Cabins, shops, mills, stone structures, mining equipment, and charcoal kilns still show how work moved from the surrounding slopes into a compact industrial settlement. Custer – Near Stanley, IdahoStabilized buildings give Custer enough shape that visitors can follow its rise without pretending the town survived untouched. By the 1890s, around 600 people lived here, with a school, post office, businesses, community buildings, and homes spread beside the Yankee Fork. Rich gold and silver discoveries during the 1860s created a substantial town with residences, stores, civic buildings, hotels, and mining businesses. Roughly 75 historic structures still shape its streets, including privately owned residences, a church, a school, lodge buildings, and the Idaho Hotel.