Wilkeson, Washington

We started out going through and stopping at Wilkeson. A little town that was founded around the 1880's. This was a railway and mining town. Minors working the mines and railway workers for the Union Pacific use to stay at the hotel while working in the area. The hotel consisted of being also a brothel, and restaurant.

Commemorating the Union Pacific Railroad.

The U.S. Marshal seemed to have a tough town to run.

Sign in front of the old hotel.



The bridge crossing the Carbonado River...notice the wooden construction of the ends compared to the steel frame of the center of the bridge!

Medora, North Dakota

Medora was founded in 1883 by French nobleman Marquis de Mores who named the city after his wife Medora von Hoffman. Marquis de Mores wanted to ship refrigerated meat to Chicago via the railroad. He built a meat packing plant for this purpose and a house named the Chateau de Mores, which is now a museum.

Today, Medora is a tourist town with visitors from all over. Some of the history of Medora carries names such as General George Armstong Custer and Teddy Rosevelt and his Rough Riders.












Cowboy in town.










Ummm...when did they change the name???











The town of Medora.










Medora Theater built on tracks











Buffalo Pepsi or Cowboy Coke???

Nevada City, Montana

Nevada City, sister city located 1.5 miles from Virginia City. This town is pretty much intact and is now a museum of buildings complete with train depot and steam locomotive. Also, great place to film movies such as "Return To Lonesome Dove".

Main Street.

Origianl building with train depot and passenger car across the street.

School bell and buildings

Livery Stable made famous in "Return To Lonesome Dove".

Rober's Roost, Montana

Our next stop is Rober's Roost. A small, out of the way place where the likes of Sheriff Henry Plummer and his band of Vigilantes always hid out. Back in the day, Rober's Roost was a saloon/hotel located in the remote out of the way area between Twin Bridges and Nevada City.












Rober's Roost today. (Careful of that outlaw there!!!)

Hand made chair next to front door.

Second Gallatin City

There are actually two Gallatin Cities...this is the second one. Not much remains of this city, but was still big enough to hold lots of memories from a once bustling trading post.










Map of the Second Gallatin City.












Pioneer Graves.










Eagles flying over the Gallatin Valley.

Gallatin City, Montana

Our first ghost town ever. Visiting family, we were taken to Gallatin City and the Headwaters of the Jefferson and Madison Rivers and where the longest river system in North America starts, the Missouri/Mississippi River. This was a famous stop for Lewis & Clark in their expedition to the Pacific North West and a popular area for fur traders and muontain men alike.

Head Waters View Point.


















Head Waters of the Madison and Jefferson Rivers.

















Gallatin City Hotel.