Case file · Haunting
Bannack and the hanging of Henry Plummer
On 10 January 1864 vigilantes hanged Sheriff Henry Plummer at Bannack, Montana's first territorial capital, accusing him of leading a gang of road agents; the preserved ghost town is now known for ghost lore.
1864 CE · 45.16, -113.00 · status: legend
The account
The best-known story is of Dorothy Dunn, a teenager who drowned in 1916 and is said to appear in the Hotel Meade.
The sceptical view
Historians still argue over whether Plummer was guilty; the ghosts are local tradition.