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Zortman’s history is mostly unwritten

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How Zortman came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Zortman.

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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.

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1 historic place in Zortman

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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first listed
2025
Zortman Ranger Station Historic District
in Montana
#85
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