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Gallatin City stood here from 1865 into the 1880's after the town was relocated from the north side of the river when it became obvious that steamboats could not operate economically from Fort Benton to the Headwaters. Sitting astride the main stage and wagon routes, it served as a passage point where agricultural products from the Gallatin Valley moved on to the gold camps of Bannack, Virginia City and Helena. The town died quickly when the railroad bypassed it in the 1880's and commerce shifted to more convenient points.
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