Granite - A Montana Ghost Town - near Philipsburg, Montana MT
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- Granite - A Montana Ghost Town - near Philipsburg, Montana MT
High above a valley floor in western Montana, you will find the ghost town of Granite, four miles southeast of Philipsburg at 8,000-foot elevation. In 1896, Granite was the world's largest silver mine. The company actually sent a 4,307-pound bar of silver to the World's Fair in Chicago to showcase the area's riches.
The town prospered with over 3,000 residents. Granite had a Miners Union Hall (that held pool tables, a library, and the Northwest's finest dance floor), several banks, four churches, and a school. It also included a weekly newspaper, a brewery and soda pop bottling facility, restaurants, hotels, a bathhouse, a hospital with five doctors, a roller-skating rink, the lodges of three fraternal orders, and hosted traveling theater companies.
Granite also had a water system, named streets, many homes but no cemetery due to the rocky nature of the mountain. No frontier town was complete without saloons and brothels; eighteen to be exact!
Today nature has overtaken the town of Granite. Most of its buildings are gone; some moved, others consumed by fire. The few structures that remain have been stabilized or in ruins. The town is full of granite foundations, an indication of a prosperous time past.
This video was captured in May 2013 with my good friend Jay and a Canon Vixia HFS-100 camera, a GoPro Hero3 black camera, and a indiSLIDERmini. It was edited with Adobe Premier Pro 6.
Music is "Lightless Dawn" by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a CC Attribution 3.0.
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Back in the mid 70's, as a youngster, my family and I would camp in the open space you see in the open area in the background at frame 3:46. In those days, we would go digging for bottles (in the area where you are standing and filming at 6:43). I have some neat old whiskey and wine bottles, a couple of ink wells and a very unique little metal statue that we think was made during the Civil War era (based on the artistic style). In those days, us kids would go up to the third floor and poke around- the second floor ballroom was starting to cave in and was unstable. The main floor had small rooms, perhaps offices on the main floor at the front of the building. The hospital was still upright. One time, when my aunt and uncle joined us, mom and dad and they explored the Union Hall at midnight- mom swore she saw a light in the second floor and came shrieking back to the tent! Hands down, still my favorite ghost town!
Diane, thanks for watching my video and especially your informative comments! It is wonderful that a video can bring back all of those great memories. It is almost like this ghost town has come alive because of your comments, first person story in a crumbling town. Too bad the Union Hall, maybe the most substantial building in Granite, couldn't survive the test of time. I saw pictures of the Union Hall in an old ghost town book before I ran up there from Missoula. I was shocked with the what I found! I really expected to see the roof in place! Wishful thinking on my part! Ten more years and the walls may be laying in a pile of red brick! Oh well, at least we have our memories and some documentation. Thanks again for taking the time to expand on your experiences in Granite. Happy ghost town hunting! Dave.
Thanks for the kind words. In 1893 Congress repealed the Sherman Act and silver prices plummeted. One year later Granite only had 140 residents. The last resident passed away in 1969. Dave.
The music captures the stillness of your shots. Thank you for this art
Many thanks for commenting. I appreciate it. Dave.
Great video could only imagine what it look like during the boom. My great grandfather John Rodda was the foreman at the Granite mine during the late 1880's early 1990"s
+Russ Rodda Russ, what a small world! Thanks for watching and commenting. I just wish that more of the town survived. I have studied historic pictures of Granite and I am completely amazed when I walked through shooting this video. Mother nature has reclaimed so much that even some of the roads are indistinguishable. I guess this is why we capture the moments-in-time for future generations. Thanks again for your comment of your family connection. I appreciate it! Dave.
This was wonderful documentation. I was looking for something to show where my great uncle went from Cornwall, England, and why. He wasn't a miner, unlike many of his relatives, he was a brick layer. Seeing your video made it all make sense. He married a woman there in 1893, and like the town, "disappeared".
+irishmonolith Thanks for watching and sharing part of your family history. Yes, these "mining" towns also needed shop keepers, butchers, masons, school teachers, etc. Unfortunately, the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act in October 1893 started a public panic and put an end to a lot of mining towns. Thanks again for watching and sharing. Dave in Montana.
My great grandfather wound up in Phillipsburg/Granite from Cornwall as well! Tin miner in Cornwall, then iron and other kinds of mining in the states, 10 years later wound up here and ran a stagecoach between Philipsburg and Granite and then opened a grocery store in Philipsburg, then moved to Butte and opened a grocery chain there! We're coming out in August to take another look. So great! Iona Lutey (PS -- Sorry your great uncle disappeared!)
We were just in p-burg last wknd, didn't have time to go to the ghost town but with your video we get to see what we missed. What an amazing amount of effort to build!
Jim, thanks for the comment! It is amazing to see what humans will do for little shiny rocks underground. A complete town, milling process, investors and miners all came together for the chance for wealth! I believe the investors from back east reaped the benefits of the silver and gold that were pulled out of the mines at Granite, MT. Dave.
We were in Granite in May. The road was a little rough but drivable. I have a Ranger 4WD and left it in 2WD. The drive was slow in spots but we made it up without a problem. You might call the museum in PB. They should know the condition of the road and advise you. This was my first visit to Granite and I was impressed. Thanks for watching and commenting. Dave.
Really nice video and you pick the right music to go with it. I have seen some of your other videos but think this one is one of your best. I am still looking for a place in Montana for my off-grid cabin when I retirer end of next year. I see land for sale that is very near this ghost town but need to find the time to take a trip out that way and see how the land looks in person. Take care, Mike
Mike, thanks for viewing some of my videos and commenting on this one. I really appreciate it. I make it to this area maybe three times a year (75 miles away) and was in Granite last week doing some more exploring. It is one of my favorite places to cruse the hills. A lot of history and trails exist. Being retired affords me the time to do what I like; explore, capture and share my experiences. Have fun finding the right piece of Montana to call your own. Thanks again for visiting and commenting on my channel. Dave.
I love watching your videos. You do a great job.
Thanks for taking time to comment. It means a lot to me. I really enjoy capturing, editing and sharing my videos. Dave.
What a coincidence! It is always fun to explore and to share experiences. Thanks for posting your comments. Dave.
That was Awesome. Thanks
Thank you for watching and posting your comment. I really appreciate hearing from folks. It makes the capture and edit time worth it! Thanks again! Dave in Montana.
Enjoyed the video. Thanks.
Thanks for viewing! It is always fun to get out and explore. Dave.
Thank you so much for sharing your video. We attempted to get up there today but the road was in such bad condition. We had two other vehicles warn us that they couldn't make it up there either. How did you get up there? Now that I have seen your video I really want to get up there :)
Great video . Very professionally done . Do you know exactly when the last residents left ?
Was here in 2009, drove thru Phillipsburg, from, Butte, quite the sight.
This should be titled "Old World Montana" check out mind unveileds videos about lost or stolen history. Montana is aleays left out for some reason. It's there though, you captured some of it
Thanks for viewing. I love to capture and edit the places I explore. Dave.
Intense heating event happened here.
the saddest part is that people put their marks alloer stuff :((
=////=======> 8:18 - Bigfoot..!
Good eye! You made me look! Never know what may show up in video when you least expect it! Dave.
I just couldn't handle the music, ugh
I'm sorry the soundtrack wasn't to your liking. I do appreciate you watching this video and for your comments. Dave.
Well I missed nothing