Dooley is a former unincorporated village in northeastern Sheridan County, Montana, USA. Sheridan County is a County located in the US state of Montana. Montana ( is a state in the Western United States. One-third of the state in the western part contains numerous mountain ranges (approximately 77 named of the northern The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The town was established as a station stop on the Soo Line Railroad branch line to Whitetail, Montana, constructed in 1913. The Soo Line Railroad is the United States arm of the Canadian Pacific Railway, serving Chicago and the areas to the east and west
Although the land around Dooley attracted numerous homesteaders during the first years following the railroad's completion, the region proved to be unsuited for intensive agricultural use, and by the 1920s the town was in decline. The' Homestead Act' was a United States Federal law that gave an applicant freehold title to 160 Acres (one quarter section or about 65 Hectares Though the railroad remains in operation, Dooley is now a ghost town. A ghost town is a Town or City that has been abandoned usually because the economic activity that supported it has failed or due to natural or human-caused
The post office at Dooley operated from 1914 to 1957. [1]
The only remaining building in Dooley is the long-abandoned Rocky Valley Lutheran Church, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of [2]
References
- ^ Sheriden [sic] County Post Offices. Postalhistory. com. Retrieved on 2008-03-28. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.
- ^ MONTANA - Sheridan County. National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved on 2008-01-30. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain
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