A history of Pony,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Pony from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town gained its name from one of its early miners, Tecumseth Smith, a man nicknamed "Pony" because of his diminutive size.
Settled in the 1860s, Pony was a prosperous gold-mining community in the late nineteenth century, with at least 5,000 residents. Mining operations declined in the early 20th century, and all were closed by 1922.
A number of historic buildings from Pony's boom era remain in the old town today. Major buildings are managed, voluntarily, by the Pony Homecoming Club, a non-profit organization that maintains the town's public spaces.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Pony’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewGeneral store. Pony, Montana, 1939: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Pony
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Pony, decade by decade
1990s
2 historic places in Pony
Pony has 2 listings on the National Register, and they protect 96 historic buildings, because Pony Historic District alone counts 95.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as General store. Pony, Montana (1939) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.