The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusCooke City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Park County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 77. Prior to 2010, it was part of the Cooke City-Silver Gate CDP. The community sits northeast of Yellowstone National Park on the Beartooth Highway, which leads east to Red Lodge, Montana, on a scenic route climbing to 10,947 feet (3,337 m) in elevation through the Beartooth Mountains and across the Beartooth Plateau. The town's chief industry is tourism, which during the winter includes skiing and snowmobiling. It is named for Jay Cooke, financier of the Northern Pacific Railroad.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 75 to 77 (+3%). Half of its homes were built before 1983.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cooke yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Cooke’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewThe Town Crier, v.10, no.51, Dec.…, 1915: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Cooke, decade by decade
1950s
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as The Town Crier, v.10, no.51, Dec. 18, 1915 (1915) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.