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Montana Bannack and Hotel Meade
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- Haunted Real Estate
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- Jul 25, 2025
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- 2109
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Summary
Step back in time with us to Bannack, Montana—once a booming gold rush town and now one of the best-preserved—and most haunted—ghost towns in the West. In this chilling episode, we explore Bannack’s turbulent past: from its founding on sacred Native American lands, through lawless gold camps and vigilante justice, to the spirits that linger in the historic Hotel Meade. Listen to the frontier history and hauntings of Bannack! Sources: General History of Bannack & Grasshopper Creek • Montana Office of Tourism official pages on Bannack State Park. • Montana Historical Society, “Bannack Historic Resources.” • “Ghost Towns of Montana” by Donald C. Miller (book). • National Park Service documentation for Bannack National Historic Landmark. • Lewis and Clark Expedition records, U.S. National Archives (re: original naming of Willard Creek). • Bannack page, Legends of America (overview of gold strike, early town life). Native American History & Presence • Shoshone-Bannock Tribes official website and public cultural statements. • “Native American Tribes of Montana: A Guide to Their History” by Federal Writers’ Project. • University of Montana, Indigenous Studies research on Bannock and Shoshone traditional territories. • Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks interpretive materials on prehistoric and tribal use of the region. Hotel Meade History • Bannack State Park visitor guide (facility and renovation history). • “Bannack: The First Territorial Capital,” Montana Historical Society Press. • Montana History Foundation: preservation of Hotel Meade and structure biographies. • On-the-ground interpretation panels at Bannack site. Dorothy Dunn Story & Hauntings • Interviews and testimonials from Bannack State Park rangers and visitors. • “Haunted Montana” by Karen Stevens (…