Babb’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Babb. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Established in 1905 as a post office, the town of Babb was named for Cyrus C. Babb, the engineer in charge of surveying the U.S. Reclamation Service's St. Mary Irrigation Canal. The canal siphoned water from the St. Mary River into the Milk River and was one of the first Bureau of Reclamation projects in the nation.
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Start Babb’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Babb’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewSt. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, S…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Babb, decade by decade
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unknown1 item
Nothing in Babb is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Babb has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Slide Lake-Otatso Creek Patrol Cabin and Woodshed in Babb, 6.9 miles away.
Babb and the nearest listed places
Closest to Babb
Babb-Piegan, Montana, Inspection StationBabb · Built 19337.9mi
Saint Mary Visitor Center, Entrance Station and Checking StationsSt. Mary · Building9.6mi
Lee Creek Snowshoe CabinBabb · Built 192710.3miHow a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as St. Mary River Bridge & Siphon, Spanning St. Mary River and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.