Some information came from the book, 'Montana In The Making', but most of the historical information came from the book, 'Names on the Face of Montana, by  Roberta Careek Cheney'.  I have special permission form the Mountain Press Pushing Company to use this information.  Permission given by John Rimel.  A special  thank you to Mr. Rimel for allowing me to supply this information to you, for free.  Also, some of this information has been from looking at maps of the county. (Tina  OneYear)

Helena - Helena grew out of  Helena grew out of the rich discoveries made rich discoveries made in Last Chance Gulch in July, 1864.because the placer  claims  this gulch were found to be unusually productive and because of many other nearby discoveries in the region for which Helena isa natural center, it soon grew into an active and alert western city.  On Sept. 24, 1864 the gulch was organized according to the methods of miners’ law and practice.  At the request of the clerk of the meeting it was named after his home town, the county seat of Scott County, Helena existed as a city without incorporation for a number of years, it’s affairs being managed by a committee of its leading business men.

On April 14, 1875 , it became the capital of the territory, after a long struggle which is fully described in the chapter on Pioneer Law Making. Helena existed as a city without incorporation for a number of years, it’s affairs being managed by a committee of its leading business men. t was finally incorporated in 1881.  At that time it had a population of 3,264.  It had been first among the urban centers of Montana since the decline of Virginia City after 1865.  It held this place through the period of the census of 1890, with a population of 13,184, and until Butte and Great Falls crowded it down to the rank of third as it is shown in the census of 1900, 10,770.  In 1910, it was fourth with 12,515; in 1920 it was fifth with 12.037, and in 1930 it was sixth in rank with 11, 803.

Augusta -  Named for the daughter of pioneer rancher J. D. Hogan, who also managed the holdings of Conrad Kohrs.  The town was incorporated in 1883 and a  post office was established the following year with Phil A. Manix in charge.  Augusta's place as a shopping and banking center area was briefly challenged by a new  town, Gilman, which grew up around the railroad;  the Great Northern bypassed Augusta and built its 1912 station a few miles to the north.  But by 1942 this upstart  town had faded, and Augusta was once more the school, shopping and banking center for the surrounding ranch area.

Hilgersville - named for postmaster Nicholas Hilger,  was a post office 1886-87 and April- May 1890.

Austin - was a flag station on the Northern Pacific north of Helena near the once populous and prosperous placer camp known as Greenhorn.  According to postal  records, Peter Tostevin was appointed postmaster when the post office opened in 1901 in a place formerly known as Butler.  The office closed in 1967.

 Hogan - a post office 1887 - 1919; Joseph Embody was the first postmaster.  It was near Augusta.

Bald Butte - near Marysville, was a mining camp with a post office 1991-1906;  John Braun was the first postmaster.

 Holter Dam - completed in 1918 on the Missouri River.

Baxendale - had a post office 1891-95, John Roy was first postmaster.

Belmont - had a post office 1879-82 with john Jurgens a postmaster. Johns - named for William Johns, who had a ranch there in the early days.

Bickel - began as a station on the Great Northern.  It was named for Paul Bickel, a civil engineer.

 Lincoln - near the border of Powell County, is about seventy miles east of Missoula "as the crow flies", about fifty miles northwest about fifty miles northwest of Helena, and near Stemple Pass on the Continental Divide.  The town is surrounded by some of Montana's largest pines trees and is  buried under heavy snows in the winter.  During the summer it becomes a have for Helena citizens, many of whom have vacation homes here.  Lincoln used to be an  important placer mining camp a few miles from its present location.  It took its name from two mining companies that operated here:  Lincoln Placers, Inc., and  Lincoln Associates, Inc., which were named for the first mine, located August 31, 1865, at Abe Lincoln Gulch.  The camp was first called Springfield, presumably for  Springfield, Illinois;  many Civil War veterans were coming West at the time, and Springfield was widely hailed as the home of the famous president.  A post office  has operated here almost continuously since 1869; the first postmaster was named Hilgersville - named for postmaster Nicholas Hilger,  was a post office 1886-87  a

April- May 1890.  Other places:

Austin - was a flag station on the Northern Pacific north of Helena near the once populous and prosperous placer camp known as Greenhorn.  According to postal  records, Peter Tostevin was appointed postmaster when the post office opened in 1901 in a place formerly known as Butler.  The office closed in 1967.

Bald Butte - near Marysville, was a mining camp with a post office 1991-1906;  John Braun was the first postmaster.

 Holter Dam - completed in 1918 on the Missouri River.

Baxendale - had a post office 1891-95, John Roy was first postmaster. 

Birdseye - Birdseye had a post office granted in 1898 with William J. Tobin as postmaster.  The community and post office were formerly called Clough.  The office  was discontinued in 1916.  J. P. Rowe gives two versions of why it was named: "After a freighter who ran a line of freight wagons through the territory years ago" and  "Probably named for Charles G. Birdseye, a prominent resident of the section in the early days."  Maybe both are right -- even a mule-skinnin' freighter could settle  down and become a prominent citizen.

 Marshall -  was a post office April - August 1875 with August Kruger as postmaster.  The office was open again 1914-15 under Claud Lockwood.

Bradford - an early post office 1891-83; Ezra Clemons was postmaster.

 Marysville - Marysville was once a famous mining town.  It is son thirty miles northwest of Helena and popular with skiers.  Marysville was on of the state's leading  gold producers 1880-90.  Thomas Cruse, who discovered the Drummon Mine there, named his strike after his home in Ireland and the town for Mrs. Mary Ralston,  the first white woman to arrive.  It has been estimated that the total output from this mine was around $50 million.  Much of it was mined while Drumlummon was  owned by an English company.  'Tommy' Cruse was converted to Catholicism shortly before his death, and much of his fortune went toward building the beautiful  Gothic cathedral in Helena.  The Marysville post office opened in February 1881 with Michael Lane as postmaster.

Marysville is a small unincorporated community in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States. In the 1880s and 90's it was a bustling mining town of three  thousand residents, and was the center of gold mining in Montana.   A few buildings remain, including a baseball field with bleachers. The population now consists of  a few local residents, most of whom commute to and work in nearby Helena.

Just up the dirt road is Great Divide Ski Area, while down the road is the Silver City Saloon on Highway 279.

 County at latitude 46.604 and longitude -112.087.  Broadwater appears on the Helena  U.S. Geological Survey Map.

 Mike Horse - a post office 1943 - 52.  The first postmaster was Elizabeth Klugman.

Butler - a post office from 1891-1901.  Thomas Coulter was the postmaster.  After this, the mail address was Austin.

Milford Colony -

Canyon Creek - formerly called Georgetown.  It take its present name from the creek that flows through a canyon to the Missouri River.  The town, which has had a  post office continuously since August 1871, now serves as an outpost for the ranches of the Prickly Pear Valley.  The general store and filling station are located a  few miles northwest of Helena.  William Negus was the first postmaster.

 Millersville - was a post office 1875-76 with Alexander Loyd as postmaster

Canyon Ferry - had a post office 1868-1907 (Joseph  Stafford, postmaster);  the office was active again 1910-22 and 1949-57.  Early travelers found this a  convenient place to ferry across the Missouri as it runs through the canyon.  .

 Mitchell - named for Martin Mitchell, a ranch owner at the time this Great Northern station was built.  It   was first known as Mitchell's, and Mitchell was postmaster  when the office  opened in 1888, only to close later that same year.  The office was open again in 1898 with May Burfield as postmaster;  it closed in May 1899,  opened again in December, closed in 1922, and was open again 1924-25.  The name was the changed to Sieben.

Cavetown -  was established as a post office in 1878 with court sheriff as postmaster.  The office closed two years later.

 Mount Pleasant - had a post office 1878-80 with Thomas Cotter as postmaster.

Cecil - had a post office 1884- 1886 with DeWitt Holbrook as postmaster.

 Mullan - had a post office March 1882-April 1883; the mail was then sent to Helena.  The town and the nearby tunnel were named for Lt. John Mullan, the first  white man to explore the pass that came to be known as Mullan Pass.  The first postmaster  was James Morrison.

Clarkston - Clarkston had a post office 1873-1878 and again in 1883-84.  Bradford Woods was the postmaster.

 Nelson - This town was named for  Cy Nelson, one of the first settlers in the vicinity.  The post office opened in 1904 with Robert Smith as postmaster; it closed in  1937.

Clemons - This was and early settlement with a post office in 1898-1925, except for a few months in 1901.  Frank Eberl was the first postmaster.  Clemons is near  Wolf Creek.

 Pacific City -  is a ghost town.  There was placer mining there form 1864 to 1875.  It was also known as McClellan Gulch.

 Clough - Clough was a station named for Co. J. B. Clough, principal assistant engineer for the Northern Pacific.  Postal records show an office from 1894-98 with  Mary Brien in charge and note that the name was changed to Birdseye.

 Power - was a post office 1881082 with Henry McDonald as postmaster.  It was near Centerville.

Collegedale - was the name of the post office which only existed February-September of 1900.  Eugene Peck was the postmaster.

 Riebeling - a station on the Great Northern, was  named  for Henry J Riebeling, a rancher from whom the GN purchased  land for the town site.  A post office  operated there 1913-18 (James Gray, postmaster) and 1920-37.

 Craig - was named for Warren Craig, a pioneer resident.  In 1886, Craig built a log house with a stone fireplace, which he had to defend many times from the  Indians (Perrin).  The house is a half mile from the Great Northern depot.  In 1890 his son, John Craig, also settled here and Mrs. John Craig later served as  postmaster.  Postal records say the name was formerly Stickney, but actually the Stickney post office was on the other side of the river.  It closed in 1888.  Service  was resumed at the Craig office  with Benjamin Stickney continuing as postmaster.  For some years a ferry ran across the Missouri between the two places.  The  Craig post office was closed in 1953.

  Rimini - is an old mining town said to be named by Lawrence Barret for the character in the tragedy Francisca da Rimini.  The post office was established in 1884  with Brace Wilson as postmaster, it closed in 1936.

 Cruse - Cruse was named for Tommy Cruse, discoverer of the Drum Lummon Mine and later a banker and philanthropist, who financed the Roman

Catholic Cathedral in Helena.  Cruse was also the name  of a railroad siting on the Musselshell River.  After Cruse had made his fortune in mining he came to the  Flatwillow area in Petroleum County and went into the sheep business.

 Rochester - was formerly called McClellan Gulch.  The post office opened in 1890 with Alex Hamfield in charge.  It closed in 1892.

Cyanide -  For many years a large plant operated here which treated ore with cyanide.

 Rohner - was a post office 1890-1902 and took its name from the first postmaster, John Rohner.

Dearborn - Dearborn was named for the river, which had been named by Lewis and Clark, the explorers, on July 19, 1805, to honor Henry Dearborn, then  Secretary of War.  Dearborn had a post office in 1876-77 with Huebert Milot in charge.  The office was opened again 1878-98.

 Sieben - once a Great Northern station, was an early stage station on the freight route between Fort Benton and Helena, and was called Mitchell.  The name  was  changed to Sieben, after a family who owned a ranch near there and under that name a post office was active 1925-28 with James Linderman appointed first  postmaster.  The Mitchell office was established in 1900.

Diamond Springs - had a post office from 1885 - 86, ran by J. Underhill.

 Silver Camp -  had a post office 1917-18 with Henry Johns as postmaster; after that the mail was directed to Flesher.

 Duffy - was a small town named for John Duffy, an early settler.

Silver City - called Silver until 1888, was a station on the Great Northern.  The post office was active most of the time 1867-1912.  John Green, first postmaster,  was appointed when the area was still called Edgerton County.  The name was chosen in 1869 because a man named  named Silver lost his wife while they were  traveling by horseback through this country and he buried her along a stream later named Silver Creek - where gold was later discovered -  to commemorate her  interment (Perin).  When GN built its line through here they called the station Silver, but confusion in reading the name on a train order  caused a head-on collision at  Sieben, and on August 25, 1925, the company changed the name to Silver City.  It was not uncommon for the railroad and the postal department to be at odds over  names assigned to an area.

East Helena - was name for its location in relation to Helena.  It is a smelter town for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company.  Many of the first settlers came from  the Balkan countries shortly after 1900.  The post office opened in 1888 with Henry Clark in charge.

Some information came from the book, “Montana In The Making”, but most of the historical information came from the
book, “Names on the Fack of Montana, by Roberta Careek Cheney.: I have special permission from the Mountain Press Pushing Company to use this information. Permission given by John rimel. A special thank you to Mr. Rimel for allowing me to supply this information to you, for free. Also, some of this information has been from looking at maps of the county. (Tina One Year)

Augusta -  Named for the daughter of pioneer rancher J. D. Hogan, who also managed the holdings of Conrad Kohrs.  The town was incorporated in 1883 and a post office was established the following year with Phil A. Manix in charge.  Augusta's place as a shopping and banking center area was briefly challenged by a new town, Gilman, which grew up around the railroad;  the Great Northern bypassed Augusta and built its 1912 station a few miles to the north.  But by 1942 this upstart town had faded, and Augusta was once more the school, shopping and banking center for the surrounding ranch area.

Hilgersville - named for postmaster Nicholas Hilger,  was a post office 1886-87 and April- May 1890.

Austin - was a flag station on the Northern Pacific north of Helena near the once populous and prosperous placer camp known as Greenhorn.  According to postal records, Peter Tostevin was appointed postmaster when the post office opened in 1901 in a place formerly known as Butler.  The office closed in 1967.

Hogan - a post office 1887 - 1919; Joseph Embody was the first postmaster.  It was near Augusta.

Bald Butte - near Marysville, was a mining camp with a post office 1991-1906;  John Braun was the first postmaster.

Holter Dam - completed in 1918 on the Missouri River.

Baxendale - had a post office 1891-95, John Roy was first postmaster.

Iron - 

Belmont - had a post office 1879-82 with john Jurgens a postmaster.

Johns - named for William Johns, who had a ranch there in the early days.

Bickel - began as a station on the Great Northern.  It was named for Paul Bickel, a civil engineer.

Lincoln - near the border of Powell County, is about seventy miles east of Missoula "as the crow flies", about fifty miles northwest of Helena, and near Stemple Pass on the Continental Divide.  The town is surrounded by some of Montana's largest pines trees and is buried under heavy snows in the winter.  During the summer it becomes a have for Helena citizens, many of whom have vacation homes here.  Lincoln used to be an important placer mining camp a few miles from its present location.  It took its name from two mining companies that operated here:  Lincoln Placers, Inc., and Lincoln Associates, Inc., which were named for the first mine, located August 31, 1865, at Abe Lincoln Gulch.  The camp was first called Springfield, presumably for Springfield, Illinois;  many Civil War veterans were coming West at the time, and Springfield was widely hailed as the home of the famous president.  A post office has operated here almost continuously since 1869; the first postmaster was named Alfred Pose.

Birdseye - Birdseye had a post office granted in 1898 with William J. Tobin as postmaster.  The community and post office were formerly called Clough.  The office was discontinued in 1916.  J. P. Rowe gives two versions of why it was named: "After a freighter who ran a line of freight wagons through the territory years ago" and "Probably named for Charles G. Birdseye, a prominent resident of the section in the early days."  Maybe both are right -- even a mule-skinnin' freighter could settle down and become a prominent citizen.

Marshall -  was a post office April - August 1875 with August Kruger as postmaster.  The office was open again 1914-15 under Claud Lockwood.

Bradford - an early post office 1891-83; Ezra Clemons was postmaster.

Marysville - Marysville was once a famous mining town.  It is son thirty miles northwest of Helena and popular with skiers.  Marysville was on of the state's leading gold producers 1880-90.  Thomas Cruse, who discovered the Drummon Mine there, named his strike after his home in Ireland and the town for Mrs. Mary Ralston, the first white woman to arrive.  It has been estimated that the total output from this mine was around $50 million.  Much of it was mined while Drumlummon was owned by an English company.  'Tommy' Cruse was converted to Catholicism shortly before his death, and much of his fortune went toward building the beautiful Gothic cathedral in Helena.  The Marysville post office opened in February 1881 with Michael Lane as postmaster.

Broadwater -  is a community or populated place located in Lewis and Clark County at latitude 46.604 and longitude -112.087.  Broadwater appears on the Helena U.S. Geological Survey Map.

 Mike Horse - a post office 1943 - 52.  The first postmaster was Elizabeth Klugman.

Butler - a post office from1891-1901.  Thomas Coulter was the postmaster.  After this, the mail address was Austin.

Milford Colony - 

Canyon Creek - formerly called Georgetown.  It take its present name from the creek that flows through a canyon to the Missouri River.  The town, which has had a post office continuously since August 1871, now serves as an outpost for the ranches of the Prickly Pear Valley.  The general store and filling station are located a few miles northwest of Helena.  William Negus was the first postmaster.

Millersville - was a post office 1875-76 with Alexander Loyd as postmaster.

Canyon Ferry - had a post office 1868-1907 (Joseph  Stafford, postmaster);  the office was active again 1910-22 and 1949-57.  Early travelers found this a convenient place to ferry across the Missouri as it runs through the canyon.  

This information came from the book, Names on the Face of Montana.

Mitchell - named for Martin Mitchell, a ranch owner at the time this Great Northern station was built.  It   was first known as Mitchell's, and Mitchell was postmaster when the office  opened in 1888, only to close later that same year.  The office was open again in 1898 with May Burfield as postmaster;  it closed in May 1899, opened again in December, closed in 1922, and was open again 1924-25.  The name was the changed to Sieben.

Cavetown -  was established as a post office in 1878 with court sheriff as postmaster.  The office closed two years later.

Mount Pleasant - had a post office 1878-80 with Thomas Cotter as postmaster.

Cecil - had a post office 1884- 1886 with DeWitt Holbrook as postmaster.

 Mullan - had a post office March 1882-April 1883; the mail was then sent to Helena.  The town and the nearby tunnel were named for Lt. John Mullan, the first white man to explore the pass that came to be known as Mullan Pass.  The first postmaster  was James Morrison.

Clarkston - Clarkston had a post office 1873-1878 and again in 1883-84.  Bradford Woods was the postmaster.

Nelson - This town was named for  Cy Nelson, one of the first settlers in the vicinity.  The post office opened in 1904 with Robert Smith as postmaster; it closed in 1937.

Clemons - This was and early settlement with a post office in 1898-1925, except for a few months in 1901.  Frank Eberl was the first postmaster.  Clemons is near Wolf Creek.

Pacific City -  is a ghost town.  There was placer mining there form 1864 to 1875.  It was also known as McClellan Gulch.

 Clough - Clough was a station named for Co. J. B. Clough, principal assistant engineer for the Northern Pacific.  Postal records show an office from 1894-98 with Mary Brien in charge and note that the name was changed to Birdseye.

Power - was a post office 1881082 with Henry McDonald as postmaster.  It was near Centerville.

Collegedale - was the name of the post office which only existed February-September of 1900.  Eugene Peck was the postmaster.

Riebeling - a station on the Great Northern, was  named  for Henry J Riebeling, a rancher from whom the GN purchased  land for the town site.  A post office operated there 1913-18 (James Gray, postmaster) and 1920-37.

 Craig - was named for Warren Craig, a pioneer resident.  In 1886, Craig built a log house with a stone fireplace, which he had to defend many times from the Indians (Perrin).  The house is a half mile from the Great Northern depot.  In 1890 his son, John Craig, also settled here and Mrs. John Craig later served as postmaster.  Postal records say the name was formerly Stickney, but actually the Stickney post office was on the other side of the river.  It closed in 1888.  Service was resumed at the Craig office  with Benjamin Stickney continuing as postmaster.  For some years a ferry ran across the Missouri between the two places.  The Craig post office was closed in 1953.

 Rimini - is an old mining town said to be named by Lawrence Barret for the character in the tragedy Francisca da Rimini.  The post office was established in 1884 with Brace Wilson as postmaster, it closed in 1936.

 Cruse - Cruse was named for Tommy Cruse, discoverer of the Drum Lummon Mine and later a banker and philanthropist, who financed the Roman 
Catholic Cathedral in Helena.  Cruse was also the name  of a railroad siting on the Musselshell River.  After Cruse had made his fortune in mining he came to the Flatwillow area in Petroleum County and went into the sheep business.

Rochester - was formerly called McClellan Gulch.  The post office opened in 1890 with Alex Hamfield in charge.  It closed in 1892.

Cyanide -  For many years a large plant operated here which treated ore with cyanide.

Rohner - was a post office 1890-1902 and took its name from the first postmaster, John Rohner.

Dearborn - Dearborn was named for the river, which had been named by Lewis and Clark, the explorers, on July 19, 1805, to honor Henry Dearborn, then Secretary of War.  Dearborn had a post office in 1876-77 with Huebert Milot in charge.  The office was opened again 1878-98.

Sieben - once a Great Northern station, was an early stage station on the freight route between Fort Benton and Helena, and was called Mitchell.  The name  was changed to Sieben, after a family who owned a ranch near there and under that name a post office was active 1925-28 with James Linderman appointed first postmaster.  The Mitchell office was established in 1900.

Diamond Springs - had a post office from 1885 - 86, ran by J. Underhill.

 Silver Camp -  had a post office 1917-18 with Henry Johns as postmaster; after that the mail was directed to Flesher.

 Duffy - was a small town named for John Duffy, an early settler.

Silver City - called Silver until 1888, was a station on the Great Northern.  The post office was active most of the time 1867-1912.  John Green, first postmaster, was appointed when the area was still called Edgerton County.  The name was chosen in 1869 because a man named  named Silver lost his wife while they were traveling by horseback through this country and he buried her along a stream later named Silver Creek - where gold was later discovered -  to commemorate her interment (Perin).  When GN built its line through here they called the station Silver, but confusion in reading the name on a train order  caused a head-on collision at Sieben, and on August 25, 1925, the company changed the name to Silver City.  It was not uncommon for the railroad and the postal department to be at odds over names assigned to an area.

East Helena - was name for its location in relation to Helena.  It is a smelter town for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company.  Many of the first settlers came from the Balkan countries shortly after 1900.  The post office opened in 1888 with Henry Clark in charge.

 Skyline -northwest of Austin, in the Spring Meadow Lake State Park.

Augusta -  Named for the daughter of pioneer rancher J. D. Hogan, who also managed the holdings of Conrad Kohrs.  The town was incorporated in 1883 and a post office was established the following year with Phil A. Manix in charge.  Augusta's place as a shopping and banking center area was briefly challenged by a new town, Gilman, which grew up around the railroad;  the Great Northern bypassed Augusta and built its 1912 station a few miles to the north.  But by 1942 this upstart town had faded, and Augusta was once more the school, shopping and banking center for the surrounding ranch area.

Hilgersville - named for postmaster Nicholas Hilger,  was a post office 1886-87 and April- May 1890.

Austin - was a flag station on the Northern Pacific north of Helena near the once populous and prosperous placer camp known as Greenhorn.  According to postal records, Peter Tostevin was appointed postmaster when the post office opened in 1901 in a place formerly known as Butler.  The office closed in 1967.

Hogan - a post office 1887 - 1919; Joseph Embody was the first postmaster.  It was near Augusta.

Bald Butte - near Marysville, was a mining camp with a post office 1991-1906;  John Braun was the first postmaster.

Holter Dam - completed in 1918 on the Missouri River.

Baxendale - had a post office 1891-95, John Roy was first postmaster.

Iron - 

Belmont - had a post office 1879-82 with john Jurgens a postmaster.

Johns - named for William Johns, who had a ranch there in the early days.

Bickel - began as a station on the Great Northern.  It was named for Paul Bickel, a civil engineer.

Lincoln - near the border of Powell County, is about seventy miles east of Missoula "as the crow flies", about fifty miles northwest of Helena, and near Stemple Pass on the Continental Divide.  The town is surrounded by some of Montana's largest pines trees and is buried under heavy snows in the winter.  During the summer it becomes a have for Helena citizens, many of whom have vacation homes here.  Lincoln used to be an important placer mining camp a few miles from its present location.  It took its name from two mining companies that operated here:  Lincoln Placers, Inc., and Lincoln Associates, Inc., which were named for the first mine, located August 31, 1865, at Abe Lincoln Gulch.  The camp was first called Springfield, presumably for Springfield, Illinois;  many Civil War veterans were coming West at the time, and Springfield was widely hailed as the home of the famous president.  A post office has operated here almost continuously since 1869; the first postmaster was named Alfred Pose.

Birdseye - Birdseye had a post office granted in 1898 with William J. Tobin as postmaster.  The community and post office were formerly called Clough.  The office was discontinued in 1916.  J. P. Rowe gives two versions of why it was named: "After a freighter who ran a line of freight wagons through the territory years ago" and "Probably named for Charles G. Birdseye, a prominent resident of the section in the early days."  Maybe both are right -- even a mule-skinnin' freighter could settle down and become a prominent citizen.

Marshall -  was a post office April - August 1875 with August Kruger as postmaster.  The office was open again 1914-15 under Claud Lockwood.

Bradford - an early post office 1891-83; Ezra Clemons was postmaster.

Marysville - Marysville was once a famous mining town.  It is son thirty miles northwest of Helena and popular with skiers.  Marysville was on of the state's leading gold producers 1880-90.  Thomas Cruse, who discovered the Drummon Mine there, named his strike after his home in Ireland and the town for Mrs. Mary Ralston, the first white woman to arrive.  It has been estimated that the total output from this mine was around $50 million.  Much of it was mined while Drumlummon was owned by an English company.  'Tommy' Cruse was converted to Catholicism shortly before his death, and much of his fortune went toward building the beautiful Gothic cathedral in Helena.  The Marysville post office opened in February 1881 with Michael Lane as postmaster.

Broadwater -  is a community or populated place located in Lewis and Clark County at latitude 46.604 and longitude -112.087.  Broadwater appears on the Helena U.S. Geological Survey Map.

 Mike Horse - a post office 1943 - 52.  The first postmaster was Elizabeth Klugman.

Butler - a post office from1891-1901.  Thomas Coulter was the postmaster.  After this, the mail address was Austin.

Milford Colony - 

Canyon Creek - formerly called Georgetown.  It take its present name from the creek that flows through a canyon to the Missouri River.  The town, which has had a post office continuously since August 1871, now serves as an outpost for the ranches of the Prickly Pear Valley.  The general store and filling station are located a few miles northwest of Helena.  William Negus was the first postmaster.

Millersville - was a post office 1875-76 with Alexander Loyd as postmaster.

Canyon Ferry - had a post office 1868-1907 (Joseph  Stafford, postmaster);  the office was active again 1910-22 and 1949-57.  Early travelers found this a convenient place to ferry across the Missouri as it runs through the canyon.  

This information came from the book, Names on the Face of Montana.

Mitchell - named for Martin Mitchell, a ranch owner at the time this Great Northern station was built.  It   was first known as Mitchell's, and Mitchell was postmaster when the office  opened in 1888, only to close later that same year.  The office was open again in 1898 with May Burfield as postmaster;  it closed in May 1899, opened again in December, closed in 1922, and was open again 1924-25.  The name was the changed to Sieben.

Cavetown -  was established as a post office in 1878 with court sheriff as postmaster.  The office closed two years later.

Mount Pleasant - had a post office 1878-80 with Thomas Cotter as postmaster.

Cecil - had a post office 1884- 1886 with DeWitt Holbrook as postmaster.

 Mullan - had a post office March 1882-April 1883; the mail was then sent to Helena.  The town and the nearby tunnel were named for Lt. John Mullan, the first white man to explore the pass that came to be known as Mullan Pass.  The first postmaster  was James Morrison.

Clarkston - Clarkston had a post office 1873-1878 and again in 1883-84.  Bradford Woods was the postmaster.

Nelson - This town was named for  Cy Nelson, one of the first settlers in the vicinity.  The post office opened in 1904 with Robert Smith as postmaster; it closed in 1937.

Clemons - This was and early settlement with a post office in 1898-1925, except for a few months in 1901.  Frank Eberl was the first postmaster.  Clemons is near Wolf Creek.

Pacific City -  is a ghost town.  There was placer mining there form 1864 to 1875.  It was also known as McClellan Gulch.

 Clough - Clough was a station named for Co. J. B. Clough, principal assistant engineer for the Northern Pacific.  Postal records show an office from 1894-98 with Mary Brien in charge and note that the name was changed to Birdseye.

Power - was a post office 1881082 with Henry McDonald as postmaster.  It was near Centerville.

Collegedale - was the name of the post office which only existed February-September of 1900.  Eugene Peck was the postmaster.

Riebeling - a station on the Great Northern, was  named  for Henry J Riebeling, a rancher from whom the GN purchased  land for the town site.  A post office operated there 1913-18 (James Gray, postmaster) and 1920-37.

 Craig - was named for Warren Craig, a pioneer resident.  In 1886, Craig built a log house with a stone fireplace, which he had to defend many times from the Indians (Perrin).  The house is a half mile from the Great Northern depot.  In 1890 his son, John Craig, also settled here and Mrs. John Craig later served as postmaster.  Postal records say the name was formerly Stickney, but actually the Stickney post office was on the other side of the river.  It closed in 1888.  Service was resumed at the Craig office  with Benjamin Stickney continuing as postmaster.  For some years a ferry ran across the Missouri between the two places.  The Craig post office was closed in 1953.

 Rimini - is an old mining town said to be named by Lawrence Barret for the character in the tragedy Francisca da Rimini.  The post office was established in 1884 with Brace Wilson as postmaster, it closed in 1936.

 Cruse - Cruse was named for Tommy Cruse, discoverer of the Drum Lummon Mine and later a banker and philanthropist, who financed the Roman 
Catholic Cathedral in Helena.  Cruse was also the name  of a railroad siting on the Musselshell River.  After Cruse had made his fortune in mining he came to the Flatwillow area in Petroleum County and went into the sheep business.

Rochester - was formerly called McClellan Gulch.  The post office opened in 1890 with Alex Hamfield in charge.  It closed in 1892.

Cyanide -  For many years a large plant operated here which treated ore with cyanide.

Rohner - was a post office 1890-1902 and took its name from the first postmaster, John Rohner.

Dearborn - Dearborn was named for the river, which had been named by Lewis and Clark, the explorers, on July 19, 1805, to honor Henry Dearborn, then Secretary of War.  Dearborn had a post office in 1876-77 with Huebert Milot in charge.  The office was opened again 1878-98.

Sieben - once a Great Northern station, was an early stage station on the freight route between Fort Benton and Helena, and was called Mitchell.  The name  was changed to Sieben, after a family who owned a ranch near there and under that name a post office was active 1925-28 with James Linderman appointed first postmaster.  The Mitchell office was established in 1900.

Diamond Springs - had a post office from 1885 - 86, ran by J. Underhill.

 Silver Camp -  had a post office 1917-18 with Henry Johns as postmaster; after that the mail was directed to Flesher.

 Duffy - was a small town named for John Duffy, an early settler.

Silver City - called Silver until 1888, was a station on the Great Northern.  The post office was active most of the time 1867-1912.  John Green, first postmaster, was appointed when the area was still called Edgerton County.  The name was chosen in 1869 because a man named  named Silver lost his wife while they were traveling by horseback through this country and he buried her along a stream later named Silver Creek - where gold was later discovered -  to commemorate her interment (Perin).  When GN built its line through here they called the station Silver, but confusion in reading the name on a train order  caused a head-on collision at Sieben, and on August 25, 1925, the company changed the name to Silver City.  It was not uncommon for the railroad and the postal department to be at odds over names assigned to an area.

East Helena - was name for its location in relation to Helena.  It is a smelter town for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company.  Many of the first settlers came from the Balkan countries shortly after 1900.  The post office opened in 1888 with Henry Clark in charge.

 Skyline -northwest of Austin, in the Spring Meadow Lake State Park.

Augusta -  Named for the daughter of pioneer rancher J. D. Hogan, who also managed the holdings of Conrad Kohrs.  The town was incorporated in 1883 and a post office was established the following year with Phil A. Manix in charge.  Augusta's place as a shopping and banking center area was briefly challenged by a new town, Gilman, which grew up around the railroad;  the Great Northern bypassed Augusta and built its 1912 station a few miles to the north.  But by 1942 this upstart town had faded, and Augusta was once more the school, shopping and banking center for the surrounding ranch area.

Hilgersville - named for postmaster Nicholas Hilger,  was a post office 1886-87 and April- May 1890.

Austin - was a flag station on the Northern Pacific north of Helena near the once populous and prosperous placer camp known as Greenhorn.  According to postal records, Peter Tostevin was appointed postmaster when the post office opened in 1901 in a place formerly known as Butler.  The office closed in 1967.

Hogan - a post office 1887 - 1919; Joseph Embody was the first postmaster.  It was near Augusta.

Bald Butte - near Marysville, was a mining camp with a post office 1991-1906;  John Braun was the first postmaster.

Holter Dam - completed in 1918 on the Missouri River.

Baxendale - had a post office 1891-95, John Roy was first postmaster.

Iron - 

Belmont - had a post office 1879-82 with john Jurgens a postmaster.

Johns - named for William Johns, who had a ranch there in the early days.

Bickel - began as a station on the Great Northern.  It was named for Paul Bickel, a civil engineer.

Lincoln - near the border of Powell County, is about seventy miles east of Missoula "as the crow flies", about fifty miles northwest of Helena, and near Stemple Pass on the Continental Divide.  The town is surrounded by some of Montana's largest pines trees and is buried under heavy snows in the winter.  During the summer it becomes a have for Helena citizens, many of whom have vacation homes here.  Lincoln used to be an important placer mining camp a few miles from its present location.  It took its name from two mining companies that operated here:  Lincoln Placers, Inc., and Lincoln Associates, Inc., which were named for the first mine, located August 31, 1865, at Abe Lincoln Gulch.  The camp was first called Springfield, presumably for Springfield, Illinois;  many Civil War veterans were coming West at the time, and Springfield was widely hailed as the home of the famous president.  A post office has operated here almost continuously since 1869; the first postmaster was named Alfred Pose.

Birdseye - Birdseye had a post office granted in 1898 with William J. Tobin as postmaster.  The community and post office were formerly called Clough.  The office was discontinued in 1916.  J. P. Rowe gives two versions of why it was named: "After a freighter who ran a line of freight wagons through the territory years ago" and "Probably named for Charles G. Birdseye, a prominent resident of the section in the early days."  Maybe both are right -- even a mule-skinnin' freighter could settle down and become a prominent citizen.

Marshall -  was a post office April - August 1875 with August Kruger as postmaster.  The office was open again 1914-15 under Claud Lockwood.

Bradford - an early post office 1891-83; Ezra Clemons was postmaster.

Marysville - Marysville was once a famous mining town.  It is son thirty miles northwest of Helena and popular with skiers.  Marysville was on of the state's leading gold producers 1880-90.  Thomas Cruse, who discovered the Drummon Mine there, named his strike after his home in Ireland and the town for Mrs. Mary Ralston, the first white woman to arrive.  It has been estimated that the total output from this mine was around $50 million.  Much of it was mined while Drumlummon was owned by an English company.  'Tommy' Cruse was converted to Catholicism shortly before his death, and much of his fortune went toward building the beautiful Gothic cathedral in Helena.  The Marysville post office opened in February 1881 with Michael Lane as postmaster.

Broadwater -  is a community or populated place located in Lewis and Clark County at latitude 46.604 and longitude -112.087.  Broadwater appears on the Helena U.S. Geological Survey Map.

 Mike Horse - a post office 1943 - 52.  The first postmaster was Elizabeth Klugman.

Butler - a post office from1891-1901.  Thomas Coulter was the postmaster.  After this, the mail address was Austin.

Milford Colony - 

Canyon Creek - formerly called Georgetown.  It take its present name from the creek that flows through a canyon to the Missouri River.  The town, which has had a post office continuously since August 1871, now serves as an outpost for the ranches of the Prickly Pear Valley.  The general store and filling station are located a few miles northwest of Helena.  William Negus was the first postmaster.

Millersville - was a post office 1875-76 with Alexander Loyd as postmaster.

Canyon Ferry - had a post office 1868-1907 (Joseph  Stafford, postmaster);  the office was active again 1910-22 and 1949-57.  Early travelers found this a convenient place to ferry across the Missouri as it runs through the canyon.  

This information came from the book, Names on the Face of Montana.

Mitchell - named for Martin Mitchell, a ranch owner at the time this Great Northern station was built.  It   was first known as Mitchell's, and Mitchell was postmaster when the office  opened in 1888, only to close later that same year.  The office was open again in 1898 with May Burfield as postmaster;  it closed in May 1899, opened again in December, closed in 1922, and was open again 1924-25.  The name was the changed to Sieben.

Cavetown -  was established as a post office in 1878 with court sheriff as postmaster.  The office closed two years later.

Mount Pleasant - had a post office 1878-80 with Thomas Cotter as postmaster.

Cecil - had a post office 1884- 1886 with DeWitt Holbrook as postmaster.

 Mullan - had a post office March 1882-April 1883; the mail was then sent to Helena.  The town and the nearby tunnel were named for Lt. John Mullan, the first white man to explore the pass that came to be known as Mullan Pass.  The first postmaster  was James Morrison.

Clarkston - Clarkston had a post office 1873-1878 and again in 1883-84.  Bradford Woods was the postmaster.

Nelson - This town was named for  Cy Nelson, one of the first settlers in the vicinity.  The post office opened in 1904 with Robert Smith as postmaster; it closed in 1937.

Clemons - This was and early settlement with a post office in 1898-1925, except for a few months in 1901.  Frank Eberl was the first postmaster.  Clemons is near Wolf Creek.

Pacific City -  is a ghost town.  There was placer mining there form 1864 to 1875.  It was also known as McClellan Gulch.

 Clough - Clough was a station named for Co. J. B. Clough, principal assistant engineer for the Northern Pacific.  Postal records show an office from 1894-98 with Mary Brien in charge and note that the name was changed to Birdseye.

Power - was a post office 1881082 with Henry McDonald as postmaster.  It was near Centerville.

Collegedale - was the name of the post office which only existed February-September of 1900.  Eugene Peck was the postmaster.

Riebeling - a station on the Great Northern, was  named  for Henry J Riebeling, a rancher from whom the GN purchased  land for the town site.  A post office operated there 1913-18 (James Gray, postmaster) and 1920-37.

 Craig - was named for Warren Craig, a pioneer resident.  In 1886, Craig built a log house with a stone fireplace, which he had to defend many times from the Indians (Perrin).  The house is a half mile from the Great Northern depot.  In 1890 his son, John Craig, also settled here and Mrs. John Craig later served as postmaster.  Postal records say the name was formerly Stickney, but actually the Stickney post office was on the other side of the river.  It closed in 1888.  Service was resumed at the Craig office  with Benjamin Stickney continuing as postmaster.  For some years a ferry ran across the Missouri between the two places.  The Craig post office was closed in 1953.

 Rimini - is an old mining town said to be named by Lawrence Barret for the character in the tragedy Francisca da Rimini.  The post office was established in 1884 with Brace Wilson as postmaster, it closed in 1936.

 Cruse - Cruse was named for Tommy Cruse, discoverer of the Drum Lummon Mine and later a banker and philanthropist, who financed the Roman 
Catholic Cathedral in Helena.  Cruse was also the name  of a railroad siting on the Musselshell River.  After Cruse had made his fortune in mining he came to the Flatwillow area in Petroleum County and went into the sheep business.

Rochester - was formerly called McClellan Gulch.  The post office opened in 1890 with Alex Hamfield in charge.  It closed in 1892.

Cyanide -  For many years a large plant operated here which treated ore with cyanide.

Rohner - was a post office 1890-1902 and took its name from the first postmaster, John Rohner.

Dearborn - Dearborn was named for the river, which had been named by Lewis and Clark, the explorers, on July 19, 1805, to honor Henry Dearborn, then Secretary of War.  Dearborn had a post office in 1876-77 with Huebert Milot in charge.  The office was opened again 1878-98.

Sieben - once a Great Northern station, was an early stage station on the freight route between Fort Benton and Helena, and was called Mitchell.  The name  was changed to Sieben, after a family who owned a ranch near there and under that name a post office was active 1925-28 with James Linderman appointed first postmaster.  The Mitchell office was established in 1900.

Diamond Springs - had a post office from 1885 - 86, ran by J. Underhill.

 Silver Camp -  had a post office 1917-18 with Henry Johns as postmaster; after that the mail was directed to Flesher.

 Duffy - was a small town named for John Duffy, an early settler.

Silver City - called Silver until 1888, was a station on the Great Northern.  The post office was active most of the time 1867-1912.  John Green, first postmaster, was appointed when the area was still called Edgerton County.  The name was chosen in 1869 because a man named  named Silver lost his wife while they were traveling by horseback through this country and he buried her along a stream later named Silver Creek - where gold was later discovered -  to commemorate her interment (Perin).  When GN built its line through here they called the station Silver, but confusion in reading the name on a train order  caused a head-on collision at Sieben, and on August 25, 1925, the company changed the name to Silver City.  It was not uncommon for the railroad and the postal department to be at odds over names assigned to an area.

East Helena - was name for its location in relation to Helena.  It is a smelter town for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company.  Many of the first settlers came from the Balkan countries shortly after 1900.  The post office opened in 1888 with Henry Clark in charge.

 Skyline -northwest of Austin, in the Spring Meadow Lake State Park.

Augusta -  Named for the daughter of pioneer rancher J. D. Hogan, who also managed the holdings of Conrad Kohrs.  The town was incorporated in 1883 and a post office was established the following year with Phil A. Manix in charge.  Augusta's place as a shopping and banking center area was briefly challenged by a new town, Gilman, which grew up around the railroad;  the Great Northern bypassed Augusta and built its 1912 station a few miles to the north.  But by 1942 this upstart town had faded, and Augusta was once more the school, shopping and banking center for the surrounding ranch area.

Hilgersville - named for postmaster Nicholas Hilger,  was a post office 1886-87 and April- May 1890.

Austin - was a flag station on the Northern Pacific north of Helena near the once populous and prosperous placer camp known as Greenhorn.  According to postal records, Peter Tostevin was appointed postmaster when the post office opened in 1901 in a place formerly known as Butler.  The office closed in 1967.

Hogan - a post office 1887 - 1919; Joseph Embody was the first postmaster.  It was near Augusta.

Bald Butte - near Marysville, was a mining camp with a post office 1991-1906;  John Braun was the first postmaster.

Holter Dam - completed in 1918 on the Missouri River.

Baxendale - had a post office 1891-95, John Roy was first postmaster.

Iron - 

Belmont - had a post office 1879-82 with john Jurgens a postmaster.

Johns - named for William Johns, who had a ranch there in the early days.

Bickel - began as a station on the Great Northern.  It was named for Paul Bickel, a civil engineer.

Lincoln - near the border of Powell County, is about seventy miles east of Missoula "as the crow flies", about fifty miles northwest of Helena, and near Stemple Pass on the Continental Divide.  The town is surrounded by some of Montana's largest pines trees and is buried under heavy snows in the winter.  During the summer it becomes a have for Helena citizens, many of whom have vacation homes here.  Lincoln used to be an important placer mining camp a few miles from its present location.  It took its name from two mining companies that operated here:  Lincoln Placers, Inc., and Lincoln Associates, Inc., which were named for the first mine, located August 31, 1865, at Abe Lincoln Gulch.  The camp was first called Springfield, presumably for Springfield, Illinois;  many Civil War veterans were coming West at the time, and Springfield was widely hailed as the home of the famous president.  A post office has operated here almost continuously since 1869; the first postmaster was named Alfred Pose.

Birdseye - Birdseye had a post office granted in 1898 with William J. Tobin as postmaster.  The community and post office were formerly called Clough.  The office was discontinued in 1916.  J. P. Rowe gives two versions of why it was named: "After a freighter who ran a line of freight wagons through the territory years ago" and "Probably named for Charles G. Birdseye, a prominent resident of the section in the early days."  Maybe both are right -- even a mule-skinnin' freighter could settle down and become a prominent citizen.

Marshall -  was a post office April - August 1875 with August Kruger as postmaster.  The office was open again 1914-15 under Claud Lockwood.

Bradford - an early post office 1891-83; Ezra Clemons was postmaster.

Marysville - Marysville was once a famous mining town.  It is son thirty miles northwest of Helena and popular with skiers.  Marysville was on of the state's leading gold producers 1880-90.  Thomas Cruse, who discovered the Drummon Mine there, named his strike after his home in Ireland and the town for Mrs. Mary Ralston, the first white woman to arrive.  It has been estimated that the total output from this mine was around $50 million.  Much of it was mined while Drumlummon was owned by an English company.  'Tommy' Cruse was converted to Catholicism shortly before his death, and much of his fortune went toward building the beautiful Gothic cathedral in Helena.  The Marysville post office opened in February 1881 with Michael Lane as postmaster.

Broadwater -  is a community or populated place located in Lewis and Clark County at latitude 46.604 and longitude -112.087.  Broadwater appears on the Helena U.S. Geological Survey Map.

 Mike Horse - a post office 1943 - 52.  The first postmaster was Elizabeth Klugman.

Butler - a post office from1891-1901.  Thomas Coulter was the postmaster.  After this, the mail address was Austin.

Milford Colony - 

Canyon Creek - formerly called Georgetown.  It take its present name from the creek that flows through a canyon to the Missouri River.  The town, which has had a post office continuously since August 1871, now serves as an outpost for the ranches of the Prickly Pear Valley.  The general store and filling station are located a few miles northwest of Helena.  William Negus was the first postmaster.

Millersville - was a post office 1875-76 with Alexander Loyd as postmaster.

Canyon Ferry - had a post office 1868-1907 (Joseph  Stafford, postmaster);  the office was active again 1910-22 and 1949-57.  Early travelers found this a convenient place to ferry across the Missouri as it runs through the canyon.  

This information came from the book, Names on the Face of Montana.

Mitchell - named for Martin Mitchell, a ranch owner at the time this Great Northern station was built.  It   was first known as Mitchell's, and Mitchell was postmaster when the office  opened in 1888, only to close later that same year.  The office was open again in 1898 with May Burfield as postmaster;  it closed in May 1899, opened again in December, closed in 1922, and was open again 1924-25.  The name was the changed to Sieben.

Cavetown -  was established as a post office in 1878 with court sheriff as postmaster.  The office closed two years later.

Mount Pleasant - had a post office 1878-80 with Thomas Cotter as postmaster.

Cecil - had a post office 1884- 1886 with DeWitt Holbrook as postmaster.

 Mullan - had a post office March 1882-April 1883; the mail was then sent to Helena.  The town and the nearby tunnel were named for Lt. John Mullan, the first white man to explore the pass that came to be known as Mullan Pass.  The first postmaster  was James Morrison.

Clarkston - Clarkston had a post office 1873-1878 and again in 1883-84.  Bradford Woods was the postmaster.

Nelson - This town was named for  Cy Nelson, one of the first settlers in the vicinity.  The post office opened in 1904 with Robert Smith as postmaster; it closed in 1937.

Clemons - This was and early settlement with a post office in 1898-1925, except for a few months in 1901.  Frank Eberl was the first postmaster.  Clemons is near Wolf Creek.

Pacific City -  is a ghost town.  There was placer mining there form 1864 to 1875.  It was also known as McClellan Gulch.

 Clough - Clough was a station named for Co. J. B. Clough, principal assistant engineer for the Northern Pacific.  Postal records show an office from 1894-98 with Mary Brien in charge and note that the name was changed to Birdseye.

Power - was a post office 1881082 with Henry McDonald as postmaster.  It was near Centerville.

Collegedale - was the name of the post office which only existed February-September of 1900.  Eugene Peck was the postmaster.

Riebeling - a station on the Great Northern, was  named  for Henry J Riebeling, a rancher from whom the GN purchased  land for the town site.  A post office operated there 1913-18 (James Gray, postmaster) and 1920-37.

 Craig - was named for Warren Craig, a pioneer resident.  In 1886, Craig built a log house with a stone fireplace, which he had to defend many times from the Indians (Perrin).  The house is a half mile from the Great Northern depot.  In 1890 his son, John Craig, also settled here and Mrs. John Craig later served as postmaster.  Postal records say the name was formerly Stickney, but actually the Stickney post office was on the other side of the river.  It closed in 1888.  Service was resumed at the Craig office  with Benjamin Stickney continuing as postmaster.  For some years a ferry ran across the Missouri between the two places.  The Craig post office was closed in 1953.

 Rimini - is an old mining town said to be named by Lawrence Barret for the character in the tragedy Francisca da Rimini.  The post office was established in 1884 with Brace Wilson as postmaster, it closed in 1936.

 Cruse - Cruse was named for Tommy Cruse, discoverer of the Drum Lummon Mine and later a banker and philanthropist, who financed the Roman 
Catholic Cathedral in Helena.  Cruse was also the name  of a railroad siting on the Musselshell River.  After Cruse had made his fortune in mining he came to the Flatwillow area in Petroleum County and went into the sheep business.

Rochester - was formerly called McClellan Gulch.  The post office opened in 1890 with Alex Hamfield in charge.  It closed in 1892.

Cyanide -  For many years a large plant operated here which treated ore with cyanide.

Rohner - was a post office 1890-1902 and took its name from the first postmaster, John Rohner.

Dearborn - Dearborn was named for the river, which had been named by Lewis and Clark, the explorers, on July 19, 1805, to honor Henry Dearborn, then Secretary of War.  Dearborn had a post office in 1876-77 with Huebert Milot in charge.  The office was opened again 1878-98.

Sieben - once a Great Northern station, was an early stage station on the freight route between Fort Benton and Helena, and was called Mitchell.  The name  was changed to Sieben, after a family who owned a ranch near there and under that name a post office was active 1925-28 with James Linderman appointed first postmaster.  The Mitchell office was established in 1900.

Diamond Springs - had a post office from 1885 - 86, ran by J. Underhill.

 Silver Camp -  had a post office 1917-18 with Henry Johns as postmaster; after that the mail was directed to Flesher.

 Duffy - was a small town named for John Duffy, an early settler.

Silver City - called Silver until 1888, was a station on the Great Northern.  The post office was active most of the time 1867-1912.  John Green, first postmaster, was appointed when the area was still called Edgerton County.  The name was chosen in 1869 because a man named  named Silver lost his wife while they were traveling by horseback through this country and he buried her along a stream later named Silver Creek - where gold was later discovered -  to commemorate her interment (Perin).  When GN built its line through here they called the station Silver, but confusion in reading the name on a train order  caused a head-on collision at Sieben, and on August 25, 1925, the company changed the name to Silver City.  It was not uncommon for the railroad and the postal department to be at odds over names assigned to an area.

East Helena - was name for its location in relation to Helena.  It is a smelter town for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company.  Many of the first settlers came from the Balkan countries shortly after 1900.  The post office opened in 1888 with Henry Clark in charge.

 Skyline -northwest of Austin, in the Spring Meadow Lake State Park.

Augusta -  Named for the daughter of pioneer rancher J. D. Hogan, who also managed the holdings of Conrad Kohrs.  The town was incorporated in 1883 and a post office was established the following year with Phil A. Manix in charge.  Augusta's place as a shopping and banking center area was briefly challenged by a new town, Gilman, which grew up around the railroad;  the Great Northern bypassed Augusta and built its 1912 station a few miles to the north.  But by 1942 this upstart town had faded, and Augusta was once more the school, shopping and banking center for the surrounding ranch area.

Hilgersville - named for postmaster Nicholas Hilger,  was a post office 1886-87 and April- May 1890.

Austin - was a flag station on the Northern Pacific north of Helena near the once populous and prosperous placer camp known as Greenhorn.  According to postal records, Peter Tostevin was appointed postmaster when the post office opened in 1901 in a place formerly known as Butler.  The office closed in 1967.

Hogan - a post office 1887 - 1919; Joseph Embody was the first postmaster.  It was near Augusta.

Bald Butte - near Marysville, was a mining camp with a post office 1991-1906;  John Braun was the first postmaster.

Holter Dam - completed in 1918 on the Missouri River.

Baxendale - had a post office 1891-95, John Roy was first postmaster.

Iron - 

Belmont - had a post office 1879-82 with john Jurgens a postmaster.

Johns - named for William Johns, who had a ranch there in the early days.

Bickel - began as a station on the Great Northern.  It was named for Paul Bickel, a civil engineer.

Lincoln - near the border of Powell County, is about seventy miles east of Missoula "as the crow flies", about fifty miles northwest of Helena, and near Stemple Pass on the Continental Divide.  The town is surrounded by some of Montana's largest pines trees and is buried under heavy snows in the winter.  During the summer it becomes a have for Helena citizens, many of whom have vacation homes here.  Lincoln used to be an important placer mining camp a few miles from its present location.  It took its name from two mining companies that operated here:  Lincoln Placers, Inc., and Lincoln Associates, Inc., which were named for the first mine, located August 31, 1865, at Abe Lincoln Gulch.  The camp was first called Springfield, presumably for Springfield, Illinois;  many Civil War veterans were coming West at the time, and Springfield was widely hailed as the home of the famous president.  A post office has operated here almost continuously since 1869; the first postmaster was named Alfred Pose.

Birdseye - Birdseye had a post office granted in 1898 with William J. Tobin as postmaster.  The community and post office were formerly called Clough.  The office was discontinued in 1916.  J. P. Rowe gives two versions of why it was named: "After a freighter who ran a line of freight wagons through the territory years ago" and "Probably named for Charles G. Birdseye, a prominent resident of the section in the early days."  Maybe both are right -- even a mule-skinnin' freighter could settle down and become a prominent citizen.

Marshall -  was a post office April - August 1875 with August Kruger as postmaster.  The office was open again 1914-15 under Claud Lockwood.

Bradford - an early post office 1891-83; Ezra Clemons was postmaster.

Marysville - Marysville was once a famous mining town.  It is son thirty miles northwest of Helena and popular with skiers.  Marysville was on of the state's leading gold producers 1880-90.  Thomas Cruse, who discovered the Drummon Mine there, named his strike after his home in Ireland and the town for Mrs. Mary Ralston, the first white woman to arrive.  It has been estimated that the total output from this mine was around $50 million.  Much of it was mined while Drumlummon was owned by an English company.  'Tommy' Cruse was converted to Catholicism shortly before his death, and much of his fortune went toward building the beautiful Gothic cathedral in Helena.  The Marysville post office opened in February 1881 with Michael Lane as postmaster.

Broadwater -  is a community or populated place located in Lewis and Clark County at latitude 46.604 and longitude -112.087.  Broadwater appears on the Helena U.S. Geological Survey Map.

 Mike Horse - a post office 1943 - 52.  The first postmaster was Elizabeth Klugman.

Butler - a post office from1891-1901.  Thomas Coulter was the postmaster.  After this, the mail address was Austin.

Milford Colony - 

Canyon Creek - formerly called Georgetown.  It take its present name from the creek that flows through a canyon to the Missouri River.  The town, which has had a post office continuously since August 1871, now serves as an outpost for the ranches of the Prickly Pear Valley.  The general store and filling station are located a few miles northwest of Helena.  William Negus was the first postmaster.

Millersville - was a post office 1875-76 with Alexander Loyd as postmaster.

Canyon Ferry - had a post office 1868-1907 (Joseph  Stafford, postmaster);  the office was active again 1910-22 and 1949-57.  Early travelers found this a convenient place to ferry across the Missouri as it runs through the canyon.  

This information came from the book, Names on the Face of Montana.

Mitchell - named for Martin Mitchell, a ranch owner at the time this Great Northern station was built.  It   was first known as Mitchell's, and Mitchell was postmaster when the office  opened in 1888, only to close later that same year.  The office was open again in 1898 with May Burfield as postmaster;  it closed in May 1899, opened again in December, closed in 1922, and was open again 1924-25.  The name was the changed to Sieben.

Cavetown -  was established as a post office in 1878 with court sheriff as postmaster.  The office closed two years later.

Mount Pleasant - had a post office 1878-80 with Thomas Cotter as postmaster.

Cecil - had a post office 1884- 1886 with DeWitt Holbrook as postmaster.

 Mullan - had a post office March 1882-April 1883; the mail was then sent to Helena.  The town and the nearby tunnel were named for Lt. John Mullan, the first white man to explore the pass that came to be known as Mullan Pass.  The first postmaster  was James Morrison.

Clarkston - Clarkston had a post office 1873-1878 and again in 1883-84.  Bradford Woods was the postmaster.

Nelson - This town was named for  Cy Nelson, one of the first settlers in the vicinity.  The post office opened in 1904 with Robert Smith as postmaster; it closed in 1937.

Clemons - This was and early settlement with a post office in 1898-1925, except for a few months in 1901.  Frank Eberl was the first postmaster.  Clemons is near Wolf Creek.

Pacific City -  is a ghost town.  There was placer mining there form 1864 to 1875.  It was also known as McClellan Gulch.

 Clough - Clough was a station named for Co. J. B. Clough, principal assistant engineer for the Northern Pacific.  Postal records show an office from 1894-98 with Mary Brien in charge and note that the name was changed to Birdseye.

Power - was a post office 1881082 with Henry McDonald as postmaster.  It was near Centerville.

Collegedale - was the name of the post office which only existed February-September of 1900.  Eugene Peck was the postmaster.

Riebeling - a station on the Great Northern, was  named  for Henry J Riebeling, a rancher from whom the GN purchased  land for the town site.  A post office operated there 1913-18 (James Gray, postmaster) and 1920-37.

 Craig - was named for Warren Craig, a pioneer resident.  In 1886, Craig built a log house with a stone fireplace, which he had to defend many times from the Indians (Perrin).  The house is a half mile from the Great Northern depot.  In 1890 his son, John Craig, also settled here and Mrs. John Craig later served as postmaster.  Postal records say the name was formerly Stickney, but actually the Stickney post office was on the other side of the river.  It closed in 1888.  Service was resumed at the Craig office  with Benjamin Stickney continuing as postmaster.  For some years a ferry ran across the Missouri between the two places.  The Craig post office was closed in 1953.

 Rimini - is an old mining town said to be named by Lawrence Barret for the character in the tragedy Francisca da Rimini.  The post office was established in 1884 with Brace Wilson as postmaster, it closed in 1936.

 Cruse - Cruse was named for Tommy Cruse, discoverer of the Drum Lummon Mine and later a banker and philanthropist, who financed the Roman 
Catholic Cathedral in Helena.  Cruse was also the name  of a railroad siting on the Musselshell River.  After Cruse had made his fortune in mining he came to the Flatwillow area in Petroleum County and went into the sheep business.

Rochester - was formerly called McClellan Gulch.  The post office opened in 1890 with Alex Hamfield in charge.  It closed in 1892.

Cyanide -  For many years a large plant operated here which treated ore with cyanide.

Rohner - was a post office 1890-1902 and took its name from the first postmaster, John Rohner.

Dearborn - Dearborn was named for the river, which had been named by Lewis and Clark, the explorers, on July 19, 1805, to honor Henry Dearborn, then Secretary of War.  Dearborn had a post office in 1876-77 with Huebert Milot in charge.  The office was opened again 1878-98.

Sieben - once a Great Northern station, was an early stage station on the freight route between Fort Benton and Helena, and was called Mitchell.  The name  was changed to Sieben, after a family who owned a ranch near there and under that name a post office was active 1925-28 with James Linderman appointed first postmaster.  The Mitchell office was established in 1900.

Diamond Springs - had a post office from 1885 - 86, ran by J. Underhill.

 Silver Camp -  had a post office 1917-18 with Henry Johns as postmaster; after that the mail was directed to Flesher.

 Duffy - was a small town named for John Duffy, an early settler.

Silver City - called Silver until 1888, was a station on the Great Northern.  The post office was active most of the time 1867-1912.  John Green, first postmaster, was appointed when the area was still called Edgerton County.  The name was chosen in 1869 because a man named  named Silver lost his wife while they were traveling by horseback through this country and he buried her along a stream later named Silver Creek - where gold was later discovered -  to commemorate her interment (Perin).  When GN built its line through here they called the station Silver, but confusion in reading the name on a train order  caused a head-on collision at Sieben, and on August 25, 1925, the company changed the name to Silver City.  It was not uncommon for the railroad and the postal department to be at odds over names assigned to an area.

East Helena - was name for its location in relation to Helena.  It is a smelter town for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company.  Many of the first settlers came from the Balkan countries shortly after 1900.  The post office opened in 1888 with Henry Clark in charge.

 Skyline -northwest of Austin, in the Spring Meadow Lake State Park.
(source: Tina Oneyear transcription)