P a g e 4 G h o s t T o w n s a n d H i s t o r y Confederate Gulch struck in 1864, six months after Last Chance Gulch, where Helena now stands, was discovered. Confederate Gulch contained placer diggings which, up until the discovery of Schoolhouse in Marsh, MT Courtesy of The Montana Memory Project I WONDER by L.W. Lawrence I wonder just how far things can go sometimes. One of our rural schools is in a slightly embarrassing position. It seems that due to the lack of plumbing out there, they had one of these little houses setting out in back of the school. Well, that was as it should be until one day some one either stole or borrowed it. Now that little house is very essential and until some one either returns or replaces the structure it will be highly impractical to hold school. We've seen a lot of them tipped over around Halloween but this is the first time we have ever heard of one being borrowed. -The Mountaineer Newspaper (Big Sandy, MT) July 29, 1948 Ruby Sands, near Nome, Alaska, were the richest ever found on Earth. The gravel on Montana Bar ran as high as $1,000 to the pan. When the first cleanup was made on the bedrock of that bar the flumes were literally clogged with gold. Little more than half a century ago the stretch of gulch was a thriving mining city, the metropolis of eastern Montana, and a rival of Helena. Today only a few time-battered log cabins remain and the once proud and prosperous Diamond City exists only in the memory of a few grizzled Montana pioneers. - The Mineral Independent Newspaper, Nov. 26, 1925. Accessed at: montananewspapers.org Photos: Diamond City c. 1870, current photo of abandoned cabin in the gulch by Jolene Ewert-Hintz W.A.A. to Present Hallowe'en Ball Annual Costume Party In Gym, October 31 The W. A. A. will sponsor the Hallowe'en dance to be held in the gymnasium on October 31. The Hallowe'en dance is an annual occurrence in the school and, according to tradition, it will be a costume dance to which no outside guests are invited. The guests are requested to wear Hallowe'en, half and half, or barn dance costumes. The half and half costumes consist of wearing half one type of outfit with the other half of a different type. Evelyn Kelnofer, chairman of the decoration committee, says that a barn dance idea will be carried out. Pumpkins, corn-stalks and hay will be predominant in the decorations. Serving with her on this committee are Peg Johnson, Maude Ruppel, Sigfrid Helgeland, Ellen Holliday, Mildred Hunter and Anne Oser. Yvonne Halsey is taking the program responsibility. Her ideas are being kept a mystery as she seems to think the best idea is to come and see for oneself. She admitted that a couple of special dances are being arranged. There will be something good to eat, reports Erna Berndt, chairman of the refreshment committee. She has chosen Shirley Barnett, Ethel Edmonds and Norma Knowles to work with her. Everyone is urged to come to this dance and to come in costume. -The Rimrock Echo Newspaper (Billings, MT) October 27, 1938
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