P a g e 8 G h o s t T o w n s a n d H i s t o r y o f M o n t a n a N e w s l e t t e r Saltese, Montana An old mining town named Saltese still welcomes those coming over the mountain. The area was originally known as Parkers Meadow by trappers, packers and prospectors who found the spot a convenient campsite. Sometime before 1891 Colonel Meyers built the St. Regis House on Packer’s Meadow to serve the local travelers using the Mullen Road. The village that grew around that inn became known as Silver City named after the local silver mines. Silver City was renamed to Saltese to honor a local Nez Perce Chief and the post office opened for business in 1892. In addition to supplying mining operations, Saltese was an important 1910 Photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz lumber town and boasted eleven saloons around the turn of the century. During one particularly bad winter, more than 17 feet of snow fell on the city. A visitor remarked, “The snow level was even with the sills of the second-story windows in the (railway) station and the people on the street behind the station had to tunnel through the great bank.” The big burn of 1910 wiped out many towns but, Saltese was successfully defended and is still occupied today. My/Donor Information: SUBSCRIBE TO THE GHOST TOWNS AND HISTORY OF MONTANA NEWSLETTER! Renewal? Y/N Send a Gift to: NAME____________________________________ NAME___________________________________ ADDRESS__________________________________ ADDRESS_________________________________ CITY______________________________________ CITY_____________________________________ STATE__________________ZIP________________STATE_________________ ZIP________________ Yearly subscriptions are $19.95 (published monthly). Please make checks payable to Ghost Towns & History of MT, LLC and send with this clipping to 715 Oak ST, Anaconda, MT 59711 Photo by Jolene Ewert-Hintz
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