West — open filings

Open to visit in Montana

32 dossiers in Montana carry the open to the public filing — the legend is on record and the door, per the last source, is open. Access is a filing, not a guarantee: hours, tickets and seasonality live with the venue. Everything else in the archive stays documented but admired from the legal distance.

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High confidence

Bannack

Bannack, Montana

Preserved gold-rush town with apparition folklore.

4 claims · 2 legends→

High confidence

Old Montana Prison

Deer Lodge, Montana

Prison museum associated with paranormal tours.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Coolidge

Wisdom, Montana

The 1914 silver camp—where the mill stands alone.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Garnet

Garnet, Montana

Preserved mining town with saloon folklore.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Castle Town

White Sulphur Springs, Montana

The 1890s silver town—where the castle on the hill stayed.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Maiden

Lewistown, Montana

The 1880 gold camp—where the mill foundation remains.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Kendall

Lewistown, Montana

The 1890 gold camp—where the miners’ houses stand.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Finlen Hotel

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

2 claims · 1 legend→

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→

Virginia City

Virginia City, Montana

The 1863 boomtown—where the vigilantes cleaned out the road agents.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Benton

Fort Benton, Montana

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

2 claims · 1 legend→

Big Hole Battlefield

Wisdom, Montana

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

2 claims · 1 legend→

Rosebud Battlefield

Decker, Montana

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

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort C.F. Smith

Fort Smith, Montana

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

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Ellis

Bozeman, Montana

The 1867 fort—where the Marias Massacre was ordered.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Keogh

Miles City, Montana

The 1876 fort—where the Custer dead were brought.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Missoula

Missoula, Montana

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

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Owen

Stevensville, Montana

The 1850 fort—the first white settlement in Montana.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Assinniboine

The 1879 fort—the largest in Montana.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Peck

Fort Peck, Montana

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

2 claims · 1 legend→

Lewis and Clark Caverns

Whitehall, Montana

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

2 claims · 1 legend→

First Peoples Buffalo Jump

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

2 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

Dumas Brothel

Former brothel with a suitcase-apparition tradition.

Many Glacier Hotel

1915 Glacier National Park lodge with a red-ghost legend.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Nevada City

Virginia City, Montana

The moved-buildings museum town across the gulch.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Grant-Kohrs Ranch

Deer Lodge, Montana

Preserved ranch with attributed ranger experiences.

Elkhorn

Boulder, Montana

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

Historic Mansion

Copper King Mansion

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

Comet

Boulder, Montana

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

Geological Site

Ringing Rocks

Whitehall, Montana

Boulder field producing resonant tones.

Fort Missoula Alien Detention Center

Missoula, Montana

Preserved barracks interpreting wartime civilian detention.

Big Hole National Battlefield

Wisdom, Montana

Memorial to the 1877 attack on a Nez Perce camp near Wisdom.

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Record last amended October 2, 2026