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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUIU_alcazar-star-theater_Red-Lodge-MT.html
A combination moving picture theater and boarding house were the original tenants of this two-story masonry building, completed in 1908. Several directors managed the rather short-lived Alcazar, including Steve Roman, whose family long monopolized…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUIT_red-lodge-commercial-district_Red-Lodge-MT.html
Rapid growth of the young town of Red Lodge coincided with the arrival of the Northern Pacific Railroad's branch line in 1889. The area became Montana's leading coal mining region. Town lots were platted by the secretary of the Rocky Fork Town and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUIR_105-north-broadway_Red-Lodge-MT.html
Local physician Dr. Samuel Souders owned this commercial lot in 1909 when Dan Davis, an advocate for the construction of a fancy opera house, proposed it for the construction of his vision. The newspapers reported weekly for several months on Davi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUFM_the-beartooth-plateau_Red-Lodge-MT.html
The Beartooth Plateau contains some of the oldest exposed rocks on Earth and provides a unique window into the history of our planet. About 55 million years ago, this massive block of metamorphic basement rock pushed its way upward nearly two mile…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUFL_red-lodge_Red-Lodge-MT.html
Coal was discovered in the Rock Creek Valley nearly two decades before Red Lodge was established as a mail stop on the Meeteese Trail in 1884. In 1887, the Rocky Fork Coal Company opened the first large-scale mine at Red Lodge sparking the communi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUFJ_the-red-lodge-country_Red-Lodge-MT.html
According to tradition, a band of Crow Indians left the main tribe and moved west into the foothills of the Beartooth Range many years ago. They painted their council tepee with red-clay and this old-time artistry resulted in the name Red Lodge.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUFG_high-country-thoroughfare_Red-Lodge-MT.html
Lieutenant General Philip Sheridan and 124 men forged the first documented passage over the Beartooth Mountains in 1881. Once thought impassible, the route was later modified by E. E. Van Dyke - a miner from coal rich Red Lodge, Montana. His route…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUFC_the-new-world-mining-district_Abingdon-MT.html
Prospectors discovered rich mineral deposits in the Beartooth Mountains near here in 1874. Christened the New World Mining District, the area included claims with colorful names like Miner's Delight, Hidden Treasure, Southern Spy and Silver King. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUF1_granite-county-courthouse_Philipsburg-MT.html
The first permanent home for Granite County offices was completed in 1913. Prominent Montana architects John Link and Charles Haire designed the building. Its cut stonework is, appropriately, made of Montana granite. Granite County commissioners p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUF0_granite-county-jail_Philipsburg-MT.html
The Granite County Jail was constructed in 1896, three years after Granite County was carved from two adjacent counties and Philipsburg made the county seat. The town served as a hub to extensive area mining and, later, ranching. The jail was the …