Garnet Ghost Town, Montana: Two Gold Rushes and a Depression
Garnet Ghost Town, Montana: Two Gold Rushes, a Depression Revival, and 30 Buildings That Refused to Fall Montana Gold & Silver Mining Entrance fee applies · ~12 min read Quick facts First gold discovery (Beartown)1865 Garnet townsite founded1895 (as Mitchell) Renamed Garnet1897 Peak population (1st boom)~1,000–1,200 (1898) Revival population (1930s)~250 Final abandonment1948 (after Frank Davey’s…