Springdale’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Springdale. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The community was founded in the area of a hot spring by rancher Cyrus B. Mendenhall in 1882. Springdale had a post office from 1885 until 2004.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Start Springdale’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Springdale’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewSpringdale Bridge, Federal Aid Se…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Springdale, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
Nothing in Springdale is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Springdale has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Yellowstone Crossing, Bozeman Trail in Springdale, 3 miles away.
Springdale and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Springdale Bridge, Federal Aid Secondary Route 563 and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.