Montana Moments

The demise of Dorothy’s business partly came about because of her civic conscience. Downtown Helena was seedy and deteriorating, and Dorothy...

Prohibition and World War I brought reforms, and Helena, along with two hundred other American cities, closed its old red-light district in ...

Scobey, the seat of Daniels County, has Montana’s most unusual courthouse. It is a stunning false-fronted building, painted a crisp white. B...

In 1910, the hatchet-wielding, bar-smashing temperance crusader Carrie Nation came to Butte. At that time Butte had 275 saloons; even Mayor...

Every western town had its houses of ill repute. In Montana, a few significant remnants of these colorful businesses survive. There’s the Du...

What are you up to this week, history buffs? Tomorrow I'll be presenting a fun and informative program: “Helena on the Light Side,” a hu...