{"id":59,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:40:05","latitude":45.19020421081300042942530126310884952545166015625,"longitude":-109.2477341462499680346809327602386474609375,"title":"The Rocky Fork &amp; Cooke City Railway Depot","subtitle":"Red Lodge Commercial Historic District","fullsize":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/cb5448f5915064be33e41ab7eafa377c.jpg","address":"11 West 8th Street, Red Lodge, Montana","all_locations":[],"zoom":17,"creator":["Montana National Register Sign Program"],"description":"Coal was discovered in the upper Rock Creek Valley in 1866. The Rocky Fork Development Company purchased the mines in 1887 and actively lobbied the Northern Pacific Railway for a branch line to carry the coal to markets throughout Montana. In 1889, the Rocky Fork &amp; Cooke City Railway reached Red Lodge, causing a boom in the population and fortunes of the new community. The Northern Pacific formally acquired the line in 1890 and abandoned it after World War II. Built in 1889 and expanded in 1904, this classic Craftsman style depot provided, for many, their first glimpse of Red Lodge and the Beartooth Mountains. The flared eaves, eave brackets, shiplap siding, and irregular configuration of the building were hallmarks of Northern Pacific depots along the railroad’s main and branch lines. At one time, this building sported a second floor which served as the living quarters for the railroad’s agent in Red Lodge. Since 1982, the old depot has been the home of the Carbon County Arts Guild.","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"Private","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/f8b08e86-d03b-4868-9cc0-def05e2655c1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read about the Red Lodge Commercial Historic District</a>","<a href=\"https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/839e62c4-1039-4929-a4ca-251b9845a691/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See photos of the Red Lodge Commercial Historic District</a>"],"factoids":[],"files":{"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/cb5448f5915064be33e41ab7eafa377c.jpg":{"id":179,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"NPRR Passenger Depot, Red Lodge","description":"NPRR Passenger Depot, Red Lodge<br />\r\n1980 photo<br />\r\n(verso unavailable)<br />\r\nb&amp;w print | Official records of the Montana State Historic Preservation Office, Helena, Montana | 1980 | Unidentified photographer","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/cb5448f5915064be33e41ab7eafa377c.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/135ac1620721ce832697982c2421342b.jpg":{"id":180,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"NPRR Passenger Depot, Red Lodge","description":"NPRR Passenger Depot, Red Lodge<br />\r\n1980 photo<br />\r\n(verso unavailable)<br />\r\nb&amp;w prints | Official records of the Montana State Historic Preservation Office, Helena, Montana | 1980 | Unidentified photographer","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/135ac1620721ce832697982c2421342b.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/12f62c45953cd35a6901f8ec6799666e.jpg":{"id":181,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"NPRR Passenger Depot, Red Lodge","description":"NPRR Passenger Depot, Red Lodge<br />\r\n1980 photo<br />\r\n(verso unavailable)<br />\r\nb&amp;w print | Official records of the Montana State Historic Preservation Office, Helena, Montana | 1980 | Unidentified photographer","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/12f62c45953cd35a6901f8ec6799666e.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/e2e25c2926cabe062025f1e7adb37215.jpg":{"id":226,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"First Group of volunteers, Red Lodge, Montana","description":"First Group of volunteers, Red Lodge, Montana<br />\r\nCommunity of Red Lodge turns out to bid farewell to the first group of volunteers of WWI<br />\r\nMay 1917<br />\r\nCatalog #950-576 | Montana Historical Society Research Center Photograph Archives, Helena, Montana | May 1917 | Unidentified photographer","thumbnail":"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/square_thumbnails/e2e25c2926cabe062025f1e7adb37215.jpg"},"https://mail.historicmt.org/files/fullsize/925d998a8f7bd67d79f9cb502ddc4784.jpg":{"id":624,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"The Northern Pacific Railroad Depot (Rocky Fork &amp; Cooke City Railway Depot), streetview","description":"Still image capture of the Northern Pacific Railroad Depot located at 8th &amp; Oakes. 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