Elkhorn, MT ghost town
Elkhorn, MT is an old mining town nestled in the Elkhorn mountains. While it is a State Park it is not really maintained so the building are in a very raw condition which lends to a true ghost town feel. Elkhorn still has some current dwellers with homes mixed among the old buildings. Several old houses and the ruins of the large mine still exist. About a mile hike along a dirt road takes you to the old cemetery in the timber above the town. Many stones of young children are there from a Diphtheria outbreak in late 188 through summer 1889. This is the forth ghost town i have visited in Montana and it is the most rustic and original I have seen.
Elkhorn, MT is an old mining town nestled in the Elkhorn mountains. While it is a State Park it is not really maintained so the building are in a very raw condition which lends to a true ghost town feel. Elkhorn still has some current dwellers with homes mixed among the old buildings. Several old houses and the ruins of the large mine still exist. About a mile hike along a dirt road takes you to the old cemetery in the timber above the town. Many stones of young children are there from a Diphtheria outbreak in late 188 through summer 1889. This is the forth ghost town i have visited in Montana and it is the most rustic and original I have seen.
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