Powderville, Montana
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Montana, United States}}
{{For|the similarly spelled place in South Carolina|Powdersville, South Carolina}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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Powderville, also Elkhorn Crossing is an unincorporated community in northeastern Powder River County, Montana, United States, along the Powder River. It is a small cluster of buildings that lies along local roads northeast of the town of Broadus, the county seat of Powder River County.Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 61. Its elevation is 2,828 feet (862 m).
History
{{Infobox military installation
| name = Powder River Telegraph Station
| location = near Powderville, Powder River County, Montana
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| type = Outpost
| ownership = Private property
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| built = 1878
| builder = U.S. Army
| materials = Wood
| demolished = 1883 (decommissioned)
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| past_commanders = Private Leopold Hohman, Private Shultz
| garrison = detachments from 5th U.S. Infantry, 2nd U.S. Cavalry
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On September 7, 1865, the right and middle columns of the Powder River Expedition crossed the future site of Powderville while traveling south upriver. That evening, the columns camped several miles to the south and buried three soldiers who had died during the day.
The Powder River Telegraph Station was a U.S. Army telegraph repair station that existed from 1878 until 1883 along the Powder River in southeastern Montana Territory. Today the site is within Powder River County.
The Powder River Telegraph Repair Station was established on November 1, 1878 by soldiers of the 9th U.S. Infantry from Camp Devin on the right bank of the Powder River in southeastern Montana Territory, along the Black Hills to Fort Keogh telegraph route. Private Leopold Hohman, of Company E, 5th Infantry was assigned to the station on December 20, 1878, and given command. Privates J. Broderick and L. Smith, also of the 5th Infantry, were transferred to the outpost in early 1879 as repairmen, and the line was opened for communication in April. The opening skirmish of the Mizpah Creek Incidents, in which two U.S. Army telegraph repairmen were shot by Cheyenne warriors, took place nearby on April 5, 1879. By 1881, the outpost was "supplied with a complete set of telegraph instruments and repair tools" and maintained "66 miles of wire" between the sections of the Little Missouri Telegraph Station and that of Fort Keogh. Private Hohman left the station on April 14, 1881, and was honorably discharged that May, but he didn't leave the Powder River without leaving his mark. On a hill now called Soldiers Mount that overlooks the site of the station on the east side of the Powder River, Hohman carved his name, role, company, regiment, and the years he served the station onto a sandstone boulder that can still be read today. Hohman's rock is located about one mile east of the present-day community of Powderville. After Hohman left, Private Shultz of the 2nd Cavalry took over command of the station, and the force was decreased by one man. By the early 1880s, the route of the telegraph line became the Deadwood-Miles City stagecoach road, and in 1885 the civilian community of Powderville was built adjacent to the station. In 1885 it became a stage stop when the Deadwood to Miles City, Montana stagecoach line was established along the route of the telegraph line, crossing the Powder River at Elkhorn Crossing. The Powder River telegraph repair station was decommissioned in 1883, although U.S. Army troops from Fort Keogh continued operating in the area into the 1890s.{{cite web|title=Annual Report of the Chief Signal Officer of the Army to the Secretary of War|year = 1881|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KVkiAQAAMAAJ&q=little+missouri+telegraph+repair+station+1878+7th+cavalry&pg=PA238|publisher=United States Army Signal Corps, 1879|accessdate=3 December 2017}}
Although Powderville is unincorporated, it had a post office with the ZIP code of 59345, from 1885 until 2011.[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=59345 Zip Code Lookup]
Powderville has its own Boot Hill Cemetery. It is located on a hill overlooking the old post office.
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Powderville has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=196642&cityname=Powderville%2C+Montana%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Powderville, Montana]
{{Weather box
|location = Powderville, Montana, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1964–present
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high F = 68
|Feb record high F = 71
|Mar record high F = 84
|Apr record high F = 91
|May record high F = 102
|Jun record high F = 110
|Jul record high F = 110
|Aug record high F = 109
|Sep record high F = 105
|Oct record high F = 97
|Nov record high F = 79
|Dec record high F = 70
|Jan avg record high F = 52.5
|Feb avg record high F = 56.6
|Mar avg record high F = 71.6
|Apr avg record high F = 80.6
|May avg record high F = 87.8
|Jun avg record high F = 95.4
|Jul avg record high F = 102.0
|Aug avg record high F = 100.5
|Sep avg record high F = 96.3
|Oct avg record high F = 83.5
|Nov avg record high F = 68.4
|Dec avg record high F = 54.2
|year avg record high F = 103.5
|Jan high F = 32.4
|Feb high F = 36.4
|Mar high F = 48.5
|Apr high F = 59.4
|May high F = 69.5
|Jun high F = 79.7
|Jul high F = 90.0
|Aug high F = 89.1
|Sep high F = 77.6
|Oct high F = 60.6
|Nov high F = 45.7
|Dec high F = 34.8
|year high F =
|Jan mean F = 21.3
|Feb mean F = 25.1
|Mar mean F = 35.8
|Apr mean F = 46.2
|May mean F = 56.3
|Jun mean F = 66.0
|Jul mean F = 74.4
|Aug mean F = 72.9
|Sep mean F = 61.8
|Oct mean F = 47.2
|Nov mean F = 33.5
|Dec mean F = 23.5
|year mean F =
|Jan low F = 10.1
|Feb low F = 13.7
|Mar low F = 23.1
|Apr low F = 33.0
|May low F = 43.1
|Jun low F = 52.4
|Jul low F = 58.9
|Aug low F = 56.6
|Sep low F = 46.0
|Oct low F = 33.8
|Nov low F = 21.4
|Dec low F = 12.1
|year low F =
|Jan avg record low F = -19.1
|Feb avg record low F = -13.9
|Mar avg record low F = -3.5
|Apr avg record low F = 13.1
|May avg record low F = 25.4
|Jun avg record low F = 38.1
|Jul avg record low F = 45.6
|Aug avg record low F = 40.3
|Sep avg record low F = 28.2
|Oct avg record low F = 12.2
|Nov avg record low F = -3.1
|Dec avg record low F = -14.2
|year avg record low F = -27.2
|Jan record low F = -38
|Feb record low F = -39
|Mar record low F = -34
|Apr record low F = -7
|May record low F = 12
|Jun record low F = 20
|Jul record low F = 25
|Aug record low F = 27
|Sep record low F = 11
|Oct record low F = -13
|Nov record low F = -28
|Dec record low F = -45
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.43
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.51
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.74
|Apr precipitation inch = 1.64
|May precipitation inch = 2.84
|Jun precipitation inch = 2.68
|Jul precipitation inch = 1.72
|Aug precipitation inch = 1.23
|Sep precipitation inch = 1.25
|Oct precipitation inch = 1.16
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.47
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.35
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|Jan snow inch = 5.4
|Feb snow inch = 5.8
|Mar snow inch = 5.1
|Apr snow inch = 2.6
|May snow inch = 1.1
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 1.7
|Nov snow inch = 3.3
|Dec snow inch = 4.9
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|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 5.9
|Feb precipitation days = 6.1
|Mar precipitation days = 6.3
|Apr precipitation days = 8.5
|May precipitation days = 10.1
|Jun precipitation days = 9.9
|Jul precipitation days = 7.1
|Aug precipitation days = 5.4
|Sep precipitation days = 5.5
|Oct precipitation days = 6.7
|Nov precipitation days = 5.2
|Dec precipitation days = 4.7
|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 4.5
|Feb snow days = 4.2
|Mar snow days = 3.0
|Apr snow days = 1.5
|May snow days = 0.2
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.8
|Nov snow days = 2.4
|Dec snow days = 3.6
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00246691&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access
|access-date = August 7, 2022
}}
|source 2 = National Weather Service
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=byz
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data
|access-date = August 7, 2022
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See also
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External links
- [http://www.virtualmontana.com/communities/Powderville.htm Community profile on VirtualMontana.com]
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Powder River County, Montana