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This is one of a few broken down buildings sitting in a cluster behind the main street through the ghost town of Galata, Montana. I thought it was interesting how the glass was still intact in the many windows in this building.
This is Galata, Montana. It is almost a complete ghost town. There really are no more businesses open. Only a few homes are still lived in. This town has an interesting history and there are so many abandoned buildings that I would love to know the story behind.
Here is a video from when I drove through this great ghost town:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0R55_f-ndA
"Galata, east of Shelby, is near Willow Creek, one of the streams that flows into the reservoir created by Tiber Dam. It was a trading point and cattle shipping station on the Great Northern’s High Line. In 1901 David R. McGinnis, first immigration agent of the Great Northern Railroad, was so impressed by the beauty of the spot that he filed a claim for the land near the railroad where it crossed dry Galata Creek. McGinnis hired a surveyor to lay out a town and the following year brought carpenters and lumber from Kalispell to build a two-room house.
Cattlemen from the Marias River ranges brought their cattle to Galata for shipment to eastern markets. On cold winter days they were glad to have the protection of the two little rooms in the only building in “town.” The house burned down in 1904, but in 1905 McGinnis began rebuilding Galata. He built a two-room real estate office and an eight-room hotel, and eventually induced a storekeeper to set up shop in one of the rooms of the real estate office. Ranches would drive in with a chuckwagon and load up on $500—sometimes even $1,000—worth of supplies, pay in cash and return home for the long winter. After a few years, Galata’s only merchant closed shop and the hotel was abandoned; McGinnis gave up his dream of a town and moved to Kalispell.
One day he was surprised to receive a check in the mail. It was marked “back rent,” and was from a cowhand who had moved into the deserted Galata store and had done a good business with dryland farmers who were then settling on the old-time open range. By 1910 Galata had four lumberyards and five store. (from Cheney’s Names on the Face of Montana, Mountain Press Publishing Company)
Near Galata, residents and visitors can enjoy one of the most versatile recreational areas in Montana, Tiber Dam-Lake Elwell. The lake provides excellent year-round angling for Walleye, Northern and Sauger Pike, native trout, Ling, Perch and others. Some may want to try their hand at bow fishing for carp that often exceed 20 pounds. For boaters and swimmers the area boasts over 50 miles of shoreline, a marina, and four well-maintained boat ramps located strategically around the lake. There are also numerous campground areas.
While you're at Tiber you'll observe spectacular windblown sandstone formations, Indian rings, and one of the largest earthen dikes in the world! The area surrounding Tiber contains excellent hunting, and a unique birdwatching area is located along the Marias River below Tiber Dam." -Montana's Russell Country Website
This is a great article, just scroll town to the one titled “Caught between two worlds, one dead, the other struggling to be born.”
www.montanaheritageproject.org/index.php/fieldnotes/C77/
This is a link to a neat photo taken near Galata many, many years ago:
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The new Shelterwood edition from Field Notes. Very nice, with a cover made from very thinly sliced wood. It’s quite flexible, but you can feel the texture of the wood grain.
Thought I'd take advantage of being close to Japan to get some classic stationery. Tombow re-released these vintage pencils a while back and they are both rare and expensive in the west but guess what.. Nice and cheap here in China :)
Started my #FieldNotes collection of with a bang. x 3 Limited Edition Raven's Wing, x 1 Dry Transfer Edition and 1 State Fair Edition ( New York ).
Really love these little notebooks.
It's sad to see this fun school playground overgrown. I love how you can see forever beyond it though.
This beautiful old school that sits on the edge of Inverness MT, it's back facing the vast open prairie. It has been closed for awhile now due to lack of students. Now, if there are any students left in Inverness, MT they have to be bussed to another hi-line school.
There is a time capsule (or two) burred somewhere in the lawn on the right side of this photo, here is an article about the time capsule with photos:
www.montanaheritageproject.org/index.php/fieldnotes/C77/
This link leads to a video of the abandoned Inverness, MT school and playground:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=afKs57rEgog
"Inverness is on the Hi-Line west of Havre. It was named by “Scotty” Watson, pioneer stockman, in memory of his native town in Scotland. The Scottish town is located on the inlet to Loch Ness, famous for the Loch Ness monster. By 1909 the homesteaders were beginning to arrive. Many of them who were to settle in this area came to Inverness by train and from there went out to look for a suitable location. The majority of them came from Minnesota and North Dakota—the greatest number arriving in 1910-12. There were good years like 1915 and 1916 but they were to be followed by extreme drought and by 1918 many homesteaders gave up and moved away. The tar paper shacks disintegrated and the tumbleweeds took over. Those who stayed bought up more land and built up larger and more economically sound units than the 160-acre homesteads. (from Cheney’s Names on the Face of Montana, Mountain Press Publishing Company)" -Montana's Russell Country Website
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