Glass plate negative of Gardiner, Montana, 1885

Item — Box: 1, item: 10

Identifier: MSS 9008 Item 10

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Spectacular photograph of the western portion of Gardiner, Montana, about 1885 (when this first bridge over Yellowstone River was built), from south bank of Yellowstone River looking northeast to Oregon Mountain and Palmer Mountain. In those days, this was the only bridge to allow Gardiner residents access to the north side of the river and a road that even then traveled northeast to the prospecting diggings of Bear Gulch, an 1865 gold strike that became Jardine, Montana in 1898.

Dates

Creation: 1885

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Billy Hofer Yellowstone glass plate collection must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.