admin | March 9, 2010
Just a note: Today marks the 130th anniversary of the entrance of the first railroad into Montana (Territory). On March 9, 1880, the Utah and Northern laid tracks over Monida Pass. In their book “The Battle for Butte,” Michael Malone and William Lang wrote of the occasion: “Butte folks sipped champagne and listened joyously to [...]
Category: 1870s-1880s, Butte, Helena history, Montana Territory, Northern Pacific Railroad, Railroads, Western Montana history, history milestones |
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Tags: Butte history, Helena history, Monida Pass, Utah and Northern
admin | May 20, 2009
Historian Bob Swartout, who has spent the past 31 years teaching at Carroll College in Helena, is helping celebrate the school’s 100th anniversary this year by releasing his new book, “Bold Minds and Blessed Hands: The First Century of Montana’s Carroll College.” Years in the making, the new work looks at the school’s rise as [...]
Category: Commemorations, Helena history |
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Tags: Carroll College, Catholicism, Helena history