Every year around Halloween, Bannack Ghost Town hosts a "ghost walk". It's living history program with a twist; volunteers dress up as some of the infamous characters of Bannack's history, and tell their stories - at night, by lantern light. Everyone has their faces painted white and evidence of their demise, whether it was a gunshot, fall, or hangin'. I've been to this several times before, but decided to have a little fun with it this year, and took photos in sepia to make them look more authentic. On Saturday, October 23 a bunch of us went to chase the goblins around the streets of Bannack. It was drizzly, breezy and cold, but we were ready for it -- bring on the ghosts!
A couple of town drunks try to decide what to do with the body of Henry Plummer, the notorious road agent and self appointed sheriff of Bannack.
Two of the girls who worked at Skinner's Saloon.
The ghost of Dorothy, who drowned in a settling pond when she was nine years old. She is said to still reside in the Meade Hotel.
The ghost of the demented school teacher still casts a large shadow over the Bannack school house.
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