Pony, Montana

Pony
Unincorporated area
Pony, Montana
Coordinates: 45°39′31″N 111°53′40″W / 45.65861°N 111.89444°W / 45.65861; -111.89444Coordinates: 45°39′31″N 111°53′40″W / 45.65861°N 111.89444°W / 45.65861; -111.89444
Website	www.ponymontana.com

Pony Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Town of Pony, SW of Harrison, Pony, Montana
Area	192 acres (78 ha)
Architectural style	Queen Anne, other
MPS	Pony MRA
NRHP Reference #	87001264
Added to NRHP	August 4, 1987

Pony is an unincorporated community in northeastern Madison County, Montana, United States on the eastern edge of the Tobacco Root Mountains. It includes the 192 acres (78 ha) Pony Historic District, a historic district with 95 contributing buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The town gained its name from the nickname of one of its early miners, Tecumseth Smith, a small man nicknamed "Pony" because of his diminutive size.

Settled in the 1860s, in the late nineteenth century, Pony was a prosperous gold-mining community with at least 5,000 residents. Mining operations declined in the early 20th century and all were closed by 1922. A number of historic buildings from Pony's boom era remain in the old town today.

Former Montana Lieutenant Gov. Karl Ohs owned a ranch in Pony.

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