Geyser - 59447

It is common knowledge in the area that the old town of Geyser derived its names from the mud geysers which still mark the location of the old town.

The present town Geyser adopted the name of the old stage station when the town was moved to its present location on the railroad. In the very early days, it was a stagecoach overnight stopping place on the trail from Lewistown to Great Falls. There are few people who know who named it, and the circumstances surrounding the choosing of this name by the men who laid out the old Great Falls-Lewistown stage route.

During the years of 1907 and 1908 while the railroad was being constructed through the Geyser area a great many new people were coming into this new homestead tract. A great many of them were Finnish people who had originally come from the rural areas of Finland and had first obtained employment in the coal mining towns of Sand Coulee, Stockett, Belt and the silver mines of Neihart.  This homestead land was quite an inducement to these new Finnish immigrants who could now obtain a free homestead.

Today, many generations still continue to live in this area from the past homestead immigrants who came here to obtain the free homestead. While the Geyser Community Hall is still active in the community and businesses are open in town, the main focus is and still continues to be the Geyser School. (from Furrows and Trails in Judith Basin)