History Lost & Found

Riddle: After stealing from Montgomery's best, these robbers tried to avoid arrest. To this house they ran away, their ghosts might be there to this day.

Answer: Chilton-Dean House

 

The Chilton Home was originally owned by Reverend Thomas Chilton until he died in 1854. Then David Dean bought the home in the 1880s. In that time he built the picket fence from some wood he had in his mill. After that, Greg Hudson purchased the house in 1884, where he lived while serving as mayor of Montgomery. The current owners, the Johnson’s, got the home in 1996 and turned it into a bed and breakfast. Fred and Betty Harvey have lived in the home since 2000.

 

There is a story that on December 28th 1868, the Jesse James gang rode into town and started a shootout. They were running because the gang, including Bob Oliver, stole a horse from the Cartwright Family. Ultimately, all four members of the James Gang were killed in the shootout. They were buried at the New Montgomery cemetery, but their exact burial places are unknown.