Helena in Lewis and Clark County, Montana — The American West (Mountains)

Silver City Cemetery

Photographed by Jake, June 25, 2022

1. Silver City Cemetery Marker, Side One

Inscription. Gold deposits played out by the late-1870s, but the fertile land drew ranchers and farmers. William Brown and his grown children began ranching alongside seasoned ranch families like the Gehrings and Sanfords. During the 1880s, now-prominent area families like the McWetheys, Synnesses, and Wilborns claimed homestead lands and began supplying Helena and distant markets with fresh meat and produce. Their community spanned Silver Creek, Little Prickly Pear Creek, and the Hilger Valley. While Silver City itself faded away, this humble cemetery remains, reflecting the area's history and the legacies of the families buried here.

Erected 2022 by Four Georgians Chapter #4681, E Clampus Vitus; Montana Historical Society.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the E Clampus Vitus, and the Montana National Register Sign Program series lists.

Location. 46° 44.137′ N, 112° 10.891′ W. Marker is in Helena, Montana, in Lewis and Clark County. It is on Franks-Ongoy

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Place. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6180 Franks-Ongoy Place, Helena MT 59602, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in andspecifically entral Montana in Gold West Country. It is also in the American Mountain West

and in the Lewis & Clark Corridor.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A Booming Little Place (approx. 5.7 miles away); Marysville, Montana (approx. 5.7 miles away); Marysville School House (approx. 5.7 miles away); Marysville General Store (approx. 5.7 miles away); The Marysville House (approx. 5.7 miles away); Methodist Episcopal Church of Marysville (approx. 5.7 miles away); Marysville Shaffer House (approx. 5.7 miles away); Silver Creek School (approx. 9.7 miles away).

Also see . . . Silver City Cemetery (Historic Montana).

Excerpt: Traders, ranchers,
Photographed by Jake, June 25, 2022

2. Silver City Cemetery Marker, Side Two
farmers, miners, homesteaders, veterans, and children lay silently here in this small, still-active, community cemetery. Simple, mostly unadorned grave markers are all that remain of Silver City, a small transportation hub and mining community (and one-time county seat)…

(Submitted on July 13, 2024.)

Silver City Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jake, June 25, 2022

3. Silver City Cemetery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 27, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 12, 2024, by Jake of Missoula, Montana. This page has been viewed 319 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 12, 2024, by Jake of Missoula, Montana. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.