Marysville Montana semi ghost town
Blasting quickly towards the Twentieth Century, Marysville was a small but booming mining town… and on the fast track to success. During the 1880's and 90's, Marysville was one of Montana's leading gold producers and the population quickly grew to over 4,000 people in the immediate area.
February 1881 saw the opening of the Marysville Post Office and soon, many new small businesses began to spring up all around the area. During the next fifteen years, the town would boast not one, but several, well stocked dry-good outlets, grocery and drug stores, confectionaries, competing quality restaurants, boot and shoe shops, a bank, tailor shops, a couple of livery stables, jewelry shops, a lumber yard, fresh garden and meat markets, a new furniture store, grain stores, and a bakery. As the town rushed into the future, the later 1880's saw construction of the town's electric company. The opera house was soon fitted with new electric lights, courtesy of Mr. Edison, and the town seemed to prosper.
Into the mid-1890's, there were two convention halls, hardware stores, a tin shop, various weekly newspapers, plus at least a dozen saloons and bars. There were also three churches, several lodges, black smith shops and even two doctors. To deal with the influx of visitors, over half-dozen hotels; including the Peterson and Drumlummon Hotels were built. A school would eventually be constructed which saw over 250 children. Western Union, regular train and stage services were all in full operation by 1894.
There are still quite a few peolple living there.
Marysville Montana semi ghost town
Blasting quickly towards the Twentieth Century, Marysville was a small but booming mining town… and on the fast track to success. During the 1880's and 90's, Marysville was one of Montana's leading gold producers and the population quickly grew to over 4,000 people in the immediate area.
February 1881 saw the opening of the Marysville Post Office and soon, many new small businesses began to spring up all around the area. During the next fifteen years, the town would boast not one, but several, well stocked dry-good outlets, grocery and drug stores, confectionaries, competing quality restaurants, boot and shoe shops, a bank, tailor shops, a couple of livery stables, jewelry shops, a lumber yard, fresh garden and meat markets, a new furniture store, grain stores, and a bakery. As the town rushed into the future, the later 1880's saw construction of the town's electric company. The opera house was soon fitted with new electric lights, courtesy of Mr. Edison, and the town seemed to prosper.
Into the mid-1890's, there were two convention halls, hardware stores, a tin shop, various weekly newspapers, plus at least a dozen saloons and bars. There were also three churches, several lodges, black smith shops and even two doctors. To deal with the influx of visitors, over half-dozen hotels; including the Peterson and Drumlummon Hotels were built. A school would eventually be constructed which saw over 250 children. Western Union, regular train and stage services were all in full operation by 1894.
There are still quite a few peolple living there.