We are beginning to document some of the storied history of the Ruby Valley and of Sheridan. Whether its about Robbers Roost, Sheriff Henry Plummers Gang or Harvard Universities investment in the Conrey placer mining company in Alder - this area encapsulates how the west was won.

May 26, 1864 Brandon Town misses by one vote

Brandon Town at the mouth of Mill Creek east of Sheridan, came within one vote of being the first capital of Montana Territory in 1865, during the wheeling and dealing of the 20 delegates assembled in Bannack for that purpose.

Brandon Town - complete article

1866

The town of Sheridan is named after General Phil Sheridan of the Union Army. Read a chronology and history including the famous poem Sheridan's Ride by Thomas Buchanan Read 

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