Laurel Downtown Historic District

ID: 4427 ~ Source: Montana State Historic Preservation Office ~ Creator: Sara Adamson ~ Date: June 2009
This file appears in: Laurel Downtown Historic District
Laurel Downtown Historic District
Public Domain

Laurel Downtown Historic District. View of 12, 16, 16 1/2, 18, and 18 1/2 1st Avenue, facing northwest.

This file appears in: Laurel Downtown Historic District

The Northern Pacific Railroad steamed through the Yellowstone Basin in 1883, passing the small agricultural community of Carlton. The town was renamed Laurel, and a post office opened there in 1886. When the Rocky Fork Railroad, an affiliate of the…