DescriptionThis site began in 1912 as the Montana State Tuberculosis Sanitarium and was named for Montana’s attorney general, Albert J. Galen. The sanitarium traced its origins to Jim McNally, a Butte carpenter and progressive state legislator, who introduced the bill to establish the facility one year after his brother died of “miner’s lung.” Soon after the site was selected, the Anaconda Company donated $35,000 toward the sanitarium’s construction, and the first miner arrived for treatment in 1913. As the incidence of tuberculosis declined, the hospital began treating respiratory diseases and drug and alcohol abuse and handled transfer patients from Warm Springs State Hospital. Galen closed its doors as a state hospital in 1993, and the State Land Board sold the 80-acre, 28-building campus to Anaconda–Deer Lodge County in 1998. Nine of the original hospital buildings still stand, forming part of the Montana State Tuberculosis Sanitarium Historic District.Personal NamesGalen, Albert J.McNally, JimOther Name(s)Montana State Tuberculolosis SanitariumContributing InstitutionMontana Historical Society Library and ArchivesGeolocation[1] Elevation4756 ft.CountyDeer Lodge County
