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William & Lucina Bowe Ranch, Blacksmith Shop, 180 feet west-southwest of House, Melrose, Silver Bow County, MT
Location180 feet west-southwest of House,
Melrose vicinity, MT
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS MT-104-J
Building/structure dates:
1895 initial construction
Significance: The blacksmith shop contributes to the significance of the William and Lucina Bowe Ranch. It is linked to the site's important association with the agricultural development of the lower Big Hole Valley in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The blacksmith shop also serves as an example of a vernacular building form common to the period in which it was built.
Subjects
AgricultureBlacksmithingWooden Buildings
Related Names
Hager, Kristi, Photographer
McCormick, Mary, Historian
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
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