112°04′38″W / 45.32528°N 112.07722°W / 45.32528; -112.07722 Alder Gulch (alternatively called Alder Creek) is a place in the Ruby River valley, in the U.S...

and 1864. This resulted in the formation of the Vigilance Committee of Alder Gulch and the infamous Montana Vigilantes. Up to 15 road agents were hanged...

bring order to lawless communities in and around the gold fields of Alder Gulch and Grasshopper Creek. There are estimates that over 100 persons were...

migrants who initiated major gold rushes at Grasshopper Creek (Bannack) and Alder Gulch (Virginia City) in 1862 and 1863 respectively. So many people came that...

Publishers. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-7864-8496-6. Miner, Allen H. (April 8, 1957), Alder Gulch, Tales of Wells Fargo, retrieved July 6, 2022 "The Nickel Pop Gazette"...

response some leaders in Virginia City formed the Vigilance Committee of Alder Gulch and began to take action against Plummer's gang, gaining confessions...

discovered at Alder Gulch, where the town of Virginia City was established. Other rich placer deposits were found at Last Chance Gulch, where the city...

was founded in the early 1860s, in the wake of a major gold find in Alder Gulch, which ascends into the mountains to the south. It grew rapidly with...

1863, the discovery of gold in Alder Gulch sparked a gold rush to the area. Miners quickly settled the length of the gulch and established homes and businesses...

practicing the "Georgian method" of placer mining. In 1864, they left the Alder Gulch area of Virginia City, Montana Territory, heading north toward the Kootenai...