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Elkhorn State Park and Ghost Town Helena, Montana Location:    Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Helena 59601 406-444-4720 This web page has had 2585 unique visitors. Elkhorn State Park and Ghost Town Website BigSkyMontana.us BigSkyMontana.us Description: Elkhorn fits the description of a ghost town perfectly. It still has a lot to see. The townsite is more than a mile high. Nearby Elkhorn Peak with its glistening white marble cliffs stretches 9,500 feet up into the air. It started in 1872 and sent out $32,000,000 in gold and silver. Elkhorn is one of the prominent silver deposits of the country. Seventy-five structures created the town. Now, signs designate what buildings stood where. One sign points to a still standing building complete with a bed behind the regular house, labeled “dog house” where the husband could escape to avoid the scolding of his wife.  During the summer of 1889 diphtheria swept through the town, taking many infants and children’s lives. The cemetery still stands, well maintained. Graves are marked with stone, wooden markers, and sometimes metal and wooden palling fences. Markers stand at both the head and the foot of the grave. The mine was shut down in 1912. In 1972 attempts were made to reopen the mine by pumping water down to the 500-level. Elkhorn was never reborn.Western Montana Ghost Town Preservation Society bought 2 structures, the Fraternity Brothers Hall and the Saloon next door. The Fraternity Brothers hall is considered to be one of western America’s most historically significant structures still standing. William Jennings Bryan, a famed orator, delivered the speech titled Cross of Gold at Elkhorn."