I was just asked for a list of ghost towns in eastern Montana. So many of the towns here are either completely GONE, like Boyes, or still hanging on, like Ingomar. SO, anything anyone would consider a bonafide ghost town in eastern Montana? Someone suggested Carlyle. Vananda or Sumatra have old building still standing?

How about Epsie -- west of Broadus on 212:

Epsie, Montana

Zero?

Zero, Montana

Not much to see in either Epsie or Zero...

Hathaway?

Mildred, Marsh

Saugus????? Calypso?????

Epsie (old post office) some 12 miles west of Broadus, was burned to the ground by someone unknown a few nights ago. Sad that there are people who do such things.

There are still several families living at Mildred. Zero has a resident. Saugus and Calypso are gone. I don’t believe there’s anything left at McCloud, Marsh, Bridgeport, Westmore, or Knowlton. The school is still at Locate, the old bar and post office are still standing, I believe someone lives there.

How about Powderville? The old folks homesteaded out in that country in the 19-teens. Back in the '50's when we would visit, the old school was still there, with a library full of books. Some of the old "honyock's" were still standing with dishes in the cupboards and utensils and kerosene lamps still on the tables, 30-odd years after they were abandoned. The place was a silent monument to the people who's hard life had suddenly been made worse when the rains failed to come. Then we hit the 60's and in a few short years, much of it disappeared, packed off by looters who couldn't stand to leave anything alone.