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This Week in Montana History
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This Week in Montana History. Brought to you by your friends at the Montana Historical Society. Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 2016-2017: Here We Come! Supporting Your Presidential Candidate: Free Speech or Contempt of Court. Aug 31 – On this day in Montanahistory in 1953 Mo. Aug 30 – On this day in Montanahistory in 1901 on. Aug 29 – On this day in Montana history in 1916 a. Aug 28 – On this day in Montanahistory in 1878 th. Aug 7 – On this day in 1958 the Missoula T...
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This Week in Montana History
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This Week in Montana History. Brought to you by your friends at the Montana Historical Society. Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 2016-2017: Here We Come! Supporting Your Presidential Candidate: Free Speech or Contempt of Court. Aug 31 – On this day in Montanahistory in 1953 Mo. Aug 30 – On this day in Montanahistory in 1901 on. Aug 29 – On this day in Montana history in 1916 a. Aug 28 – On this day in Montanahistory in 1878 th. Aug 15 – On this day in Montanahistory in 1...
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This Week in Montana History: February 2015
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This Week in Montana History. Brought to you by your friends at the Montana Historical Society. Friday, February 27, 2015. Thursday, February 26, 2015. Wednesday, February 25, 2015. Tuesday, February 24, 2015. Monday, February 23, 2015. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). 2016-2017: Here We Come! Supporting Your Presidential Candidate: Free Speech or Contempt of Court. Feb 27 – On this day in MontanaHistory in 1943 Mo. Feb 26 – On this day in Montanahistory in 1912 the.
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This Week in Montana History
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This Week in Montana History. Brought to you by your friends at the Montana Historical Society. Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Aug 5 – On this day in Montana history in 1949 the Mann Gulch forest fire in the Gates of the Mountains near Helena killed 13 firefighters etching their names into history with the passion of “Young Men and Fire.” Their tragic deaths forever changed the way that forest fires were fought and touched hearts across Montana and the nation. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Aug 13 ̵...
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Montana History Revealed: April 2015
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April 16, 2015. Montana's Ties to the Titanic. Zoe Ann Stoltz, Reference Historian. My first response to the recent question, "Were there any people from Montana on the Titanic. Within moments of hitting the microfilm machine, however, I became obsessed with the stories of the men and women who both perished as well as survived the sinking. Not only were there 17 or more (depending on the source) passengers of the RMS Titanic. Several third and second class passengers were headed for Butte and other Mont...
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Montana History Revealed: January 2015
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January 28, 2015. Happy 150th Anniversary to the Montana Historical Society! It is for our people now to say whether they will preserve the early history of Montana in an enduring form, so that after times may know the thrilling drama here enacted.". Thos J. Dimsdale, Editor, The Montana Post, 1865. Officially incorporated on February 2, 1865*,. The Montana Historical Society and its historians, curators, educators. And librarians have worked diligently through the years to collect,. With its beginnings ...
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Montana History Revealed: Gary Cooper: Helena's Hollywood Hero
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May 18, 2015. Gary Cooper: Helena's Hollywood Hero. By Susan R. Near, Development and Marketing Officer. Gary Cooper publicity photo for "The Westerner;" 1940;. Photo credit: Culver Pictures, Inc. MHS Photo Archives Gary Cooper Research Collection Box 2, Folder 2. Frank Cooper (far left), Arthur, and visiting relatives. At the Cooper Ranch along the Missouri River, ca. 1906. Photo credit: Brown Brothers, NY. MHS Photo Archives Gary Cooper Research Collection, B 1/F 1. Back in Helena, Frank broke his hip ...
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Montana History Revealed: The Indelible Mark of Francis Thompson
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June 30, 2015. The Indelible Mark of Francis Thompson. By Rich Aarstad,. Francis M. Thompson. MHS Photo Archives 945-291. Receipt for purchase of Henry Plummer's coffin and burial. MHS Archives Collection SC 297. Thompson proved a leader in the legislature by carrying bills to fund public education, establishing the Montana Historical Society, and designing and sketching the territorial seal for the new territory. Original sketch of proposed seal for the. Territory of Montana made by. Montana Territorial...
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Montana History Revealed: July 2015
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July 27, 2015. New Index to Montana's Historical Newspaper Ads. Coordinator, Montana Digital Newspaper Project. The Bar is stocked with the finest Liquors and Cigars. Give me a call, boys.". So reads an ad for the Gem Saloon in 1876. MHS Research Center volunteer Josef Warhank has spent the last two years compiling an index to adverts in The Yellowstone Journal. Miles City), 1882-1891, and The New North-West. Deer Lodge), 1869-1885. This wonderful spreadsheet (searchable and sortable! Personal names in ad.
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Montana History Revealed: August 2014
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August 22, 2014. Montana's Role in the War on Poverty: 50th Anniversary of the Passage of the 1964 Economic Opportunity Act. By Matthew M. Peek, MHS Photograph Archivist. In his State of the Union address in January 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a “war on poverty.” Speaking on March 18, 1964, just after a major bill to fight poverty was introduced to Congress, Montana’s U.S. Senator Lee Metcalf expressed his deeply held support:. 65279;. Metcalf testified with Senator Humphrey before a Hou...
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