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Bannack
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 1862
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 45.161, -112.996
Why it was abandoned
⛏️ Gold rush
Detected automatically from the text: ghost town and former gold mine in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States
History
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. Founded in 1862, the town is a National Historic Landmark managed by the state of Montana as Bannack State Park.