In late spring of 1886, a dramatic event that haunts our town unfolded. Four men, drawn by the call of gold, established a camp on a broad gravel bar along the northern edge of the Snake River. Three of them had traveled together, partners in pursuit of Montana riches that had so far eluded them. They were German immigrants named Henry Welter, T.H. Tiggerman, and August Kellenberger. The fourth, another German named John Tonnar, joined their hopeful enterprise later. Their pa