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History · Zortman
Zortman’s history is mostly unwritten
The public archives hold no old photos of Zortman yet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
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1 historic places
What stands out about Zortman’s past Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out Start Zortman’s collection The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Zortman’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos 00s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
The story How Zortman came to be From Wikipedia’s history of Zortman.
Read it all → Prospectors arrived in the Zortman area in 1868. About 2,000 men came to Zortman in 1884, when Pike Landusky and Dutch Louie discovered gold. By 1893, Pete Zortman and a partner owned the Alabama Mine. Other mines in the area were the Ruby Mine and the Little Ben Mine. It is estimated that local mines had produced $125 million in gold by 1949.
Text from Wikipedia , licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 .
By decade No old photos in the archives yet Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
On the National Register 1 historic place in Zortman The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
2025
Zortman Ranger Station Historic District
All 1 listings National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
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What used to stand where something else is now in Zortman? → Who remembers Zortman in the 1950s? → A family story from old Zortman → Does anyone have photos of Zortman from the 1990s? →
From the National Register of Historic Places (1) and Wikipedia. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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