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1. Main Street Wickes, Montana - Photograph

   A black and white photograph of the main street in Wickes, Montana 1886. There were two general merchandise stores (Schremer Commercial Company and Bach, Cory & Co.), drug store, livery, blacksmith, two hotels (Summit House and Wickes House), two physicians, an attorney, news depot, barber, millinery, a restaurant ("Coffee Bill"), two meat markets, a boot and shoe maker, a clothing store, and nine saloons. Fires in 1900 and 1902 burned much of t...

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2. Six Charcoal Kilns - Photograph

   A black and white photograph of six charcoal kilns which produced 25,000 bushels of charcoal a month. The Montana Mining Company was reorganized as the Alta Montana Company by the end of 1879, with capital of $5,000,000. The reduction works were expanded and in 1880 one newspaper called Wickes the "Leadville of Montana". In 1882 the mill at wickes burned down, and the company, saddled with debt, was once again reorganized as the Helena Mining an...

   Record Type: Photo