Montana Moments

Montana Historical Society Photograph Archives, PAc 91-69.64 I hope that today's photograph gives you a chuckle. This woman is a ta...

When Congress created Montana Territory in 1864, women had few opportunities. Not only could they not vote, they could not work in most prof...

At the top of the stone tablet carved into the north entrance of the Lewis and Clark County Courthouse in Helena, you’ll find the name Lewis...

The deaths of Hattie and William Moore caused much speculation. The couple married in 1872 and ranched along the Benton-to-Helena Road where...

Montana Historical Society Photograph Archives, PAc 90-87 4-3 Mabel Williams brings water to the threshing crew on her family's far...

Here’s a story that will give you chills even on the hottest summer day. The story of Frozen Charlotte is a Maine folktale. A short notice i...

Montana Historical Society Photograph Archives, PAc 82-23.42 Nothing says "summer" like a juicy watermelon. The women who enj...

Sixteen-year-old Marie Gibson’s marriage was on the rocks, so she joined her parents on their homestead near Havre in 1914. With the encoura...

Update: I originally titled this post "10,000 Miles by Stage" by mistake. The actual title of Carrie Strahorn's book is 15,000...

Early Roman Catholic institutions in Montana included missions, schools, and hospitals. Many Protestants saw a great need to balance things ...

The Culbertson Searchlight reported on March 25, 1910, that Easter customs have a long and colorful history. The idea that folks should wea...

A small colony of five Sisters of the House of the Good Shepherd arrived in Helena in 1889 at the invitation of Bishop John Brondel. He was ...

Montana Historical Society Photograph Archives, PAc 90-87 200 Netty Archdale feeds her pet antelope on her ranch in eastern Montana. Th...

Helenans may be familiar with the story of the sheriff’s wife who died in the Lewis and Clark County jail when her husband’s gun discharged....

Montana Historical Society  Photograph Archives, PAc 82-88.2 Esther Vance was Montana's first licensed aviatrix. She received he...

On a homestead beneath the picturesque Sleeping Giant in the Prickly Pear Valley, Fannie Sperry’s mother taught her to ride almost before sh...

The Montana Chapter of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union or WCTU, formed in 1883. The national organization was primarily evangelical a...

The U.S. Treasury Department, the State of Montana, the Ford Motor Company, New York Life Insurance Company, and the First National Bank of ...

Montana Historical Society Photograph Archives, PAc 74-37 61 These women met in Helena for Montana's first state convention of B...

Prohibition ’s failure had some consequences no one seemed to anticipate. Illegal moonshine flowed more freely than legal booze either befor...