MONTANA'S GOLD RUSH

THE GOLD RUSH BEGINS

• First gold rush started in California in 1848
• Gold was first discovered in early 1850s in Deer Lodge Valley
• Brothers Granville and James Stuart found gold as well
• This discovery was the fuse to the gold rush in MT
• Many people flooded to Montana for the gold

GRASSHOPPER CREEK

• 1862 - prospector John White and his partner find gold
• The creek was named after the abundance of grasshoppers
• Soon miners claimed the entire length of Grasshopper Creek
• The creek produced $5 million in its first year
• The city of Bannack was made around Grasshopper Creek

ALDER CREEK

• May 1863 - people began to explore on Crow territory,