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Hotel Meade, Bannack, Montana, a ghost town preserved as a Montana State Park. The hotel was previously the Beaverhead County Courthouse. Camping is peaceful, the town historic. A remnant of Montana's gold mining history the park is west of Dillon, Montana a few miles off State Highway 278. City Drug is the smaller building next door. The building was used as a makeshift fort during the Nez Perce War, which never actually reached Bannack.
Douglas H. Orton
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