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Named ghost legends filed in Montana

Montana files 19 hauntings with a name attached — a claimed identity, often a former owner, a patient, a soldier, kept alongside what the record can actually confirm about that person. Many named ghosts turn out to be real people; whether they stayed is the part nobody can file.

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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→
Town
Medium

Coolidge

Wisdom, Montana

The 1914 silver camp—where the mill stands alone.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Ghost Town
Medium

Garnet

Garnet, Montana

Preserved mining town with saloon folklore.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Town
Medium

Castle Town

White Sulphur Springs, Montana

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Town
Medium

Maiden

Lewistown, Montana

The 1880 gold camp—where the mill foundation remains.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Town
Medium

Kendall

Lewistown, Montana

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

2 claims · 2 legends→
Town
Medium

Virginia City

Virginia City, Montana

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

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→
Hotel
Medium

Many Glacier Hotel

Babb, Montana

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

1 claim · 1 legend→

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