The PP I presented at this years SHA Conference in Austin, TX 2011.

1. Public Archaeology in Bannack Montana A Communities Effort to Preserve Their Past Margaret R. Clark Molly E. Swords

2. Bannack Montana Mead Hotel 2008 source: Western Cultural Inc.

3. Beaverhead County Bannack

4. Bannack Today source: Google Maps Satellite Image

5. Historic Bannack Bannack late 1800s source: LegendsofAmerica.com

6. First Territorial Capital of Montana, 1863-1881 source: DistinctlyMontana.com

7. Dredge Mining of Grasshopper Creek Dredging of Grasshopper Creek 1895 This was the 1st gold dredge in the US source: Tomas Brook Photograph Collection 7710-Montana State University Library, no.393

8. Hotel Mead (original court house) source: Western Cultural Inc.

9. Bannack State Park all photo sources: Western Cultural Inc.

10. Bannack Days source: David Duesterbeck-Duster source: Stan Smith source: Stan Smith

11. Hotel Mead Mitigation source: Western Cultural Inc.

12. all photos source: Western Cultural Inc.

13. all photos source: Western Cultural Inc.

14. Hotel Mead Mitigation

15. Artifacts recovered all photos source: Western Cultural Inc.

16. Artifacts recovered all photos source: Western Cultural Inc.

17. source: Western Cultural Inc.

18. Bannack Association Volunteers and Friends Cathy Speich-FergusonCrystal AlegriaBarbara and Bill BauerleDon ColbertSandy CothamTwerp DingleyTerri DoodDennis FlathLee HarryJackie HoweryEd KenisonLinda MazjekaSandra McKeyKimberly and Rick PopeChuck PrestonSue RobinsonJeremy Saldzilla A big Thank You to all volunteers that helped!