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    Bannack is a ghost town in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States, located on Grasshopper Creek, approximately 11 miles (18 km) upstream from where...
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  • establishment of the town of Bannack. Bannack was a gold rush boomtown that was the first territorial capital of Montana Territory for a brief period...
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  • 3-7-77 (category Pre-statehood history of Montana)
    include: The numbers represent the date the Vigilante Oath was signed in Bannack, Montana, the first seat of Justice in the state. This claim is perpetuated...
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    the gold fields of Grasshopper Creek, Bannack, Montana. They were on their way to Yellowstone Country from Bannack but were waylaid by a band of Crow Indians...
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    period-specific architecture, have become tourist attractions. Some examples are Bannack, Montana and Oatman, Arizona in the United States; Barkerville, British Columbia...
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    Henry Plummer (category People from Beaverhead County, Montana)
    him and she agreed. As gold had recently been discovered in nearby Bannack, Montana, Plummer decided to go there to try to earn enough money to support...
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  • Pass, between Idaho and Montana Russell Bannock (1919–2020), Canadian World War II flying ace and test pilot Bannack, Montana, town named after the tribe...
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    (1861–1864). Montana Territory became a territory of the United States on May 26, 1864. The first territorial capital was located at Bannack. Sidney Edgerton...
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    Innocents (gang) (category Gangs in Montana)
    they killed many travelers who resisted. Sheriff Henry Plummer of Bannack, Montana was accused of leading the group, and was executed by a group of vigilantes...
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    John Bozeman (category Explorers of Montana)
    Bozeman later joined the January 1863 rush to newly discovered gold in Bannack, Montana, but his claims there proved unsuccessful. Seeing that it would be...
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