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Bearcreek was a coal mining town in the early 1900s, named for Bear Creek, which runs through the town. At its peak, Bearcreek and the surrounding communities of Washoe, New Caledonia, Chickentown, Scotch Coulee, International, and Stringtown, had a population of about 3,000 people, most of whom worked in the coal mines. Today, those surrounding towns are almost completely gone, with only a few houses and a quilt shop marking Washoe, currently the largest of them. A rail spur ran to the mines in and around Bearcreek from Belfry, MontanaBelfry for extracting the coal. From Belfry, it could be taken north to Billings, Montana or south to Cody, Wyoming. On February 27, 1943, the Smith Mine disasterSmith Mine #3 exploded in the worst coal Mining accidentsmining accident in the history of Montana, killing 74 men and sealing the fate of the coal mining industry around Bear Creek. Today, the rail spur has been removed, and no active mining is done in the area. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearcreek%2C_Montana
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