The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Emigrant is situated very close to the site of defunct Yellowstone City, which was established in 1863 but eventually abandoned and replaced by Chico, sometimes called "Old Chico" or "Chico City," which is situated a few miles south at the mouth of Emigrant Gulch.
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Emigrant is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Emigrant has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Frederick and Josephine Bottler House in South Glastonbury, 4.1 miles away.
Emigrant and the nearest listed places
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How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Frederick and Josephine Bottler House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Emigrant?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Emigrant’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.