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History · Mountain View Colony

Mountain View Colony’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Mountain View Colony. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Mountain View Colony is a Hutterite community and census-designated place (CDP) in Yellowstone County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Mountain View Colony had a population of 125. It is in the western part of the county, 10 miles (16 km) to the southeast of Broadview and 26 miles (42 km) northwest of Billings. The community was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mountain View Colony 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.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mountain View Colony’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Mountain View Colony

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Bud LuckeyBud LuckeyBillings · 21 miStanley AndersonStanley AndersonBillings · 21 miJeff KoberJeff KoberBillings · 21 miJohn DahlJohn DahlBillings · 21 miCody MillerCody MillerBillings · 21 miDenny RehbergDenny RehbergBillings · 21 mi
By decade

Mountain View Colony, decade by decade

Before
2000
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.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Mountain View Colony is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mountain View Colony has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Antelope Stage Station in Mountain View Colony, 1.7 miles away.

Mountain View Colony and the nearest listed places

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Antelope Stage StationLavina School Historic DistrictLavina State BankAdams HotelSlayton Mercantile Co.Prescott Commons

Closest to Mountain View Colony

Antelope Stage StationMountain View Colony · Building1.7miLavina School Historic DistrictLavina · District18.6miLavina State BankLavina · Western Commercial18.8miAdams HotelLavina · Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals18.8miSlayton Mercantile Co.Lavina · Western Commercial18.9mi

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. Antelope Stage Station’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Mountain View Colony?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Mountain View Colony’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Broadview📜 Lavina📜 Billings📜 Laurel
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