Note letters “CW” Old time railroad men will recall the C.W. Tower that stood for years at the north end of 22 tunnel near Lancing. Operators worked three shifts a day, seven days a week, letting trains through the single tracked tunnels. Man seated in window is the late Fred Briggs. Others are unidentified. Installation of central train control early in… Continue reading Towers, Tunnels, Tipples and Trains
Category: History
Citizens Bank and Trust ca 1912?
OLD BANK BUILDING IN WARTBURG Originally the home of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company. Possibly taken about 1912. This building is now a part of the Tanner Drug Store and Restaurant Building.Boys sitting in street not known. From the Morgan County News August 23, 1962
First Tobacco Crop in Morgan County
The first tobacco crop grown in Morgan County. These pictures are of the first tobacco crop grown in Morgan County. This crop was grown on the R.O. Lavender farm near Twin Bridges just west of Deer Lodge. The seed was brought to Deer Lodge by my grandfather M.C. (Cal) Adkins. He had raised tobacco in… Continue reading First Tobacco Crop in Morgan County
Oakdale Railroad Passenger Station
LAST DAY AS RAILWAY PASSENGER STATION “Friday, December 30, 1961 was the last day for the Railway Agency at Oakdale. Passengers may still board trains at Oakdale paying their fare to the conductors. The Station at Emory Gap will handle all freight for Oakdale and also sell tickets. Agent C.B. Hoff, on duty Friday, thought the… Continue reading Oakdale Railroad Passenger Station
First Car in Morgan County
“FIRST CAR IN MORGAN COUNTY WEST OF THE RAILROAD” “That is what Ray Goad of Wartburg said about this Model T Ford which he said was a 1915 Model. Mr. Goad is at the wheel and on his right is the late A.L. Adams. In the rear seat is Charlie Phillips (large hat) and Martin… Continue reading First Car in Morgan County
Morgan County Fair Officials ca 1910
“THE OLD GRANDSTAND” The first MORGAN COUNTY FAIR was held in Deer Lodge in 1910. Show are the first directors of the fair seasted on the “Old grandstand”. First Row: – left ot right – Matt Dorscheid, President of the Fair Board; M. M. Goad, Secretary, T. Weidemann and A. B. Peters Second Row: left… Continue reading Morgan County Fair Officials ca 1910
Brushy Mountain Prison
BRUSHY MOUNTAIN STATE PRISON AT PETROS Taken from the Morgan County News dated, April 26, 1962 Brushy Mountain Prison, ca. 1936 * Note from Phyllis: Brushy Mountain Prison in the background. They being My Mother Mae Land Obed Land, my Dad and uncle Arlin and Aunt Melba Mckeethan-Land. It is Brushy Mt. Prison. It was against the law to take pictures… Continue reading Brushy Mountain Prison
Lamance Falls
The monolith is a hunk of bed rock that was displaced from the top of the falls in a 1926 flood. The falls was the site of the LaMance homestead and mill. [Ref. Matthew LaMance]
Old Montgomery Inn
“YE OLDE TAVERN ON EMORY RIVER” Built about 1825 The Old Inn at Montgomery stood about 100 years and was at one time the county seat of Morgan County. The old “Hotel”, a two story log-pen type buiding, near the Emory River Ford served the weary travelers on their way to the State Capital in… Continue reading Old Montgomery Inn
Fire Tower – Oakdale & Lancing
Original location of the fire tower near the Jr. Mehlhorn Farm off Hwy. 328, formerly Hwy 29. ————— A few snapshots of the Fire Tower at it’s new home near Wartburg in the Lancing area on the farm of M. T. Davidson. The tower was taken apart and re-assembled. The STAR at the top of the tower… Continue reading Fire Tower – Oakdale & Lancing