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History · St. Regis

St. Regis’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 3 old photos of St. Regis. 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

St. Regis or Saint Regis is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mineral County, Montana. The population was 313 at the time of the 2020 census. Pierre-Jean De Smet travelled extensively in this area of Montana. He named the river, after which the town takes its name, after a fellow Jesuit priest. The post office opened in 1896. The Northern Pacific Railway built a railroad through the town in the early 1900's, boosting the economy.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 319 people in 2010, 313 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1968.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of St. Regis 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 below
1980s3 items · St. Regis Camp Motel, Saint Regis, Mo…Commons
1990–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how St. Regis’s history is told.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewSt. Regis Camp Motel, Saint Regis…, 1987: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Famous people from St. RegisWriters, athletes, leaders and more who were born in St. Regis.Meet them →
By decade

St. Regis, decade by decade

1980s3 items
St. Regis Camp Motel, Saint Regis, MontanaCommonsSt. Regis Camp Motel, Saint Regis, Montana1987St. Regis Camp Motel, Saint Regis, MontanaCommonsSt. Regis Camp Motel, Saint Regis, Montana1987St. Regis Camp Motel, Saint Regis, MontanaCommonsSt. Regis Camp Motel, Saint Regis, Montana1987
1990s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings 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 St. Regis is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean St. Regis has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is St. Regis Airway Beacon in St. Regis, 2.8 miles away.

St. Regis and the nearest listed places

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St. Regis Airway BeaconDeBorgia SchoolhouseSavenac Nursery Historic DistrictParadise SchoolGildersleeve MineIOOF Lodge

Closest to St. Regis

St. Regis Airway BeaconSt. Regis · Structure2.8miDeBorgia SchoolhouseDe Borgia · Built 190812.6miSavenac Nursery Historic DistrictHaugan · District14.9miParadise SchoolParadise · Building15.5miGildersleeve MineRiverbend · District18.9mi

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. St. Regis Airway Beacon’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in St. Regis?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to St. Regis’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

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as St. Regis Camp Motel, Saint Regis, Montana (1987) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

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📜 Superior📜 Plains📜 Thompson Falls📜 Hot Springs

From Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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