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times than I can
count. My re-
search for this
article is the
first time I ever
came across
C r a c k e r v i l l e ,
but at one time
it was an actu-
al town—hard
to say when,
though. The website Roadside Thoughts mentions Crackerville
and even points to a site that lists nearby towns as found in an
1895 Rand McNally Atlas. Alas, that site indicates that it has no
information on Crackerville but does mention Gregson being
two miles away. Gregson I've heard of. There is even an I-90 exit
for Gregson, which takes you to Fairmont Hot Springs. For what
it's worth, Montana Secondary 441 runs between I-90 at Greg-
son and Montana
1 at Opportunity.
Mapquest shows
it as "Crackerville
Road."
West of Ana-
conda, two ghost
towns lie near the
line with Granite
County. South-
ern Cross is all
that's left of a mining camp that at one time had 500 residents.
It overlooks Georgetown Lake from 7,000 feet above sea level.
The lake, split almost in half between Deer Lodge and Granite
Counties, looks like a normal mountain lake, but is an artificial
reservoir formed when Flint Creek was dammed to provide pow-
er to the mines of Philipsburg. The resulting reservoir covered
the historic town of Georgetown, although a few buildings and
