Montana's STRANGEST Town?

[@LivinginMontana1]

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[@ivanhicks887]

I am 90 Air Force vet from Havre - I remember all the towns and AF Units on the High Line - Got married to the Montana Queen in 1956 Loved Her and Montana Thankyou for the video Great Job

[@searchingto]

You probably drove right by our place to get to the base on the Simpson Route road. Lived 6 miles north of Havre and our driveway turn off was at the bottom of a large dip in the highway.

[@jasonlommen4769]

Montanan here too. Love this state! Thank you for your service 🇺🇸

[@RobMarshall1]

Thank you for your service!

[@evie1950]

Thank you for your service!!

[@RobertMiller-ph6fs]

SALUTE too you sir. I discovered Montana when my sister got married there. They now live in ST .IGNATIUS area The only Amish community on a Indian reservation in the country

[@clyderokke5409]

I was stationed at Glasgow for three years, 65-68. The base was considered isolated until someone moved the gate up to the county highway which was gravel at the time. As a result, Glasow was re-designated as only remote and the MWR funding was lost. Limited recreation facilities. Very boring but I kept busy by taking college classes by extension. The base belonged to the Strategic Air Command (SAC) and was home for B 52 bombers and KC 135 tankers. There was also an Air Defense Command (ADC) unit here, 13th FIS (F 101 Voodoos) and a small MATS detachment. By the way, the whole housing area was a part of the base and when we started closing in 19968, the Crow Nation petitioned the dept of the interior for the housing area. Never happened and there was considerable bickering from influential people from Glasgow and the state which served to drive prospective parties away. I knew this since I had a part time job working behind the bar at the Officer's club and listened to these people on a number of occasions. Booze does funny things to the brain and people sometimes say things they should not.

[@eelliott9581]

My (then) husband was stationed at the 694th Radar Squadron in Maiden outside of Lewistown from '65-'67. Periodically he had to go to Glasgow snd he said it was totally in the middle of nowhere. Didn't realize it was it was on St Marie. Interesting video.

[@cptkettch]

My dad assigned to the 13th FIS in the 60's.

[@comingoutspinster-rebellik1479]

It’s so sad, rather than help the indigenous people out, they chose to let all these ginormous base homes just rot, instead. I’ll never understand our “leaders” complete lack of logic and empathy.

[@patriciastaton6182]

🎉 scary wooden launcher live there😢

[@daleslover2771]

Ought to do some inquiry, find out why these homes were left vacant, exposed to the elements... this is exactly why good, honest, hard-working people lose faith in their country, all of this was paid by American Taxpayers, in the 50s and 60s 70s... i would like to know more why these military bases have been shut down to the populatio that cant afford a home but still needs shelter. Shouldn't their a access site to go to...... for answers?o@comingoutspinster-rebellik1479

[@micbrenoel5459]

My wife and I live in OSCODA,MICHIGAN on the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base. It was the last staging area for B-52 bombers and KC-35 refueling aircraft during Desert Storm. The base was closed for about 10 years then refurbished as you describe there, however, this is a huge success. Over 700 units restored which includes townhouse ( such as ours), single family built homes, and single family manufactured homes. Our runway is 10,000’ long and was the backup for the shuttle because the eastern approach is completely over Lake Huron( no population) and the western approach is over miles of uninhabited National Forest. This looked similar to your town 20 years ago, but is thriving(sort of) today. All of the 8-plex units were demolished and only three side streets of quad-plex units remain. We live in one of the bases generals townhouse We bought it 20 years ago while the refurbishment was nearing completion. We owned an aircraft then and wanted to be near our airplane. This is a beautiful place to live and these housing units were built to be the last thing standing if nuclear war broke out!

[@kellyreinlasoder2596]

I was born and raised in Poplar, MT. Which is on the Fort Peck Reservation about 50 miles to the East of Glasgow on Hwy 2. My father moved us to the air base in 1969 but we only stayed for 3 months and then moved back to Poplar. Glasgow was one of the largest towns aside from Williston, ND close to us. We used to go to Glasgow quite a bit for shopping and they had some decent places to eat. As I got older I lived in Glasgow from May, 1983 to April 1985 working for the Valley County sheriff's office.

[@luannewulf8731]

Lived there in 1951/52

[@arnoldalt2571]

Places that are desolate are to be found all around this country. Check out Epping, ND where my Grandfather and his brother homesteaded in 1900. Long long ago this old man was a Private in the US Army and was hitch hiking back to my base in Washington State. After many miles of traveling across flat land in parts of Neb and Kansas I was bothered by the complete lack of trees. If you are from Wisc. that's a problem. After many hours I saw way off in the distance a lone tree along side of the road. I said "oh a tree" and the local fellow that was giving me a ride got somewhat indignant and said, "tree hell, that's Schefield National Forest. Nice guy and I appreciated the ride.

[@markme4]

That is funny

[@PACstove]

LOL

[@johnwood551]

I lived and worked out of that base doing Seismic Exploration back in the late 70’s. It was still in great shape and it was luxury to us as we moved every few months to a new prospect to explore for oil and we lived in motels or tents. I was amazed that this “City” was there with a huge airport that a manufacturer could have used. Sad to see it so run down.

[@cptkettch]

My dad was stationed at Glasgow AFB, 1963-65. The housing and layout is pretty standard for military bases I have lived on.

[@goinrcn2713]

I grew up in Cut Bank, also on highway 2 along the highline, most commonly known as the coldest spot in the nation. Great place to grow up and live if you don't mind high winds and sub-zero temperatures 😊

[@kayhenry6293]

One problem with St Marie being a retirement community is the lack of medical facilities. Most retirees are of an age that need ready access to medical care.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

Also, the climate in northern Montana is brutal! The houses are townhouses; not so great when you're too old/too lame to climb those stairs!

[@kathleenmartin7498]

I agree, medical care, handicapped accessible transportation for folks who use walkers or wheelchairs, and supportive services such as time health care aides would be needed for many retirees

[@Dakota-xi6cg]

I guess also "Meals on Wheels"is out of the question now!

[@meandthemrs7403]

What kind of law enforcement could there be as well?

[@lionelscout]

I was wondering about infrastructure. Gas, electricity, water, SEWAGE (maybe all septic tanks?)

[@DriverDean]

Thx for sharing Will!

[@LivinginMontana1]

Any time!

[@melodymacken9788]

Fascinating. Thankyou. Rotorua, New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@LivinginMontana1]

Thanks for watching!

[@GEN-X-]

That place with the haze hanging in the air is sooooo creepy. I wonder what the people are like. I love that it's low pop.

[@LivinginMontana1]

I agree!

[@moldyapple1237]

Some of the biggest freaks I’ve ever met are from that area in mt

[@wailingapplecore7558]

I lived here as a kid and have visited my grandma a couple of times. Either the people are the sweetest you’ll ever meet or they’re the worst. There’s been a case of incest and a couple years ago, some a-hole dressed as a klan member for Halloween 🙄

[@shaneamundson1192]

Very little crime.

[@montuckyman4982]

That haze is smoke, most likely from forest fires in Canada.

[@janicestewart6116]

The houses as you call them was housing for the Air Force Base personal. When the AFB closed of course folks moved away. Its not like this was an actual town and suddenly a ghost town. MANY fine people live at St Marie and many wish they did! Anytime a condo comes for sale it sells rather quicley. Not everyone wants to live in town or city. St Maries is an amazing community of people.

[@privatepilot4064]

Because nothing says “Retirement” like shoveling snow when you’re in your 90s!

[@robmills7611]

😂😂

[@StevenShope-q8c]

No need to shovel, it just blows east.

[@robdavidson4945]

I'm from Idaho. I worked in the oilfields around Williston and stayed in Glasgow with my daughter on the weekends. Some years ago. I also lived for a year just outside of Darby , MT on the ranch you see on the TV series Yellowstone. I started school there. That was 1961. Things have changed a lot since then.

[@LivinginMontana1]

Yes they have!

[@jgreg9706]

“Streets full of people, all alone; Roads full of houses, never home; Church full of singing, out of tune; Everyone's gone to the moon” [Jonathan King “Everyone's Gone To The Moon” Released: 1979]. [AFB closed in 1976” (2:58)].

[@dwaynewladyka577]

There are lots of ghost towns in North America, and they have interesting histories. That is a very interesting looking place. Cheers, Will!

[@sherrysmithrice1973]

No one wants to be controlled by a condo association or HOA. So it's probably why no one wants to buy a run-down shack

[@Fred-mt2zl]

Better than living in a Liberal crime riddled drug infested slum big city.

[@wesleyhay3881]

I noticed these highways have some shoulder to them. Many paved roads in Montana (except for interstates and the other larger highways) have no shoulder. Anyhow, this is an interesting video and I appreciate you taking the time to drive all the way video recording a place that many people can now learn about as I know most of us were not aware of this place. Even someone like myself who spent his young life in Montana ( I left when I turned 20) had never heard about this place.

[@nancyhoff3813]

Mountain Plains Economic & Educational Program Development Program thru 6 surrounding state Job Service in 1970s. Lived in enlisted quarters (the more abandoned area in video) while training for job tech via “packets”-at our own pace. Got paid $75/wk & required classes on parenting, budgeting, nutrition. At completion, helped find a job where we chose to go. Innovative! Would love to hear if any one also completed this program. Some Air Force was still there - in the bigger homes. We had use of grocery store , movie theatre, schools, clinics, rec center. It was thriving- even tho most of military was gone. Yet I have never found any comments on this program . I’d Love to write a book on the experience.

[@kathleenmartin7498]

I also went through that program. I came up with my daughter from Wyoming, and completed the drafting program. It was a great program!!

[@SGT11B40]

My parents went through that program too. I was just a kid. 1974-1975. It wasn't a bad place. There were many things to do and I had a lot of friends to run around with. B-52's were there along with Air Force personnel. Sub zero weather wasn't too bad if the wind wasn't blowing. Lol.

[@claradavis5911]

Mrs Nancy let's start recruiting people from the big cities 😮 like the melting pots of the United States 🇺🇸 like New York, Miami, Florida, California, and Texas. However, I'm not saying this so that other cultures can come and take over, but I'm saying this because it's really getting crowded in theses cities and other places around this country. Also, some people don't want to live up north 😒 🙄 😕 in those areas like Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota, because of the cold harsh weather, I believe that I would love to live there during the summer or fall months but not the Winter because of my arthritis at times. Lastly, from what I here from this video about the 🏠 housing and the pricing it's not bad, but to me personally the area, town or city really NEEDS a HOME DEPOT, LOWE'S LUMBER DEPOT, or America favorite store WAL-MART 😀 or some other stores that would be very affordable for the citizens that live in that area. Godbless Peace ✌ 😂😊

[@kathleenmartin7498]

I stayed there back in 1979 while attending a government sponsored vocational training school. The housing was all in pretty good shape back then. Its a shame that something couldn't have happened to repopulate the place.

[@KillaCommieFerMommie]

The thought of living in solitude is appealing to me.... so long as I have snow-capped mountains and wildlife to look at... St. Marie is completely BARREN.... I'm waiting for Jack Nicholson to come limping around one of those houses with a double bladed axe.

[@sarahsoutar252]

I know, right. Way too funny.

[@OperationBlackSacrab]

The place definitely has a certain charm about it though... Just think what it could be if those properties were restored and more infrastructure was built?

[@vapormissile]

Still bleak​@@OperationBlackSacrab

[@Shreddy-e1c]

Having a general store nearby helps a TON. I live in AZ in the middle of nowhere and I couldn't do it without one.

[@freewill1114]

We visited St Marie in 1995, with an eye for retiring in a few more years. The history is that the homes were built by the Air Force, for what is referred to as "base housing". Of course, the nicer single family homes were for the officers, and the multifamily were for enlisted families. When the base closed, the runways and other air facilities were taken over by Boeing for training and for cold weather testing. Boeing will bring out an aircraft and shut it down for a couple days of -50 degree weather, then see if it will start up. The houses were left over, and sold to private parties who wanted to develop a city there, which they named St Marie. The developer and his charming wife put us up in a unit and showed us around for a couple days. We decided to pass, as my wife is a city girl, this was too far from everything, including family, and we had about 5 years to go before retirement. I later heard that the effort to develop had floundered, and the developer gave it up.

[@LivinginMontana1]

Great info!

[@HeronPoint2021]

@@LivinginMontana1 I too see nothing but potential, but you need a govt./developer/citizen initiative like the residents condo association. Get Boeing to beef up the airport runway and get Exxon!! (yeh, right) to put in an Av Gas station with regular gas as well, and the County to get some equipment in their for roads/trash and city parks, and you're off to the races. And one corner store. I'll start the Feed Store: Cantrells Feed Bin and Used Cow Lot. I'm jus tnorth in Canada. Prairie weather mean you don't deal with a lot of mold, and other coastal issue for builds. Those framed houses are probably saveable.

[@robertshorthill6836]

​@@HeronPoint2021 Our daughter got a teaching job in Freud about 30 years ago. Shopped at Walmart in Williston. Tended bar as an extra $$ gig. The wind blew all the snow away. Summers were great. Isolated and not especially friendly place for visitors.

[@earthangel3234]

I live in Southern Montana near Billings. The winter here is more mild than up North. I like exploring small towns and ghost ones. Next time I drive to Canada I Visit that part of Montana.

[@jtc1947]

Vids like THESE are what can make Y/T and the net so interesting. Places that i can only visit and see via my computer! Many thanks.

[@jazzrat2000]

I lived in Brockton for a while and I wish I knew about this place. Interesting to visit. I went to Custer County High School in Miles City and we used to go to Glasgow for basketball games. Quite a long trip!

[@GodsBarnChurch]

Don’t worry about the snow because the wind blows it away

[@dennistyler9852]

Brrrrrr

[@laurarogers8375]

😂 lolol ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️

[@stevemiller1517]

Snow plus wind =snirt.

[@danielhutchinson6604]

I delivered part of a Log Barn to that area on Christmas Day back in 2010 I believe. The folks who lived there were running a business from their Home in a Farm House that they bought cheap and fixed up to support their Home Business. Remote work appears to become something that can support life in the most remote locations.

[@chickenwing111]

The nearby runway appears to be fully maintained according to Google satellite images. Lots of new pavement.

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

A lot of good sized homes out there, too bad so many of them are abandoned :( there's a lot of potential to make them nice again. ♥

[@LivinginMontana1]

That is true

[@HeronPoint2021]

@@LivinginMontana1 We had a house on our familly homestead in Canada that was abandoned for decades (remember metal cladding). turns out it was sound and my aunt and uncle ramped it up upon retirement (wood stove first off) and lived there until they passed on. Warm and cosy, and quite large . the barn shifted and didn't make it, but it wasn't exactly built well anyway.

[@papabear562]

Those units would need to be renovated soon because they will eventually be beyond repair if left to the elements too much longer.

[@robertshorthill6836]

​@@LivinginMontana1 A lot of these trailer camper people in and around Bozeman should head up that way. They could offer to fix the houses up for free rent for a few years and improve the town. Just a thought

[@MarriThornton-hx8tp]

Air force base I've been there and it was empty now there's people on the base for housing.

[@fasx56]

Thank you this interesting video of this very lonely and remote Town of Saint Marie Montana. Life can be difficult even when you live in a much more developed and populated part of the United States with Grocery Stores and Hardware Stores and Hospitals close by. Remote Towns like St. Marie almost take one back to late frontier environment where people lived miles apart and still had horse and buggy transportation and the only time you saw someone is when you went to the closest town to the General Store. I wonder if they even have Cell Service or the Internet.?

[@clehouser4]

The Amtrak Empire Builder rolls right along Highway 2 eastbound after it leaves Glacier Park. Miles and miles of fields, prairies and wheat fields, dotted infrequently with tiny, dying towns. I always wonder what life would be like in these towns.

[@HeronPoint2021]

I'm in Canada just north of here and work with WORKING South Sudanese Christians. Good people that stay away from drugs and that entitled BS you get from a lot of other new arrivals. With all the homelessness in the US you get a cohesive group in there and save these houses, and build a community and get it rockin along.

[@PACstove]

canadastan.

[@mascot1063]

Jesus that sounds like my kind of town

[@dnmccurry]

You should travel to the south to the ghost town of Elkhorn. People live there. But it has a history. If you visit the graveyard you will figure out the history.

[@christophervanasse9911]

Wow this brings back memories. I was born in Havre and grew up on the Hi Line near Ft Belknap. When I was little my parents visited some people in Glasgow and stayed at a friends house in St Marie. Genuinely one of the eeriest places I’ve ever been. We hardly slept at all as the house was the only one occupied in the whole street.

[@pumagutten]

That place looks spooky!👻 Nothing like my dear St Mary!

[@LivinginMontana1]

Yes it does!

[@recollectionsofinvisiblechild]

Ellsworth AFB in SD is a similar base that is still in use. The housing featured in this video is virtually identical to the housing that used to exist at Ellsworth. The old housing on Ellsworth was demolished in the 2000s. The streets and sidewalks were scraped up and removed. Nothing man made was left. A fence with “keep out” signs was erected around the location because of chemical contamination. It was declared a “superfund cleanup site.” TCE, AFFF, and nuclear residue (and more) was found in the soil and/or water. The company that evaluated the site recommended no further human habitation forever.

[@ginalibrizzi5204]

The fact that there’s a condo association just ruins it. You can’t have a peaceful life where any association makes the rules.

[@jeanwilliams3425]

My family lived there in the 70s . We had a small store ,doctor at the hospital,rec center etc. My daughter went to the grade school. The place was nice an well kept. I never heard it called St. Marie's . I had to have my finger prints to live there.

[@LivinginMontana1]

Interesting!

[@SGT11B40]

As a kid I lived there 1974-1975. 4th grade, I think the school was called North Star. Mrs. Falk was my teacher's name. Also remember the rec center, movie theatre and a teen center. There was a small store that wasn't far from our duplex that we lived in. Glasgow AFB. Never heard it called St. Marie till now.

[@laurarogers8375]

They could hardly call it Glasgow Air Force Base after it closed, and Glasgow is the name of the small town nearby, so I understand Saint Marie was chosen as the new name by those who began the HOA idea. I could be wrong, but I think there is another video about it.

[@martinhink6244]

I formerly lived between St Marie and Glasgow. Moved away in 1992

[@mikehansen2839]

I've lived in a town of 1200 people in northcentral kansas for 69 years and absolutely love it. My wife and I have children that live close to large city's and it's really nice to visit them and enjoy all the things there is to do. But it's always nice to get back to Kansas my home. I can go 1 mile in any direction and be in the country. Kansas is not for everyone but it's for for me ❤❤❤❤

[@pedenmk]

I live in laurel Mt. I loved it. While I lived there. Great episode. Thanks for sharing

[@gaylebublitz4237]

I find this so interesting. Thanks for the video.

[@DJPTEXAS]

Wild....

[@MontanaKat1912]

I have family that use to live in Glasgow and Miles City. I still have a family member that lives in Forsyth. My mom was born and raised in Joplin Montana. The photo you posted it was Garnet Ghost town. Fun little town to visit. I took some pretty cool shots of the little town and learning the history is interesting. Few hours drive from Missoula to there. They have like ice cream days once a year (depends on weather). I live in Missoula and the rent for one bedroom is around up to the 1,185.00. It's crazy. My rent just went up to that. Not sure how much longer I can live in my rental. :( It's eating up my income.

[@billofrights5064]

If the hydrants and water mains are functional, the myriad homes in a state of decay suggest a wealth of live fire training opportunities. If not for distance and lack of available fire apparatus, it could be a firefighting wonderland. Drill sites today sport concrete buildings that are used until they become too unstable. Back in the day, we had the luxurious use of an occasional ordinary wood-framed dwelling, but nothing like the abundance in Saint Marie, Montana.

[@LivinginMontana1]

Great idea!

[@billofrights5064]

It might also be good as a testing ground for new or developing fire apparatus. What longevity might a fire department expect after various pieces of suppression equipment are deployed consecutively in one fire incident after the other over an extended period of time under non-artificial conditions? A manufacturer could claim the equipment was brutalized beyond the probable experience of the fire service but remained serviceable with minimal maintenance.

[@laowaistudieschina7470]

I've been to St Marie twice and I can't recall seeing anyone out and about either time.

[@portnuefflyer]

I've flown all over Montana in my small plane, and other states in the west. The little community (worker housing I'm guessing) near the Jim Bridger power plant in Wyoming has always struck me as a bit odd. A subdivision plopped down in a pretty desolate area (I said Wyoming...) with fenced back yards and houses quite close together. I've always thought if you're going to live in a rural area, why would you want to live 10' away from another house! Most people don't realize how frigging huge Montana is, or how largely unpopulated, still. But I've always had a great time there and the people are always friendly! This place is on my list to check out next summer.

[@pizaliasta8369]

I knew it was St. Marie almost as soon as it got started. Odd place and people indeed...some of them. There's some creepy photos and videos somewhere out there of the inside of the former hospital. Looks like the inside of a horror video game.

[@LivinginMontana1]

Not sure I would go inside of that!

[@fljeeper71]

Ill give you a million for the whole town lol very interesting! thanks for the cool video!

[@allenfitzgerald2046]

How cool. Would have never known this about Montana.

[@ocsrc]

The SAC base would have been huge In upstate NY we had a SAC base and another one up in Plattsburgh and there are many underground complexes designed to survive a nuclear strike. We also had 12 nuclear missiles in a 30 mile radius around Plattsburgh The airports were massive and the runways were almost 15,000 feet long. And when the B-52s took off fully loaded they needed the entire runway to get off the ground. They also had C130 or something like that and they were massive cargo planes The coolest part was all the underground bunkers The government sold the Alternative Backup Radar Bunker and when the reporters did a story on that site they talked with the farmers that had lived on the road when it was originally built back in the fifties and they said how could you not know this was here and they all said we knew it was there because the government came and talked to us when they started building and digging out this massive hole in the ground and told us never to say anything to anyone about it But there are still the primary radar bunker and the alternate primary radar bunker and the backup radar bunker that are still classified and no one knows exactly where those are even though the base was decommissioned

[@oriraykai3610]

I drove through an abandoned town in Colorado, probably built for the same reason, that consisted of one main street and configured just like an Old West cowboy movie town. All buildings were right next to each other. Still in good condition because it was only a few decades old.

[@Clovis321]

Daqui do Brasil não dá pra ter uma ideia real do que é viver nesses lugares, vi no mapa estão praticamente no Canadá. Tem um brasileiro em Dakota do Norte, administra uma fazenda lá e outras arrendadas pelo seu patrão. Ele fala sobre as dificuldades, clima vai de 20ºC até 40º negativos, é totalmente estranho para nós. A neve cobre casa até a janela, é algo que não conhecemos. E ele mora numa cidadezinha ali perto, também minúscula mas parece bem cuidada. Essa região é muito vazia populacionalmente, não tem gente em lugar nenhum. Vastas regiões sem uma casa, sem uma cidade, nada. Mas são campos bonitos de se ver. Ás vezes vejo vídeos de fazendeiros no Canadá e é a mesma situação, o período de plantio e colheita sãomuito curtos e só uma vez ao ano (aqui fazemos duas no geral, alguns lugares até 3), perdeu a chance é prejuízo certo. Essas regiões são continuidade dos campos canadenses não?

[@OdySlim]

Actually Jarbidge, NV is the most remote town in the lower 48. Pop 8. 102 miles north from Elko on rough terrain dirt road. Regards from Ody Slim

[@LivinginMontana1]

I guess there are different definitions of remote! billingsmix.com/montana-has-the-most-remote-town-in-the-lower-48/

[@musgroveandthepumi1604]

Great video! You might also like Atlanta, Idaho.

[@daviddirom7429]

Glasgow Scotland, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I was born in Ardrossan Scotland 1 hour from Glasgow

[@dakotabillyone]

Nowhere is always Somewhere to somebody else!

[@badlandskid]

There is a similar USAF site south of Minot, ND just on the east side of hwy 83. Idk the current conditions of the buildings there but for years several were abandoned. It’s not nearly the size of St Marie. I think it may have had something to do with ICBM sites scattered around the area.

[@patricksottek5913]

I find it interesting that the listed values are far higher than they should be for an abandoned area.

[@toolscarriagesmodellbauand7246]

What a interesting story about those abandoned villages. Best wishes from Germany

[@writerconsidered]

The funniest thing about this is them having an HOA. Like why? HOA's are notoriously bad. Why would they setup an extra rent plan? And the premise of protecting property values in a totally stagnate market is hilarious. That makes no sense.

[@papabear562]

The reason for the HOA is control. The county godfathers up there don't want a community to spring up and take away tax dollars from nearby Glasgow. It's the same thing where I live now. It's all about control.

[@sarahsoutar252]

Yeah, I was wondering about that too. HOA's are usually set up to protect the value of the property. I think that ship sailed a long time ago.

[@PACstove]

they probably all still wearing masks too

[@stellatorgy8414]

I lived in Glasgow for a year, thought Fort Peck was a bit strange too, like frozen in time!

[@markothwriter]

Around 1992, we took a company of M1A1 Abrams tanks up there for the Montana National Guard. I think I was 20 years old. We were going to make it a training area, but the tracks tore up the soil too much. ( Probably would have been good for the soil. ) Anyway, they stopped that program and shipped the tanks back to Helena. But, for one week, our company had a freekin' blast. We had the regulators off and we were getting up to 80 mph on the runway. Mainly, we just tore up and down the runway, with few forays into the plains - watched by scientists from the DNRC. And at night, that place was a scarey ghost town. No one was there. Except the ghosts and a caretaker who was siphoning off the fuel and selling it on the black market.

[@gordonrieber9775]

The highline was rather nice.

[@JohnSmith-ki2eq]

Sounds perfect to me.

[@SC-gw2kf]

I would love to visit.

[@samuelschick8813]

Is it possible to buy one of the abandoned houses and bring it back up without being in the condo assoc?

[@sams6090]

I do work at that former base every once in a while. It's now a aircraft testing facility and was bought from the USAF a while ago.

[@michaelquillen2679]

Ummm, not quite accurate. These houses were a part of Glasgow AFB, built by the Air Force for their personnel. After the based shut down, typical of any base decommissioning, everything went on sale to the highest bidder. My father, (representing a government entity) got thousands of $$s of stuff for free (heck, I even got a N-3B extreme weather parka, Mickey Mouse boots, and N-1B Mukluks). Developers bought the housing area and tried to develop it as St. Marie. The runway and buildings that served the B-52s and F101 Voodoos that were there, were purchased by a Boeing subsidiary and is used by Boeing. In fact, Boeing landed a jet there a few weeks ago (touch-n-go) during a test flight. Also heard that while the 737-Max8 project was grounded and Boeing kept building, many Max8s were ferried to that site (along with the former Moses Lake AFB in Washington). YOu should have explored the things like the old hospital, theater, etc. It's interesting. Also, you should have gone further north to Ophiem and then out to the west of that town to see the old Cold War radar site. I grew up in that area and remember Glasgow AFB well. B-52s flying low over the prairie, F-101s breaking the sound barrier, open houses every year. Ask me about the time, as a dumb kid, how I SOSed a B-52 to investigate my distress call.

[@laurarogers8375]

Just a slight correction: Moses Lake is the town's name which is located at the former Larson AFB.

[@gunman-6646]

Man, that is a scary place! Reminds me of the horror movie, (people of the hills). I wouldn't want to get out of my car there.

[@elenawester9359]

Glasgow MT is in Valley County.

[@MT_Madman]

Several abandon bases or more specific base housing areas. A couple I'm real familiar with; Grissom AFB and Ft Harrison in Indiana, the SAVE site between Belleville and Freeburg IL.

[@gluonjck63]

One of the towns I find fascinating is Broadus, MT- I always stay at the Sagebrush Inn. Usually on my way to Glacier National Park, Yellowstone, or Devils Tower. Peaceful anytime but driving down through the gorge in Winter is terrifying.

[@yabbadabba2887]

Something doesn't add up. The turn off for Devils Tower is 50 miles to the southeast of Broadus. The other 2 destinations are WAY west.

[@luannewulf8731]

Try Froid, Mt. lived there in 1949/50! Also 18 miles north east of Wolf Point! Still surviving more or less!

[@777dolf1]

This town reminds me of Silver Peak Nevada.

[@georgewheeldon-f8s]

english viewer here that was insane id love it there bar the evil winters

[@danmcn61]

What happened to the "town" in the Paradise Valley where the Church Universal & Triumphant (CUT) were living? Is that still there?

[@v.m.8472]

Old base housing! These are comfortable and good old homes to fix up!

[@beckyforbis4858]

Reminds me a lot of Kevin, MT.

[@SandieCastaneda]

Where do people shop for food and supplies??

[@robdavidson4945]

Glasgow, MT is about 25 minutes away and has some shopping. However nearest population big enough for a Wal-Mart is Havre, MT or Williston, North Dakota. About 2hr. 45 minutes to around 3 hrs. That's in good weather. Winters can get down - 40's with high winds and whiteouts in the winter. Good people though in the whole region.

[@jalqassar]

Well I know of a secet little town, near my cabin, in Idaho. Its a long road, then adirt road, into the deepest mountains, then hidden behind huge trees, a circular groupd of tiny houses. There is that only roadin and out. They dont talk to strangers,only each other.

[@ouivalerie]

Winters said to go down to -40 degrees there. Just too cold, so without the military jobs nobody wants to stay.

[@AllanHunter-c2l]

I have traveled in Montana many times and have kin folk in Hamilton. I went across Hwy #2 and got into Cour De lane Idaho on the way to Seattle, Washington.

[@TheWriterWalker]

Oh, my! Seems like a setting for an Ira Levin or a Dean Koontz novel.

[@davemaglish247]

I have to admit that certainly is a one-of-a-kind Retirement Community

[@groverearp2600]

What are the HOA fees ?

[@KellyK2006]

It looks like it might be an interesting place to visit for Halloween lol.

[@LivinginMontana1]

It is!

[@wailingapplecore7558]

There’s an Elm street in St. Marie! Lots of kids dare each other to walk down it at night in the pitch dark

[@gordonrieber9775]

Affordable housing in Montana. 😊😊

[@LivinginMontana1]

It sure is!

[@TimothyGibson-n4x]

Friggin hush, y’all!… Lol…

[@chrysantha9769]

Lived in MT 1992-1995 at Forsyth, Rosebud County...150 mi due east from Billings. 1500 people, and 150 AF. (of which we were....) Average age of the towns people was 72. They didn't like the AF and put up with us, because we brought in money. (next BIG town was Miles City, 40 mins due east...where we had to buy groceries.) They closed the base at Forsyth in 1995. I have a LOT of thoughts about MT and I will not bore you with any of them...suffice it to say, it was NOT my favorite place to live....but then we moved to FL and it's not my fav either.🤐

[@donaldperson948]

Any farms for sale there with a decent house and barns on a piece of property for sale?

[@RockPunkFloyd]

Lived in identical housing as a kid on Ellsworth and then Minot AFB, late 60s and early 70s.

[@rondean2733]

You must be new to Montana! This is a known cold war relic. Now Boeing operates the air field at St. Marie.

[@LivinginMontana1]

Lived here over 20 years now, still not a local!

[@rondean2733]

Montana has some treasures!

[@johnwicked4982]

What can you say about Conrad Montana?

[@michaele.ebright8834]

Have you checked out two dot montana?

[@michealemower8184]

I was born and raised in montana im from kalispell its wonderful here but cold

[@dillbill4453]

Great place in highschool sneaking into the hospital was cool and scary was grad of 09