{"id":1875,"slug":"harp-pub-celtic-house-inn-anaconda-montana","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["The Harp Pub is the Oscar — the 'final owner' that's the '49 declared, the 'set the fire' that's the burning chosen. The 'basement' is the died — the 'killed himself' that's the below the bar, the 'fire failed' that's the building saved. The 'still Oscar's' is the kept — the 'make noise' that's the staff report, the 'brothel and pool hall' that's the building's past.","The '1888' is the brick — the 'two-story' that's the Main and Commercial, the 'Anaconda' that's the smelter's town. The 'permanent domain' is the claimed — the 'tortured soul' that's the tourism board's copy, the 'ask anyone' that's the witnesses' chorus. The pub is the possessed — the 'owner stayed' that's the ownership eternal, the 'noisy ghost' that's the Oscar proved.","The file keeps the pub: Oscar's fire, the basement's end, the noises reported, and the 'still his' refrain.","The Harp Pub is the archive's Montana file — the owner who wouldn't leave."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["The Harp Pub is the archive's Montana file — Oscar burned it and stayed anyway.","A pub keeps its owner — the file's suggestion being that the Harp's hold is the refused: the 'final owner' that's the fire's intent, the 'extinguished' that's the plan denied, and the 'noise made' that's the claim maintained."]}],"name":"Harp Pub & Celtic House Inn","aliases":["Celtic House Inn","Harp Pub"],"type":"INN","type_label":"Inn","cats":["HAUNTED_LOCATION"],"groups":["hauntings","lodging"],"desc":"Historic inn and pub.","full_desc":"An inn in Anaconda, Montana, built in 1888, Harp Pub & Celtic House Inn is filed here for what the record attaches to it. Historic inn and pub. Its signature presence is Oscar Carlson — the figure the file’s accounts keep returning to. The dossier holds 1 reported claim, 1 legend and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. Visitor status is unverified; confirm before making the trip.","address":"23 Main St","city":"Anaconda","county":null,"state":"Montana","postal":"59711","region":"West","lat":46.094672,"lon":-113.141624,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"UNKNOWN","access":"UNKNOWN","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":1888,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":null,"research_notes":"Source-grounded discovery. Paranormal statements are attributed traditions or experiences, not established events. Independent archival history, precise coordinates and current operator access remain pending.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":55.6,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.85,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.6,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":965,"type":"UNEXPLAINED_SOUNDS","description":"Southwest Montana recounts noises attributed to Oscar Carlson. The Anaconda hotel's reports are the kind old lodgings accumulate — footsteps after hours, presences in rooms, the house working the night shift. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. The report is preserved in sources like 'Southwest Montana’s Haunted Places'. The sound is the signature — visitors listen for it whether or not they believe.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"Oscar Carlson","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.6,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Southwest Montana’s Haunted Places","url":"https://southwestmt.com/ghosts/haunted-places/","publisher":"Southwest Montana","type":"TOURISM","authority":3},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"Two-story brick building constructed in 1888; first floor later became the pub. A hotel with this much documented history gives the dossier real substance underneath the lore. The press recorded it; the detail stands as reported history. The detail is preserved in 'Celtic House Inn'. The date is part of the site's documented spine.","evidence":"MEDIA_REPORTED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Celtic House Inn","url":"https://southwestmt.com/listings/celtic-house-inn/","publisher":"Southwest Montana","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"Southwest Montana recounts noises attributed to Oscar Carlson. A hotel in Anaconda, Montana with more than a century of check-ins gives the reports plenty of rooms to work with. 'Southwest Montana’s Haunted Places' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. It's the version the place will be remembered by, whether or not it's the true one.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Southwest Montana’s Haunted Places","url":"https://southwestmt.com/ghosts/haunted-places/","publisher":"Southwest Montana","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}}],"entities":[{"name":"Oscar Carlson","claimed_identity":"Oscar Carlson","verified":null,"summary":"Southwest Montana recounts noises attributed to Oscar Carlson. A hotel in Anaconda, Montana with more than a century of check-ins gives the reports plenty of rooms to work with. 'Southwest Montana’s Haunted Places' carries the account. The file keeps Oscar Carlson on the roster; the sightings keep the name alive.","behavior":"Southwest Montana recounts noises attributed to Oscar Carlson.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Southwest Montana’s Haunted Places","url":"https://southwestmt.com/ghosts/haunted-places/","publisher":"Southwest Montana","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Access details are unverified; research before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Southwest Montana’s Haunted Places","url":"https://southwestmt.com/ghosts/haunted-places/","publisher":"Southwest Montana","type":"TOURISM","authority":3},{"name":"Celtic House Inn","url":"https://southwestmt.com/listings/celtic-house-inn/","publisher":"Southwest Montana","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":2}}