ABSTRACT
Virginia City; county courthouse built; 1881 county seat moved to Dillon; courthouse converted to Hotel Meade; Jan. 1938 post office closed; 1954 Bannack State Park established.
Big Timber Sweet Grass County Southern Montana, 66mi/106km west of Billings, on Yellowstone River
1882 Northern Pacific Railroad built; town founded; 1890s wool production becomes important; 1895 Sweet Grass County formed; town becomes county seat; 1897 county courthouse built; 1901 state’s first woolen mill established; 1902 town incorporated; 1911 first dude ranch in Montana founded in Crazy Mountains to northwest.
