Paradise’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Paradise. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusParadise (Salish: čɫl̓q̓ʷe) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sanders County, Montana, United States. The population was 166 at the 2020 census. The community began in 1883, when the Northern Pacific Railroad chose the site as a division point. It was also the place where railroaders would change their watches from Mountain to Pacific time.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 163 people in 2010, 166 in 2020.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Paradise 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 belowStart Paradise’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Paradise’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewQuinn's Hot Springs, near Paradis…, 1909: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Paradise, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Paradise
1 place in Paradise is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Quinn's Hot Springs, near Paradise, Mont (1909) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.