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Anecdotal reports in Montana

Montana keeps 20 anecdotal files — secondhand accounts and casually repeated reports, the friend-of-a-friend shelf. The archive holds them because the stories circulate and somebody should keep count; each is filed as reported, no stronger.

20 dossiers0 counties covered100% open to visitorsBannack — deepest file
Ghost Town
High confidence

Bannack

Bannack, Montana

Preserved gold-rush town with apparition folklore.

4 claims · 2 legends→
Prison Museum
High confidence

Old Montana Prison

Deer Lodge, Montana

Prison museum associated with paranormal tours.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
Medium

Finlen Hotel

Butte, Montana

Butte’s 1924 tower—the Copper King’s city hotel.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

The Pollard Hotel

Red Lodge, Montana

Red Lodge’s 1893 hotel—the woman in the hall and the basement’s darker memory.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Fort Benton

Fort Benton, Montana

The birthplace of Montana—where the "Bloodiest Block" stood.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Big Hole Battlefield

Wisdom, Montana

August 9, 1877—the Nez Perce camp that was attacked at dawn.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Rosebud Battlefield

Decker, Montana

June 17, 1876—the battle before the Little Bighorn.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Fort C.F. Smith

Fort Smith, Montana

The 1866 fort—the Bozeman Trail post that survived the Wagon Box Fight.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Fort Ellis

Bozeman, Montana

The 1867 fort—where the Marias Massacre was ordered.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Fort Keogh

Miles City, Montana

The 1876 fort—where the Custer dead were brought.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Fort Missoula

Missoula, Montana

The 1877 fort—where the Italian POWs stayed in the war.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Fort Owen

Stevensville, Montana

The 1850 fort—the first white settlement in Montana.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Fort Assinniboine

Havre, Montana

The 1879 fort—the largest in Montana.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Town
Medium

Fort Peck

Fort Peck, Montana

The 1933 dam town—where the boom died but the dam stayed.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Lewis and Clark Caverns

Whitehall, Montana

The 1892 cave—where the limestone drips for a million years.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

First Peoples Buffalo Jump

Ulm, Montana

The cliff—where the buffalo fell for a thousand years.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Former Brothel
High confidence

Dumas Brothel

Butte, Montana

Former brothel with a suitcase-apparition tradition.

2 claims→
Ghost Town
Medium

Elkhorn

Boulder, Montana

The 1880s silver camp—the Fraternity Hall still stands.

1 claim→
Historic Mansion
Medium

Copper King Mansion

Butte, Montana

W.A. Clark’s 1888 mansion—Copper King lore in the "richest hill."

1 claim→
Ghost Town
Medium

Comet

Boulder, Montana

The high-grade silver camp—empty since the war.

1 claim→

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Record last amended October 2, 2026 · shelves recounted with the archive