Sound Clips provided by: Zapsplat.com

    Photo Courtesy of the Montana Oil and Mining Journal

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    14 mins
  • A Pioneer's Story
    Apr 20 2022

    Join Jolene from Ghost Towns and History of Montana for stories of the people and places that formed the Treasure State! In this episode, we hear a Pioneer's Story of early-day life on the plains and in the old mining camp towns of Montana Territory. 

    Story Accessed from the Library of Congress at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov 

    Music by David Gwyn Jones

    Sound Clips provided by: Zapsplat.com

    Photo Courtesy of The Kevin Review

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    10 mins
  • First School in MT taught by Lucy Darling Amid Wild Surroundings
    Mar 22 2022

    Join Jolene from Ghost Towns and History of Montana for stories of the people and places that formed the Treasure State! In this episode, we get a first-hand account from Lucy Darling on what it was like to teach the first school in Bannack...

    Story Accessed from www.montananewspapers.org

    Music by David Gwyn Jones

    Sound Clips provided by: Zapsplat.com

     

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    13 mins
  • Dancehall Girl Slain by Enraged Suitor
    Feb 8 2022

    Join Jolene from Ghost Towns and History of Montana for stories of the people and places that formed the Treasure State! In this episode we learn the story of Helen Patterson aka Nellie Paget who found herself working as a dancing girl in a Bannack saloon...

    Story Accessed from the Library of Congress at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

    Music by David Gwyn Jones

    Sound Clips provided by: Zapsplat.com

    Photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz

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    7 mins
  • Old Mining Camp of Castle May Boom as a Result of a Recent Rich Discovery
    Feb 5 2022

    Join Jolene from Ghost Towns and History of Montana for stories of the people and places that formed the Treasure State! In this episode, we check in on the old mining camp of Castle as the few men left there make a surprising discovery...

    Story accessed from the Library of Congress at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

    Music by David Gwyn Jones 

    Sound Clips provided by: Zapsplat.com 

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    4 mins
  • Montana Pupils Ride to School
    Jan 23 2022

    Join Jolene from Ghost Towns and History of Montana for stories of the people and places that formed the Treasusre State! In this episode, we are introduced to the school wagon. A great, new mode of transportation for students...

    Story accessed from the Library of Congress at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

    Music by David Gwyn Jones

    Sound Clips provided by: Zapsplat.com 

     

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    3 mins
  • A Mysterious Death at Yates
    Jan 8 2022

    Join Jolene from Ghost Towns and History of Montana for stories of the people and places that formed the Treasure State! In this episode, we look into the mysterious death of a man near Yates, Montana...

    Story accessed from the Library of Congress at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

    Music by David Gwyn Jones

    Sound clips provided by: Zapsplat.com 

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    4 mins
  • 1876 Overland Trip from Helena to Fort Benton
    Jan 4 2022

    Join Jolene from Ghost Towns and History of Montana for stories of the people and places that formed the Treasure State! In this episode, we ride along with a Montana pioneer family for an overland trip from Helena to Fort Benton...

    Story accessed from the Library of Congress at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

    Photo by James Willard Schultz, Courtesy of MSU Library 

    Music by David Gwyn Jones

    Sound clips provided by: Zapsplat.com 

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    8 mins