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John White and the “Pikes Peakers” began an era that changed the heritage of Montana, with the discovery of gold in Grasshopper Creek. The first boomtowns were born as thousands rushed to Bannack, Virginia City and other outposts in the 1860s. News of the strike spread fast, and led to the greatest flood of prospectors to the west since the California gold rush in 1848. Miners lived in tents, caves, dugouts, shanties, huts and wagons. It wasn’t long before Montana’s gold and silver mines began to falter as the majority of easily recoverable pre...
The Eastern Montana Impact Coalition (Coalition) last week announced via meetings with eastern Montana legislators and government stakeholders that it has launched a study to identify how and when eastern Montana communities will be impacted by accelerating energy development. The study’s goal is to help local communities understand the timing and magnitude of these impacts and determine the priority issues to be addressed and investments required to benefit from energy development and build t...
Richland Economic Development is pleased to announce that the Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) committee has awarded its ninth loan for the development of infrastructure for Ilene’s Place Mobile Home Park in Fairview. Sabrina Steer and Sheila Mortimer were approved for a loan to install infrastructure for a mobile home park. Sabrina and Sheila completed an application in partnership with her lead lender, Brent Torgerson, Merchants Bank, and presented this project to the RLF committee for review. The f...
