Gold was discovered along Grasshopper Creek, Montana, a tributary of the Beaverhead River, on July 28,1862, leading to the establishment of Bannack, Montana, a gold rush boomtown that was briefly the territorial capital of Montana Territory in 1864.
Gold was discovered along Grasshopper Creek (a remote part of the Idaho Territory at the time), a tributary of the Beaverhead River, on July 28,1862, leading to the establishment of Bannack, Montana. Bannack was a gold rush boomtown that was briefly the first territorial capital of Montana Territory in 1864.