This article originally appeared in the Helena Independent Record. Written by Phil Drake. A grant from the Montana History Foundation may help unravel mysteries that some Chinese people buried a long time ago in Montana have taken to the grave. Among the $212,147 the foundation recently awarded for 28 projects across Montana was $10,000 for “Montana’s Read More »
This story originally appeared on KTVH.com. Written by Jonathon Ambarian. Monday was Montana’s 132nd birthday. The state joined the Union on November 8, 1889. In Helena, leaders marked the occasion by recognizing a teacher for her work to share Montana’s story with her students. April Wills, a fifth-grade teacher from Bainville, in northeastern Montana, received Read More »
This article originally appeared in the Independent Record. Written by Nolan Lister. Every year on Nov. 8 at exactly 10:40 a.m., the Centennial Bell housed in the Montana Capitol building rotunda is rung by special guests to commemorate the Treasure State’s statehood. This year’s special guests were Bainville Public School teacher April Wills and some Read More »
This article originally appeared in The Lake County Leader. By Zen Parry. Call any of the nine museums of the Mission Valley Museum consortium and you will likely be talking to the founder or a family member involved with the museum. Visit one of those museums and connections to our local community unfold as artifacts Read More »
This article originally appeared in the Ravalli Republic. By Perry Backus. Friends of Fort Owen invites the public to a “Mud Party” hands-on interpretive event on Saturday, Sept. 18, anytime between 11 am and 3 pm at Fort Owen State Park in Stevensville. Interpretive stations will focus on the art and science of making adobe Read More »
This article originally appeared in the Laurel Outlook. The exterior stucco restoration and painting of the Buses of Yellowstone Preservation Trust’s historic building in Red Lodge was recently completed. The weeks of hard work and skilled craftsmanship are readily visible to all who pass by or visit the building. The historic building was built in Read More »
By: Hannah Clemenson History Hikes and Walks continues this summer in downtown Helena, guiding locals and tourists alike through the landscape and its colorful history. These experiences are made engaging and educational by the guides that lead our hikes and walks. Zach Coe is one of them. He’s a Helena native with a master’s degree Read More »
This article originally appeared in the Ravalli Republic. Written by Michelle McConnaha. The Friends of Fort Owen State Park are asking for community help in searching for a deposit of clay or sticky silt in the Bitterroot Valley, to help with a restoration project. The original exterior adobe wall of the East Barracks has been Read More »
This story originally appeared in the Independent Record. Written by Brett French. An Ekalaka-area rancher’s desire to preserve old apple trees growing on abandoned homesteads is bearing fruit through a preservation program. To save the old trees, portions of their limbs will be cut off in the fall and grafted onto 10 root stock trees Read More »
This story originally appeared in the Ravalli Republic. Written by Perry Backus. A new chapter is set to begin soon at Fort Owen State Park. On July 1, the gates will officially open to one of Montana’s smallest state parks that preserves a place with a long and storied past. For the first time since Read More »