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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Bowler. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Bowler to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bowler, please Contact Us.

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Bowler (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Bowler. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Bowler is historic, it would have been located within present day Carbon County.

To see how the shape of Montana's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Carbon County: Big Horn, Park, Stillwater, Yellowstone, Big Horn (WY) & Park (WY).

Below are the counties that are near Bowler. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Bowler:

  • Carbon County     (The home county of Bowler)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bowler, with the one closest to Bowler listed first.
    • Bridger
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridger have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridger
      • Bridger is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridger <3>
    • Belfry
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Fromberg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fromberg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fromberg
      • Fromberg is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fromberg <3>
    • Edgar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Bearcreek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Joliet
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joliet have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joliet
      • Joliet is located in Carbon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 666 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Joliet <3>
    • Boyd
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Roberts
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Red Lodge
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Big Horn County
    • Pryor
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pryor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor
      • Pryor is located in Big Horn County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pryor <3>
  • Big Horn County (WY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bowler, with the one closest to Bowler listed first.
    • Frannie
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frannie
      • Frannie is located in Big Horn County (WY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frannie <3>
    • Deaver
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deaver
      • Deaver is located in Big Horn County (WY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deaver <3>
    • Cowley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowley
      • Cowley is located in Big Horn County (WY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowley <3>
    • Lovell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovell
      • Lovell is located in Big Horn County (WY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,327 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lovell <3>
    • Byron
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
      • Byron is located in Big Horn County (WY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 592 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Byron <3>
  • Park County (WY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bowler, with the one closest to Bowler listed first.
    • Garland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
      • Garland is located in Park County (WY)
    • Clark
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Bowler, see our County-by-County Page for Bowler.

Cemeteries Near Bowler ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bowler.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Bowler covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bowler, with the one closest to Bowler listed first.

  • Bowler Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bowler Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bowler Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Teeples Ranch Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Teeples Ranch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Teeples Ranch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bridger Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bridger Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bridger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Belfry Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Wrangler Ditch Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wrangler Ditch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wrangler Ditch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Singgood Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Singgood Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Singgood Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • The Singgood Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Sing Good Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #21116 <4>
  • Big Day Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Gebo Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gebo Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Gebo Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<6> to the southeast of Fromberg.
    • The Gebo Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Fromberg Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2175533 <4>
  • Pryor Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Plenty Coups State Park Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rockvale Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rockvale Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rockvale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (24 more) ...
    • Bearcreek Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Chance Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chance Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chance Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Deadman Creek Grave
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Deadman Creek Grave
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Deadman Creek Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.

While we didn't find Bowler in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bowler.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Bowler, with the one closest to Bowler listed first.

  • Red Lodge
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Clark
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lovell
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovell
    • Lovell is located in Big Horn County (WY)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,327 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lovell <3>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Bowler. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bowler.

Newspapers Published in Bowler ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bowler.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bowler, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bowler.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Bowler:

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bowler, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bowler) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bowler. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.2049, Longitude: -108.7190       In this case, the coordinates for Bowler have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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