Fairfax’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Fairfax. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Fairfax was platted in April 1881 and was incorporated on November 9, 1881. A post office has been in operation at Fairfax since 1881.
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Start Fairfax’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fairfax’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewEast Fork Little Tarkio Bridge, S…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Fairfax
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Fairfax, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
Nothing in Fairfax is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fairfax has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church and Parochial School in Corning, 7.1 miles away.
Fairfax and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as East Fork Little Tarkio Bridge, Spanning East Fork of Little Tarkio River and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.