When’s the Last Time You Visited Last Chance, Montana?

WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU VISITED LAST CHANCE, MONTANA? Never, you say. Naw, that isn't right. This writer was there a couple years ago. Of course, we don't call it that anymore. But this original name in 1864 was in honor of the second biggest placer gold deposit ever found in Montana Territory, the Last Chance Gulch. Over two decades,it gave up $3.6 billion in gold, making “Last Chance,” one of the wealthiest cities in the country at the time. Obviously, they saw that wealth coming and the