The Ruby Valley has an thrilling and engaging history with stories of the gold rush, road bandits, vigilantes, cattle barrons, entrepreneurs and much more.  While we collect and organize this information, we hope you'll click on the links below for different perspectives on the history of this wild west valley.

For a quick historical overview, please click on this link and scroll down to the bottom of the page -  http://www.4riversmontana.com/twin-bridges-montana.html.

The Ruby Valley is surrounded by four majestic mountain ranges.  The Tobacco Root Mountain Range is within walking distance of most of our communities (a long walk sometimes!).  The following link provides some history and bit of geography - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_Root_Mountains. 

Do you love stories of the old west?  This website is a rich vein of history on the vigilantes and southwestern Montana.  http://montana-vigilantes.org/

Want some old hisory, ancient history, history as old as rocks?  Check out - http://www.sheridanwired.com/content/view/20/41/ for the geological perspective of the Ruby Valley and much more local information.