Gilmore - Idaho Ghost Town

GILMORE

NAME: Gilmore
COUNTY: Lemhi
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 4
CLIMATE: Cool winter and summer.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime.

COMMENTS: A lot to see!
REMAINS: Some remnants.

A road leading south from Salmon (highway 28) at the junction of highway 93 and highway 28, will lead through the towns of Tendoy, Lemhi, Leadore and then Gilmore. Mostly farming communities, the early settlers were colonizing Mormons with the exception of Gilmore, which was a mining town. Attempts to mill the ore locally failed. Freight wagons and mule teams were employed to haul ore to a smelter at Nicholia. All operations at Gilmore ceased when the smelter burned down. In 1910, the railroad reached Gilmore and ore was shipped by rail to Montana. Prosperity lasted until the depression years of 1929 when all major mines were closed for good. The closing of the mines forced the railroad to remove the tracks and Gilmore became a ghost town. The hotel, which hasn't had a guest since, is still in fairly good condition given the passage of time. Submitted by Henry Chenoweth.	Gilmore Courtesy Dan Mason Gilmore Courtesy Dan Mason Gilmore Courtesy Dan Mason Gilmore Courtesy Dan Mason Gilmore Courtesy Dan Mason Gilmore Courtesy Dan Mason Gilmore Courtesy Dan Mason Gilmore Courtesy Dan Mason Gilmore Courtesy Dan Mason Gilmore Courtesy Dan Mason Gilmore Courtesy Dan Mason Gilmore Courtesy Dan Mason

A road leading south from Salmon (highway 28) at the junction of highway 93 and highway 28, will lead through the towns of Tendoy, Lemhi, Leadore and then Gilmore.

Mostly farming communities, the early settlers were colonizing Mormons with the exception of Gilmore, which was a mining town. Attempts to mill the ore locally failed. Freight wagons and mule teams were employed to haul ore to a smelter at Nicholia. All operations at Gilmore ceased when the smelter burned down. In 1910, the railroad reached Gilmore and ore was shipped by rail to Montana. Prosperity lasted until the depression years of 1929 when all major mines were closed for good. The closing of the mines forced the railroad to remove the tracks and Gilmore became a ghost town. The hotel, which hasn't had a guest since, is still in fairly good condition given the passage of time. Submitted by Henry Chenoweth.

Gilmore
Courtesy Dan Mason

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