Take A Walk With A Ghost At Bannack State Park
Author: Fish, Wildlife and Parks
Take a Walk with a Ghost at Bannack State Park
Fish, Wildlife and Parks
“Did you hear about the guy who didn’t pay his exorcist? He was repossessed.”
“Why did the game warden arrest a ghost? He didn’t have his haunting license.”
Funny, huh?
You can hear jokes like these and more at Bannack State Park’s annual Ghost Walks event Oct. 24 and 25.
Ghost Walks resurrects the past by bringing the town’s dead back from the grave. Spooky? Consider the setting: nighttime in a western ghost town, in the middle of nowhere, lit only with lanterns and bonfires. Live reenactors play the ghosts of rogues and wretches from the town’s early days, when gravediggers were kept busy burying those who died from gunshots, accidents, and infectious diseases.
One of the most famous stories is told by a reenactor portraying the town’s most infamous resident, Henry Plummer. A convicted outlaw who had terrorized towns across the West, Plummer ran for sheriff in 1863 and actually won. Less than a year later, he was hanged, along with two deputies, for allegedly leading a group of outlaws, self-named the Innocents, who robbed stagecoaches and killed more than 100 people during an eight-month reign of terror.
Buy tickets at: https://montanastateparks.reserveamerica.com/tourList.do?contractCode=MT&parkId=630310
Reminder: While Montana State Parks remain open during the fall and winter, the opportunity to make campsite reservations ends on Sept. 20. Camping will be on a first-come/first-served basis.
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