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In Search of Gold

In Search of Gold
Montana became a territory two years after gold was discovered in Grasshopper Creek in southwestern Montana in 1862. Prospectors came to the territory in droves in search of their fortune. Here, a gold digger works in Alder Gulch near Virginia City.
Montana Historical Society, Helena
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