Name: A Brief History of Cooke City
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Author: Kelly Suzanne Hartman
ISBN: 9781467142892

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Author

Kelly Suzanne Hartman

Contributions by

Cooke City Montana Museum

Publisher

History Press

Language

English

Pages

144

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.6 x 15.0 x 1.0 cm

Weight

0.32

ISBN13

9781467142892

Synopsis "A Brief History of Cooke City"

With claims staked, 1870s prospectors at Cooke City patiently waited for adequate transportation to get their ore to market. Eager enough, they named the town in honor of Northern Pacific tycoon Jay Cooke. Ironically, Cooke's influence in creating Yellowstone National Park stunted the growth of the town, as the park blocked any efforts to support a railroad through its borders. For more than sixty years, residents waited for rail until a new economy took hold--tourism. The dreams of the miners still live on in tumble-down shacks and rusty old mining equipment. And the successful vision of entrepreneurs offering rustic relaxation at the doorstep of Yellowstone continues to lure visitors. Historian Kelly Hartman recounts the saga that left hundreds battling for a railroad that never came.

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