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Springdale

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A view from 1939:

SPRINGDALE, (4,324 alt., 75 pop.), is near the point where Indians stole Clark's horses in 1806, and forced him and his party to travel down the Yellowstone in bullboats.

Right from Springdale on a dirt road to Hunter's Hot Springs, 1 m., which flow at the rate of 90,000 gallons an hour. J, A. Hunter, a physician, came here in 1864, on his way to the gold fields in Emigrant Gulch, and decided to stay. The springs had long been a popular bathing place of Indians, who tried to drive Hunter away. On several occasions soldiers were sent to help hold the springs against their attacks. The buildings were destroyed by fire in 1930.

The Site of the Slaying of John M. Bozeman, approximately 5 miles away., is in a narrow part of the valley. Bozeman was killed by Piegan Indians in April 1867, and buried here. In 1870 his body was removed to the city that bears his name.

Source: Montana: A State Guide Book; Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Montana; September, 1939.