Pony, Montana

Pony
Unincorporated area

Pony, Montana
Coordinates: 45°39′31″N 111°53′40″W / 45.65861°N 111.89444°W / 45.65861; -111.89444Coordinates: 45°39′31″N 111°53′40″W / 45.65861°N 111.89444°W / 45.65861; -111.89444[1]
Website www.ponymontana.com
Ore mill in Pony

Pony is an unincorporated community in northeastern Madison County, Montana, United States on the eastern edge of the Tobacco Root Mountains. The town gained its name from the nickname of one of its early miners, Tecumseth Smith, a small man nicknamed "Pony" because of his diminutive size.[2][3]

Settled in the 1860s, in the late nineteenth century, Pony was a prosperous gold-mining community with at least 5,000 residents. Mining operations declined in the early 20th century and all were closed by 1922.[2] A number of historic buildings from Pony's boom era remain in the old town today.

Former Montana Lieutenant Gov. Karl Ohs owned a ranch in Pony.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Pony, Montana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. 1 2 "Pony, Montana". ghosttowns.com. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Pony, Montana". Travel Montana. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
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