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January 2005
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"Colo. Street Name To Be Changed"
By The New York Times
January 2, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"The Longmont City Council voted 6-1 this week to change the name of a local street, Chivington Drive, after a group complained that it had racist connotations."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/01/02/national/a07010105_04.txt

"U.S. Forest Service Turning 100"
By The Associated Press
January 2, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"WASHINGTON - In January 1905, as debate raged over clear-cuts and devastating wildfires ravaging the nation's forests, President Theodore Roosevelt convened an American Forest Congress - a landmark event that led to creation of the U.S. Forest Service."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/02/build/nation/50-forest-service.inc

"The Plants Of Lewis And Clark: Samples To Be Displayed In Big Timber"
By Lorna Thackeray
January 2, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"Capt. Meriwether Lewis recorded in his specimen notes that the violet prairie clover he first observed somewhere in Nebraska or South Dakota had medicinal value."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/02/build/magazine/20-plants.inc

"Clark Writes Of Sweet Grass County Journey"
By Lorna Thackeray
January 2, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"Capt. William Clark noted the plant life on his arrival in Sweet Grass County, but he didn't add to a collection of botanical specimens that his compatriot, Capt. Meriwether Lewis, had been amassing."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/02/build/magazine/25-clark-sweetgrass.inc

"Every Flower Has Its Story; Specimens Still Exist"
By Lorna Thackeray
January 2, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"Lewis and Clark explored more than geography during their two-year journey from St. Louis, Mo., to the Pacific Coast and back again."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/02/build/magazine/30-flower-story.inc

"Historical Plant Specimens Had Strange-But-True Odyssey"
By Lorna Thackeray
January 2, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"Botany fascinated Thomas Jefferson, no doubt about it. But it wasn't entirely in pursuit of intellectual satisfaction that the nation's third president instructed Capt. Meriwether Lewis to observe "its growth & vegetable production'' during his exploration of Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/02/build/magazine/35-specimens.inc

"Tribe To Lay Disturbed Spirits To Rest"
By Melanthia Mitchell, Associated Press
January 3, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"PORT ANGELES, Wash. -- Generations of Klallam Indians for years have been told of an ancestral village where their people danced in longhouses and fished off the coast of the Olympic Peninsula."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/01/03/outwest/outwest04.txt

"U.S. Forest Service: Celebration, Criticism Mark Centennial Fest"
By Greg Lemon
January 3, 2005
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
"The U.S. Forest Service will begin its 100th birthday party with the beginning of the Centennial Congress in Washington D.C., Monday, but a national environmental group doesn't see much reason for celebration."
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/01/03/news/news01.txt

"A Place In History: Senator Will Help WWII Flier Find Home For Heroic Artwork"
By Tom Howard
January 3, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"Jim Muri says a piece of artwork that depicts his brilliant, death-defying flight over a Japanese aircraft carrier during the Battle of Midway belongs in a museum. And he has asked Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., to make sure it ends up on public display."
 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/03/build/community/30-place-in-history.inc

"Agency At A Crossroads"
By Matthew Daly, Associated Press
January 3, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"WASHINGTON -- In January 1905, as debate raged over clearcuts and devastating wildfires ravaging the nation's forests, President Theodore Roosevelt convened an American Forest Congress - a landmark event that led to creation of the U.S. Forest Service."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/01/03/outwest/outwest03.txt

"Facade Of Historic Downtown Cheyenne Building Must Come Down"
By The Associated Press
January 5, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"CHEYENNE -- The facade of the building that burned in a fire last week will also have to come down, city building inspectors said."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/05/build/wyoming/38-cheyenne-fire.inc

"Former Devil's Brigade Member Dies At 87"
By The Associated Press
January 7, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"KALISPELL (AP) Ross also was a member of the Devil's Brigade, the legendary World War II Canadian/American special forces unit that trained at Fort Harrison."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/01/07/montana/a10010705_03.txt

"Scholar Brings History To Life"
By Laura Tode
January 7, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Local students and teachers will partake in a living history lesson next week with a visit from Clay Jenkinson, a historical actor who performs character sketches of Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/01/07/helena/a06010705_01.txt

"Museum Hires New Director"
By Candace Chase
DAILY INTER LAKE
January 7, 2005
"The Museum at Central School opens the new year with a new director and a new exhibit highlighting Indian culture."
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2005/01/07/lifestyle/lifestyle01.txt

"Missoula Museum Given 23 Military Lithographs From The Early 1900s"
By Joe Nickell
January 8, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"Last week, the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula received a late Christmas present in the form of 23 rare, first-edition chromolithographs of military illustrations by artist H.A. Ogden."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/01/08/news/local/news02.txt

"Renowned Cowgirl Bobby Brooks Kramer Dies"
By The Associated Press
January 8, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"BILLINGS (AP) Kramer died of natural causes Wednesday at her home here, Dahl Funeral and Cremation Service said. In 2000 she was inducted into The National Cowgirl Museum Hall of Fame at Fort Worth, Texas."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/01/08/montana/c03010805_01.txt

"Indian Relay Retraces Ancestors' Route"
By Mike Stark, BILLINGS GAZETTE
January 8, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"The young Northern Cheyennes woke before dawn Thursday and began running in subzero temperatures in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The young men and women slogged through the wind and snow, retracing on foot a historic 400-mile trek their ancestors took 126 years ago after breaking out of the barracks at Fort Robinson, Neb., en route to Montana."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/01/08/montana/c07010805_02.txt

"Ghost Hunter Pulls Disappearing Act"
By Jamie Kelly
January 8, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"Cemeteries and museums store old bones and old things, and, as you might expect, they're where the ghosts hang out."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/01/08/news/local/news03.txt

"Gussied Up"
By Keila Szpaller
January 13, 2005
MISSOULA INDEPENDENT
"Dressing for success (and the ages) at Fort Missoula."
http://www.missoulanews.com/Archives/News.asp?no=4612

"A Bit More About James W. Whitlatch"
By Dennis McCahon
Sunday, January 9, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"When Jim Whitlatch died, by his own hand, in a lonely San Francisco hotel room on Aug. 1, 1890, he was eulogized as a "soldier of fortune," "pleasure seeker," "bon vivant," known for his "phenomenal luck and unheard-of extravagance"; as "quartz king of the Rockies" who'd also turned up in Alaska, Mexico, South America, "all the mining countries of the world"; as a man whose career had been "as romantic, varied and picturesque as any character of fiction.""
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/01/15/sunday/c01010905_02.txt

"South Missoula Has Become City's Suburban Soul"
By Rob Chaney
January 9, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"The road to South Missoula was once paved with asparagus. The thought amuses Ferris Clouse as he looks at the traffic creeping along Russell Street in front of his Pink Grizzly nursery. When he moved his family here in 1955, Missoula's first planned suburb was still on the to-do list."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/01/09/territory/territory01.txt

"After Five Generations In One House, Family Finds Treasure Trove Of Memorabilia"
By Rod Daniel
January 11, 2005
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
"A Hamilton man and his wife recently moved from the home his family has occupied for almost 80 years. Ren Cleveland's grandfather didn't build the house at 248 Ricketts Road, but he purchased the home and 30-acre orchard tract in 1925 when there were only three other homes on that side of the road."
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/01/11/news/news02.txt

"Art Mobile Exposes Kids To Arts, Montana History"
By Laura Tode
January 11, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Inspired by a traveling art show that rolled right to their doorstep, Smith School students spent part of their afternoon drawing their world with oil pastels. Monday, the Art Mobile of Montana brought an exhibit of some 22 works of art to the school that depict themes from Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/01/11/helena/a07011105_03.txt

"Conservation Easement Preserves Bass Creek Ranch - Forever"
By Rod Daniel
January 12, 2005
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
"When Brooke and Janie Thompson gaze out their kitchen window, they can almost picture what it was like a century ago when Finnish immigrants cleared the land straddling Bass Creek for an 80-acre homestead."
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/01/12/news/news03.txt

"Baker Massacre Memorial Scheduled For Next Week At Blackfeet Community College"
By John McGill
January 12, 2005
GLACIER REPORTER
"Lea Whitford of Blackfeet Community College notes the annual observance of the Bear Creek (Baker) Massacre is set to start Sunday, Jan. 23, at BCC with workshops and speakers. Activities begin at 9 a.m. and the opening ceremonies are slated for 10 a.m. The process starts with an overview of the history of the event and continues with guest lectures about the oral history of the massacre."
http://www.glacierreporter.com/articles/2005/01/12/glacier_reporter/news/news4.txt

"Belt's Downtown Area Given Historic Status"
By The Associated Press
January 13, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"BELT (AP) 's two-block commercial district has been named to the National Register of Historic Places. Belt, founded in 1885 as a stage station on the Great Falls-Lewistown Road, has 15 downtown buildings including a jail that now serves as town museum. Some buildings still show cracked bricks from a 1976 train derailment and explosion that killed two people."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/01/13/montana/a08011305_05.txt

"Ferguson To Inaugurate Museum Speakers’ Series"
January 13, 2005
CARBON COUNTY NEWS
"Red Lodge author Gary Ferguson will lead off the Carbon County Historical Society’s 2005 speakers’ series on Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. at the museum. Ferguson’s presentation will focus on his newest book, "The Great Divide: The Rocky Mountains in the American Mind.""
** Scroll down to find article **
http://www.carboncountynews.com/2002archive/051301.html

"Finally A Good Decision About The Heritage Center"
January 14, 2005
HAVRE DAILY NEWS
"Tuesday is the deadline for submitting bids to purchase the Heritage Center from the city of Havre. After several misfires, this effort seems to be on a good track."
http://www.havredailynews.com/articles/2005/01/14/editorials/ourview.txt

"'A Decent Orderly Lynching' Offers Great Western Writing"
*Book Review*
By Bill Muhlenfeld
January 14, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"When Ike Allen, a kinsman of the author, boarded the steamboat Spread Eagle in St. Louis in 1862, bound for fur trapping in Montana, he had no idea that a faster paddleboat which overtook his transport was carrying Electa Bryan, who was soon to become the wife of Henry Plummer, the corrupt sheriff of Virginia City and, according to the author "the villain in Montana's formative morality play.""
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/01/18/features/roundup/02lynching.txt

"Women In Uniform"
By Ellen Thompson
January 14, 2005
HAVRE DAILY NEWS
"World War II changed the Army, and it changed Ann E. Alt. Alt joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1943, nearly two years after Pearl Harbor. She stayed in the Army, with two brief periods out, and retired in 1970 a lieutenant colonel."
http://www.havredailynews.com/articles/2005/01/14/features/hiline.txt

"True Cowgirl Was 'Tough As Boots'"
By Jan Falstad
January 15, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"Just as in the old days of running horses, Friday's deep snow and cold didn't stop more than 200 people from saying goodbye at a service and party for Bobby Brooks Kramer. A true character of the Old West, Kramer passed on Jan. 5."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/15/build/local/30-kramer_x.inc

"In Anaconda Textile Expert Shows Off Pre-Civil War Quilts"
By Vera Haffey
January 16, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"ANACONDA — Jim Carroll watched the man stuff a quilt around pieces of furniture he was hauling from the flea market, and then suggested a trade for his sleeping bag. In the spur-of-the-moment deal, Carroll walked away with one of the oldest pre-Civil War quilts in his vintage collection: a 100-inch by 10-inch red and white heirloom, centered with an intricate, nine-pointed Star of Bethlehem design. "To him, it was padding," Carroll said this week. "But to me, it was a collectors' piece.""
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/01/16/newsanaconda/hjjejiidjeeefg.txt

"Billings Photographer Captured Culture Of Crow, Northern Cheyenne Tribes"
By Tamara Linse
January 16, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"The rare, century-old images of a Billings photographer and legislator reveal the faces and everyday lives of Crow and Northern Cheyenne people."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/16/build/magazine/20-tribes.inc

"Digging Into His Work"
By Eve Byron
January 17, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"One might say that Carl Davis really digs his work. He's part detective, part scientist and part theorist, which equals total archaeologist. . . "
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/01/17/helena_top/a01011705_02.txt

"Fort Connah Restoration Society Looking For New Members, New Ideas"
By John Stromnes
January 18, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"CHARLO - The Fort Connah Restoration Society is ramping up for 2005 by looking for some new blood to grow innovative programs and continue restoration of the old Hudson Bay Trading Post, the oldest extant wooden structure in Montana."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/01/18/news/mtregional/news08.txt

"Death In The 1930s"
By Lorna Thackeray
January 18, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"Typhoid fever killed Harry Jones four days after Billings police found the 60-year-old transient eating dirt at the city dump on Aug. 6, 1934."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/18/build/local/35-death.inc

"Margaret Woolaghan's Scrapbook"
By Margaret Woolaghan
January 18, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"Margaret Woolaghan was born on January 20, 1902 in Park City, UT. She led an amazing life and kept an interesting scrapbook during her later teens. She went on to become the mother of Jay Nelson, a regular contributor to The Three Rivers Edtition {The Montana Standard} . . . This story of her life comes from her scrapbook."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/01/18/newsthreerivers/hjjejiibiihajb.txt

"Heritage Center Gets Only One Bid"
By Larry Kline
January 19, 2005
HAVRE DAILY NEWS
"The city of Havre received one bid Tuesday in its continuing attempt to sell the Heritage Center."
http://www.havredailynews.com/articles/2005/01/19/local_headlines/heritage.txt

"Labor Temple Restoration Campaign Kicks Off"
By Samantha Abbott
January 20, 2005
CARBON COUNTY NEWS
"The Carbon County Historical Society and Museum is kicking off its "Providing a Future for Our Past" project, a major capital campaign to complete the restoration of the historic Labor Temple."
** Scroll down to find article **
http://www.carboncountynews.com/2002archive/012005.html

"Preservation Appointees To Get Another Look"
By Ginny Merriam
January 21, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"In the past two weeks, Missoula Historic Preservation Commission members Jennifer Anthony and Philip Perszyk have been unappointed, then replaced, then reappointed for the time being as the board weathers a political warp."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/01/21/news/local/news05.txt

"Missoula Artist Hadley Ferguson Set To Transform Downtown Building's Wall Into Largest Painting In Montana"
By Ginny Merriam
January 22, 2005
MISSOULIAN
". . . The sepia-toned historic paintings in the mural depict downtown Missoula in historic times. One group of five paintings shows a street scene, a trolley and historic businesses including Smith Drug. Another painting, tall and skinny, shows the clock on the sidewalk in front of Stoverud's Jewelers back when it was the Kohn clock. Others depict the Missoula Brewery and Highlander beer, the University of Montana campus in its early days, the Star Garage and the Milwaukee and Northern Pacific train depots. Another painting shows the Missoulian newspaper offices in three periods, beginning with a frontier-days office in 1870 and ending with a painting of a press and its operator in 1922."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/01/22/news/local/news02.txt

"Traditional Storytelling Celebrates Life, Nature"
By Mea Andrews
January 23, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"LOLO - Rob Collier's grandmother was the storyteller in his life. She shared tales every day, at every opportunity. Now Collier is sharing what he learned from her and other members of his Nez Perce Indian tribe. On Saturday, at Travelers' Rest State Park, he told nine tribal stories, each explaining some aspect of nature or a moral lesson."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/01/23/news/local/news03.txt

"Butte American-Made"
By Matt Vincent
January 24, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/01/24/sportsprephighschool_top/hjjejihfjbidec.txt
"The Story of Stanley Ketchel: from The Mining City to world champ. The following is the writer's account of former world middleweight champion and International Boxing Hall of Fame inaugural inductee Stanley Ketchel's career beginnings in Butte, Mont. circa 1904."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/01/23/ourtown/ourtown01.txt

"Comparing Butte And Bozeman"
By Derek Strahn
January 25, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"In hoping to better understand Montana's past, comparing and contrasting the historical development of Butte and Bozeman has significant value. In many respects, these fascinating localities represent the yin and yang of urban development in the American West. A quick comparison of their stories helps explain much about the manners in which a complex and contradictory history has impacted our present and future circumstances."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/01/25/realty/strahn.txt

"Reviving The Ranch"
By Seabring Davis
January 25, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"On Old Clyde Park Road east of Livingston, just before the Yellowstone River plain runs to the Crazy Mountains and further out to open prairie, there is a spot where the wind calms a little at a stand of uncommonly tall trees."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/01/25/realty/cover.txt

"Group Seeks To Expand State Park Near Ulm"
By The Associated Press
January 25, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"GREAT FALLS (AP) — The All Nations Pishkun Association wants to expand the Ulm Pishkun State Park to make it more historically accurate, and state officials appear receptive to the idea."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/01/25/montana/a06012505_02.txt

"Day Light And Schools"
By Daniel Glenn
January 25, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"In 1939, when Bozeman architect Fred Willson designed new elementary schools for the Bozeman school district, he created a prototype design that represented a bold, new modern direction for the city. The new buildings were designed in the Arte Moderne style. The schools were built as part of the Works Project Administration in a nationwide effort by the Roosevelt Administration to bring jobs and investment to communities hit by the Great Depression."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/01/25/realty/glenn.txt

"Local News Briefs - Lecture Focuses On Native Americans"
January 25, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"The Museum of the Rockies inaugurates its new lecture series, Encounters in the American West, with a panel discussion, Native Americans in Public History today at 7 p.m. in the Museum of the Rockies' Hager Auditorium."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/01/25/news/localbriefs.txt

"Looking Back A Century - A Glimpse Back At The History Of Galata"
By Paul Overlie
January 26, 2005
LIBERTY COUNTY TIMES
"The town of Galata has a history as old and rich as any hi-line town. For a time Galata had two newspapers, the Galata Journal, which was published by J.F. Kavanagh and opened in 1910, and the Galata Herald, opened in 1913 and published by B.B. Weldy."
http://highline.townnews.com/articles/2005/01/26/news/news6.txt

"Original Mine Building Idea Getting Attention"
By Leslie McCartney
January 26, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"An architectural student's thesis could translate into a community project for Uptown Butte at the site of the Original Mine."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/01/27/newsbutte/hjjejihdhgfcfi.txt

"Depot Museum Holding Brunch"
January 26, 2005
LIBERTY COUNTY TIMES
"The Depot Museum in Rudyard is hosting a "Pancake Brunch" on Sunday January 30th from 11 - 2 at the Catholic Youth Center. Funds raised by a free-will donation will go towards the Museum Expansion Project, which will eventually house a rare, full-scale dinosaur discovered in this area, as well as historical equipment that has been donated to the Museum and restored by Museum members."
http://highline.townnews.com/articles/2005/01/26/news/news5.txt

"Civic Center Hosted Hard-Hitting Action"
By Curt Synness
January 26, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Sixty years ago, as World War II was approaching its finish in the European and Pacific Theaters of Operation, several other battles (on a much smaller and less violent scale) took place in Helena. And although the stakes were insignificant in comparison to those of the war, the Civic Center's amateur bouts between youthful boxers from four different towns were spirited, none-the-less."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/01/26/sports/b01012605_02.txt

"Wilderness Wall Takes Participants Through Metis History"
By Nancy Thornton
January 26, 2005
CHOTEAU ACANTHA
"The view east from Indian Head Rock, at the edge of the mountains west of Choteau, was breathtaking, as the group stopped for lunch, during a Montana Wilderness Association-sponsored hike last fall. Below, the forks of the Teton River provided local Metis historian Al Wiseman of Choteau with the appropriate backdrop to explain the highlights of Metis history to the hikers."
http://www.choteauacantha.com/articles/2005/01/27/more_headlines/news2.txt

"FWP Plans Wildlife Center At Spring Meadow Landmark"
By Eve Byron
January 27, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"One of the two historic buildings left from the old Stedman Foundry near Spring Meadow Lake could be turned into a wildlife education center, but the current proposed action also recommends destroying the second building. Both the foundry's pattern house and machine shop are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the Montana State Historic Preservation Office has recommended the buildings be preserved because of the historic importance of the foundry to Helena."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/01/27/helena_top/a01012705_04.txt

"Editorial: Where The Wild Horses Are"
By W. Richard Dukelow
January 27, 2005
BIGFORK EAGLE
". . . The history of Wild Horse Island is also curious. It was created 17,000 years ago when a large glacier gouged out Flathead Lake. The stone ground structure that refused to yield to the glacier created Wild Horse Island. The name comes from the fact that the Salish-Kootenai Indians put their horses on the island to keep them from being stolen by enemy tribes."
http://www.bigforkeagle.com/articles/2005/01/27/editorials/edit03.txt

"MHS Hosts Talk On 1917 Timber Strike"
By The Helena IR
January 28, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"The harshness of working in the early Montana timber industry, a strife riddled strike, and the influence it had on the development of the northwest part of the state will be packed into a talk at the Montana Historical Society . . . . Society Reference Historian Rich Aarstad, who grew up in Libby and was raised on tales of the famous strike, will present "Their Minds Were Poisoned: Northwest Montana and the 1917 IWW Timber Strike.""
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/01/28/yourtime/d05012805_03.txt

"Relative Research: Hamilton Middle School Students Learn Art, Science Of Tracing Their Ancestry"
By Greg Lemon
January 28, 2005
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
"Robert Morgan Roberts was born in Frederick, Md., in 1730. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. When he was 32, he married Mary Richford, a young lady from Georgetown, Md. She was only 16. Their May-to-September romance led to 13 children. The first two were sons and both were named Robert and both died - one of dysentery, one in a drowning accident."
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/01/28/news/news02.txt

"Local Vets Remember Battle Of Bulge On Its Anniversary"
By Curt Synness
January 28, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"This week marks the 60th anniversary of the conclusion of Battle of the Bulge. . . . Here is a brief account of some the actions and memories of several local veterans who participated in that epic battle 60 years ago."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/01/28/helena/c03012805_01.txt

"Chuck Mead Wins History Preservation Award"
By Rep. Gordon Hendrick
January 28, 2005
CLARK FORK CHRONICLE
"Chuck Mead of Mineral County near Alberton won an award for individual effort last Thursday at the Montana Historical Society State Preservation Awards open house. The ceremony was held at the Montana Club in Helena. Chuck has been an active participant in Mineral County’s historic and cultural community for over twenty years. It is largely through his efforts that the route of the 1860 Mullan Military Road through the county has been mapped out and visited on the ground by himself and other Mullan enthusiasts."
http://www.clarkforkchronicle.com/20050128/chuckmead-20050128.htm

"Helena Diocese Marks 100th Anniversary Of Bishop Carroll"
By The Helena IR
January 28, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"This weekend the Diocese of Helena marks the 100th anniversary of Bishop John Patrick Carroll's installation as the diocese's second bishop."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/01/28/helena/c02012805_01.txt

"Bitterroot Valley Model Railroad Club Offers Trip To Bygone Era"
By Mea Andrews
January 29, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"HAMILTON - In a converted grain mill that once served the Bitterroot Valley sits an eclectic sampling of life: sunbathers on a beach, trees along a mountain, a factory in the heart of an unnamed industrial city. This is the domain of the Bitterroot Valley Model Railroad Club, a hobby group going on its 15th year and trying to spread the charm of Lilliputian locomotives."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/01/29/hometowns/ht01.txt

"Red Lodge's Biggest Day"
By Lorna Thackeray
January 31, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"Union leaders had been planning a Labor Temple in Red Lodge for five years before John Massow hopped on a Northern Pacific train and headed for a big union convention in Butte in May 1908."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/31/build/local/32-biggest-day.inc

"Hall To Be Refurbished: Red Lodge Group Sees Future In Saving Labor Temple Building"
By Lorna Thackeray
January 31, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"Red Lodge labor unions spent $36,000 in 1909 to build a magnificent three-story Labor Temple across the town's main street from the railroad depot. Miners and carpenters from local chapters, using 250,000 bricks manufactured by laborers in Fromberg, wanted everyone who got off Northern Pacific Railroad trains to know that Red Lodge was a union town and proud of it."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/31/build/local/30-labor-temple-refurbish.inc

"Work Planned At New State Park"
By The Associated Press
January 31, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"GREAT FALLS (AP) — The Montana parks department plans $16,000 worth of work at the new 136-acre state park southeast of here, including building a parking lot. Tower Rock State Park's key feature is a big rock that historians believe explorer Meriwether Lewis climbed on July 16, 1805."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/01/31/montana/a08013105_01.txt

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"Supporters To Pitch Plan Of Moving Historical Society"
By John Harrington
February 1, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Backers of a proposal by the Montana Historical Society to buy Capital Hill Mall will make their case to a legislative committee Wednesday morning."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/02/01/helena_top/a01020105_05.txt

"City Puts Out Request For Story Mansion Proposals"
By Nick Gevock
February 1, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"Any takers for a massive, dilapidated building on the south side of Bozeman? The city of Bozeman hopes so. Last month the city issued a request for proposals for redevelopment of the historic home."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/02/01/news/mansion.txt

"UM Apologizes For Main Hall Renovation"
By Betsy Cohen
February 3, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"University of Montana President George Dennison has formally apologized to the State Historic Preservation Office for violating Montana's Antiquities Act during UM's recent renovation of Main Hall, and for conducting a gravel pit operation at Fort Missoula that may have indirect impacts on military and American Indian archaeological sites."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/02/03/news/local/news06.txt

"Shards Of History"
by Keila Szpaller
February 3, 2005
MISSOULA INDEPENDENT
"Mistakes happen, and sometimes they can be a stroke of luck. When a belly-scraper—or earth-mover—hauled away several inches of topsoil from the Fort Missoula Historic Dump in November, it was making a mistake that would lead to a fortuitous discovery: obsidian flakes left over from American Indian tool-making near the fort."
http://www.missoulanews.com/News/News.asp?no=4653

"Zupan Honored By Historical Society"
February 3, 2005
CARBON COUNTY NEWS
"Shirley Zupan of Red Lodge received the Montana Historical Society Board of Trustees Award for 2004 in recognition of her efforts to preserve the state’s history and culture. Her contributions focused primarily on Carbon County, and, specifically, the preservation of its historical records, buildings and memories."
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http://www.carboncountynews.com/2002archive/020305.html

"The Pacifists"
by Mike Keefe-Feldman
February 3, 2005
MISSOULA INDEPENDENT
"The service and the struggle of Western Montana’s conscientious WWII objectors. . . ."
http://www.missoulanews.com/News/News.asp?no=4647

"Gov Backs Mall For MHS"
By John Harrington
February 3, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"A state official said there's space in the budget for the Montana Historical Society to buy the Capital Hill Mall, if the Legislature agrees to issue bonds to do so. Meanwhile, the mall's owner said that if the state doesn't buy the mall by June, plans may move forward to renovate and modernize the 250,000-square-foot building."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/02/03/montana/a01020305_03.txt

"Elders Honored For Helping Keep Native Language, Traditions Alive"
By Ellen Thompson
February 7, 2005
HAVRE DAILY NEWS
"The two women being honored at this week's Mid-Winter Fair at Fort Belknap don't know each other well but they have a lot in common. Theresa Walker Lamebull and Mabel Snell, at age 97, are both the oldest members of their respective tribes. Each woman is among the few remaining fluent speakers of their native languages."
http://www.havredailynews.com/articles/2005/02/04/local_headlines/elders.txt

"Historic Battle"
By Marga Lincoln
February 4, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"To some, the Montana State Training School administration building in Boulder is an outstanding piece of architecture by a regionally significant architect, John C. Paulsen."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/02/04/neighbors/c01020405_00.txt

"Trustees Opt To Shut Down Bair Family Museum"
By Tom Howard
February 5, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"The Charles M. Bair Family Museum in Martinsdale, a precious legacy from one of Montana's premier philanthropic families, will not reopen this year, and the museum's advisory board plans to seek a permanent in-state home for the museum's extensive collection. The Charles M. Bair Family Trust Board of Advisers announced the permanent closure Friday, two years after the museum was closed temporarily because of financial difficulties."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/02/05/build/local/30-bair-museum.inc

"Mall Purchase Could Aid Historical Society"
By The Associated Press
February 6, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"HELENA - Gov. Brian Schweitzer believes there's room in the state budget to issue $10 million in bonds to buy the Capital Hill Mall here so the Montana Historical Society can use it for a museum, Budget Director David Ewer said."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/02/06/build/state/75-mall-purchase.inc

"Series Takes A Few More Pokes At Deceased"
*Book Review*
February 6, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"‘Still Speaking Ill of the Dead: More Jerks in Montana History' - Jon Axline and Jodie Foley (eds.) - TwoDot, $14.95. Selected from the increasingly popular Montana History Conference session — Jerks in Montana History — this collection of Montana Hall of Shame members includes Lewis and Clark's infamous guide Toussaint Charbonneau, Helena's notorious newspaper editor Will Campbell, tales from the secret lives of Mary Anne Eckert, and many more."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/02/06/sunday/c02020605_02.txt

"Iwo Jima Vets Sought For Story"
February 6, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"As the 60th anniversary of this World War II battle of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Theater approaches, Independent Record writer Curt Synness is attempting to compile a list of local veterans, alive or deceased, who participated in the action."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/02/06/helena/a10020605_01.txt

"Former Mayor Recalls Kalispell's Younger Days"
By William L. Spence
February 7, 2005
DAILY INTER LAKE
"It may seem like the Flathead has been changing rapidly over the last few years, but the differences people see today are nothing compared to what Tom Flynn has witnessed during his lifetime."
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2005/02/07/news/news02.txt

"L&C Exhibit Set For Rocky Boy"
By Ellen Thompson
February 7, 2005
HAVRE DAILY NEWS
"Visitors to Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation this June will learn a lot about the Chippewa and Cree tribes, from religion and philosophy to diapers that were once made from cattails. Those were some of the many ideas for cultural presentations suggested at a meeting last week to prepare for the National Park Service's Corps of Discovery II's four days at Rocky Boy."
http://www.havredailynews.com/articles/2005/02/07/local_headlines/rockyboy.txt

"Holy History: St Mary's Mission Featured In National Book On Historic Churches"
By Greg Lemon
February 8, 2005
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
"A local landmark is getting national recognition. St. Mary's Mission in Stevensville has been highlighted in a new book titled "Historic Places of Worship in the United States.""
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/02/08/news/news02.txt

"Looking Back A Century - A Look At Lothair And Those Who Settled There"
By Paul Overlie
February 9, 2005
LIBERTY COUNTY TIMES
"If some of these short histories seem a bit redundant it is because we are all railroad towns here and all were settled about the same time. Between 1880 and 1910 a slew of settlers came to this area to "prove up" a homestead and, in many cases, to turn around and sell it for a profit. Yes, a portion of the early settlers were land speculators which is why all of these towns were boosted as "Booming" or "soon to be one of the biggest and busiest" in the area. The closer a speculator's land was to a viable commerce center, the more it would be worth when it came time to sell."
http://highline.townnews.com/articles/2005/02/09/news/news10.txt

"Reflections - Tales Of The East Rosebud"
By Sarie Mackay
February 10, 2005
CARBON COUNTY NEWS
"With their excellent operation of the cattle business, and their splendid management of the dude ranch business, the name of Branger will never be forgotten in the annals of the East Rosebud," writes Beverly Hanson in her book, "East Rosebud, A Diary of the First 100 Years."
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http://www.carboncountynews.com/2002archive/021005.html

"New Language Classes Stress Learning The Blackfeet World View"
By John McGill
February 10, 2005
GLACIER REPORTER
"It's not just a regular language class where students memorize lists of words and phrases. When Ed North Peigan writes a word on the board, his classroom of students listen to stories from their own culture that explain the word and its meaning, putting the language into the context of a world view unique to the Blackfeet people."
http://www.glacierreporter.com/articles/2005/02/10/glacier_reporter/news/news4.txt

"Bearcreek Launches Web Site, Plans 100th Anniversary Fete"
February 10, 2005
CARBON COUNTY NEWS
The historic coal mining town of Bearcreek, Montana has taken a leap into the 21st century. This past week the town of less than 100 residents, located some seven miles east of Red Lodge, launched a Bearcreek web site.
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http://www.carboncountynews.com/2002archive/021005.html

"News And Views: Film Details The Forest Service Century"
*Film Review*
By Greg Lemon
February 10, 2005
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
"I have to admit that I was excited to see the movie. I'm kind of a history junkie anyway and because the Forest Service has been so instrumental to the development of West, I wanted to see what they had to say about themselves. The initial scenes of "The Greatest Good" are magic."
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/02/11/news/qnews05.txt

"Forest Service Film Featured At Sundance To Show At The Myrna Loy Center Feb. 17"
February 11, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"This year, the United States Forest Service is celebrating 100 years of service. Locally the Helena National Forest has joined with the Montana Historical Society and other community partners to recognize this significant milestone."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/02/11/yourtime/d06021105_05.txt

"Pomp's Birthday Celebrated At The Library"
By Bozeman Public Library
February 11, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"The Library will celebrate the 200th birthday of Jean Baptiste Charbonneau (nicknamed Pomp) on Saturday, Feb. 12, at 2 p.m. in the library meeting room. Jim Sargent will share stories about Sacajawea, the Corps of Discovery, Seaman the dog and Pomp's early years."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/02/11/features/roundup/library.txt

"Montana Medicine Woman Was A True Pioneer"
*Book Review*
February 13, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"'Pioneer Doctor: The Story of a Woman's Work' - By Mari Graña - TwoDot, 14.95, paper. When Mollie Babcock stepped off the train in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1890, she knew she had to start a new life. She'd left her husband and their medical practice in Iowa, and with only a few hundred dollars in her pocket and a great deal of pride, she set out to find a new position as a physician. She was offered a job as doctor to the miners at Bannack, Montana, and thus began her epic adventures in the Rocky Mountain West."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/02/13/sunday/c02021305_03.txt

"Exhibit Focuses On Art Of Columbia River Natives"
By Typh Tucker, Associated Press
February 13, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"PORTLAND, Ore. - Long before Lewis and Clark arrived, a unique art style developed along the largest waterway in the Northwest. Tribes living along the Columbia River etched skeletal human forms with rounded faces into bone hairpins. They cut geometric and animal designs into antler adzes and bighorn sheep horn bowls. And they carved representations of human ribs into cedar planks which graced the interiors of their homes."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/02/13/sunday/c06021305_01.txt

"A Glimpse Of Life Past In The Mining City"
By The Standard Staff
February 13, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"The following excerpts were taken from past issues of the Anaconda Standard and The Montana Standard, and were compiled by Tracy Thornton of The Montana Standard."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/02/14/featuresbigskylife/hjjejhigijfiib.txt

"Bicentennial Organizers Ask State For $1 Million"
By Laura Tode
February 15, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"Organizers of Montana's two national signature events commemorating the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial are asking legislators to approve $1 million to offset the costs to communities where the events will be located."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/02/15/montana/a07021505_01.txt

"Stolen Artifacts: California Man Took Items From Small Museums"
By Clair Johnson
February 16, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"When Virginia Heaton, of the Daniels County Museum and Pioneer Town in Scobey, caught a man trying to pry decorations off one of the museum's antique cars in the summer of 2003, she ordered him to drop the parts and leave."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/02/16/build/state/20-museum-theft.inc

"Group Seeks State Park For Old Agency On The Teton"
By Melody Martinsen
February 16, 2005
CHOTEAU ACANTHA
"Friends of the Old Agency on the Teton in January debuted a proposal to create a state park at the former frontier-era Indian agency site three miles north of town. This agency gave rise to the town of Choteau, and Nancy Thornton, president of the nonprofit organization, wants to see its story researched, remembered and shared with present-day residents and visitors to this area."
http://www.choteauacantha.com/articles/2005/02/17/news/news2.txt

"Museums Get Some Items Returned"
By Clair Johnson
February 17, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"When two guns from the McCone County Museum in Circle went missing in 2003, museum president Wendell Pawlowski thought he'd never see them again."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/02/17/build/state/30-items-returned.inc

"Montana City School Hosting Presentation On Lewis And Clark"
By The Helena IR
February 17, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"The Montana City School seventh-grade Quest leadership class will host Montana Committee for the Humanities Speakers Bureau program, "Manifest Scrutiny: Re-Interpreting the Corps of Discovery," with Ritchie Doyle and David Jolles. Manifest Scrutiny is about the "lost journals" of Lewis and Clark."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/02/17/helena/a11021705_03.txt

"Steve Lozar's Collection Of Montana Brewing Artifacts Goes Back More Than 100 Years"
By John Stromnes
February 18, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"POLSON - Tucked away in an upstairs suite of Steve Lozar's silk-screening plant in Polson is probably the most extensive collection anywhere of Montana "breweriana" - beer-related artifacts and products."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/02/18/hometowns/ht01.txt

"Carved Gavel Just One Of MHS Hidden Gems"
By Martin J. Kidston
February 18, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Stored in a wooden box at the Montana Historical Society, protected deep in the museum's archives, rests a token recalling one of Montana's brightest and most successful politicians. Inside the box sits a heavy black gavel carved from Pennsylvania coal. The man who held it was Thomas Walsh."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/02/18/montana/a01021805_03.txt

"Future Of Archives Uncertain"
By Roberta Forsell Stauffer
February 18, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
""In the Archives are the memories of Montana." — K. Ross Toole,noted author and historian Butte-Silver Bow's vast collection of memories is at risk, and a big decision looms over what to do about it. Archives director Ellen Crain said an estimated $1.5 million would be needed to renovate the old Quartz Street fire station into a proper facility that would adequately protect the historic documents."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/02/18/newsbutte/hjjejhibjjicij.txt

"Storytelling Features Radio Episode On Lewis And Clark"
By Daryl Gadbow
February 19, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"Come along to the days of yesteryear with the Travelers' Rest Storytelling Series on Saturday and hear how the Lewis and Clark Expedition made a momentous decision to split the party near present-day Lolo on its return trip east in 1806. The story will be told by a salvaged episode of a 1960s radio series about Lewis and Clark called "Horizons West" which aired on Armed Forces Radio, according to Loren Flynn, executive director of the Travelers' Rest Preservation and Heritage Association."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/02/19/news/mtregional/news08.txt

"Past Perfect - Jerry Hansen's ‘A Walking History Book Of Anaconda'"
By Vera Haffey
February 19, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"ANACONDA - The basement of the City Hall Cultural Center is quiet, save the ticking of several antiques clocks that mark time amid collectibles and souvenirs of Anaconda's history; time seems to be holding its breath among the dimly lit leavings of the town's Copper King past."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/02/20/featuresbigskylife/hjjejhiahhggjf.txt

"District Judge To Decide Intent Of Alberta Bair"
By Jim Gransbery
February 19, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"The heart of the matter is, what did Alberta Bair mean by the word "sole"? That is what Billings District Judge Todd Baugh must decide about the philanthropist's trust document that set up the Charles M. Bair Family Museum in Martinsdale."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/02/19/build/local/35-abt-intent.inc

"Timber Butte's Ole Gets A Bucket On The Brain"
By The Standard Staff
February 19, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"Editor's note: The following excerpts were taken from past issues of the Anaconda Standard and The Montana Standard, and were compiled by Tracy Thornton of The Montana Standard. Dec. 8, 1908 Miner injured by falling bucket Ole Anderson is a patient at Murray's hospital, suffering from a fractured skull, having been brought in from his prospect on Timber Butte in an unconscious condition yesterday morning. Little information has been secured as to the details of the accident, except that he was in the bottom of the shaft when the bucket fell, striking him on the head. Dr. T.J. Murray operated, removing a broken splinter of bone pressing on the brain. Anderson regained consciousness soon after and was reported resting comfortably last night. His condition is not considered serious."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/02/20/featuresbigskylife/hjjejhiahhhbef.txt

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"American Flag From USS Missoula Was First To Be Flown At Iwo Jima"
By Vince Devlin
February 20, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"It is one of the most famous photographs in history. Half a dozen Marines raise the American flag on Iwo Jima. It is Feb. 23, 1945. Wire service photographer Joe Rosenthal captures the image: the flag, at a 45-degree angle, beginning to unfurl in the wind as the Marines struggle to push it upright high atop the Japanese island."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/02/20/news/top/news01.txt

"Riding High: From Covered Wagons To Suburbans, 93-Year-Old Has Seen Much Bitterroot History"
By Rod Daniel
February 22, 2005
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
"Roy Shook has been taken on more than a few rides in the last 93 years. He remembers when a trip from Darby to Missoula meant tying the family's milk cow to the covered wagon and being away from home for several weeks."
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/02/22/news/news02.txt

"City Council Again Accepting Bids On Heritage Center"
By Larry Kline
February 23, 2005
HAVRE DAILY NEWS
"The Heritage Center is going out to bid for a fourth and final time. The Havre City Council voted Tuesday to reject the only bid received in the last round and advertise the historic structure statewide once more."
http://www.havredailynews.com/articles/2005/02/23/local_headlines/citycouncil2.txt

"Blackfeet Historian Shares Story Of Historic Encounter"
By Nancy Thornton
February 23, 2005
CHOTEAU ACANTHA
"Blackfeet tribal historian Curly Bear Wagner debuted a 35-minute DVD, titled, "Two Worlds at Two-Medicine," to Choteau junior high and high school students on Feb. 16. . . . The film details the only deadly encounter with Native Americans on the entire Lewis and Clark expedition. Wagner presents interviews with Native American elders, a reenactment with Heart Butte High School students and images from the historic site and many C.M. Russell paintings."
http://www.choteauacantha.com/articles/2005/02/24/news/news2.txt

"Carbon County Historical Society Obtains Document Preservation Grant"
February 24, 2005
CARBON COUNTY NEWS
"The Carbon County Historical Society & Museum has received a $5,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. These funds will enable the Society to bring its wealth of historical documents and memorabilia into compliance with preferred preservation practices for archival collections."
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http://www.carboncountynews.com/2002archive/022405.html

"Going Digital: Ravalli County Museum Uses DVD Technology To Preserve The Past"
By Greg Lemon
February 24, 2005
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
"The progress of technology hasn't left the Ravalli County Museum mired in dusty archives. With a recently purchased video editing system, the museum is able to take old film, video and pictures, and put them into to digital format to store and display on DVDs."
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/02/24/news/news02.txt

"Play Adds Women's Perspective To Lewis And Clark Saga"
By Vince Devlin
February 25, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"The trouble with Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery: With the exception of Sacagawea, it's pretty much a story of men. But a group of local women has found a way around that. Using a bit of imagination, the Women's Living History Project of the Travelers' Rest Chapter of the the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation has come up with a way to take part in bicentennial activities related to the pair of famous explorers."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/02/25/news/mtregional/news07.txt

"New Director Full Of New Ideas For Butte Treasure"
By Leslie McCartney
February 25, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"As a girl growing up in Butte, Denise Kelly lived about three blocks from the World Museum of Mining and spent summers there. Now an adult, it appears she'll spend her summers there again."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/02/25/newsbutte_top/hjjejhhejifhgc.txt

"Artists, Presenters Needed For Fund-Raiser Rendezvous"
February 25, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"Madison County's Lewis and Clark Interpretive Park Committee is organizing a fund-raiser and barbecue rendezvous in support of the park at the fairgrounds in Twin Bridges."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/02/25/features/roundup/fundraiser.txt

"Author Dorothy Johnson, Father Anthony Ravalli To Be Placed In The State Capitol's Gallery Of Outstanding Montanans"
By Vince Devlin
February 26, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"STEVENSVILLE - She was the author of 17 books and more than 100 short stories, but much of her fame came from three movies based on her books. He was not the first of the "Black Robes" to come to Indian country to minister to tribes, but the Jesuit priest was Montana's first physician, surgeon and pharmacist, and a trusted friend to the Salish people."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/02/26/news/local/news02.txt

"Father Ravalli Instigated Strong Ties With Indians"
By Vince Devlin
February 26, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"STEVENSVILLE - Six thousand people visited the historic St. Mary's Mission last year. Director Colleen Meyer thinks that number could climb higher in 2005. St. Mary's, the first church in Montana, has been included in "The Ideals Guide to Historic Places of Worship in the United States," a book by Nancy J. Skarmeas."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/02/26/news/local/news03.txt

"Museum Corrals Yellowstone Memories"
By Scott McMillion
February 27, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"GARDINER -- . . . The $7.3 million Yellowstone Heritage and Research Center now takes up 32,000 square feet of what used to be a gravel pit next to the Gardiner High School, a place where unsightly items like work trucks and fuel tanks were stored for many years."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/02/27/news/02center.txt

"Morgue Dust - Scandinavians Picnic At Columbia Gardens"
By Tracy Thornton
February 28, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"Editor's note: The following excerpts were taken from past issues of The Montana Standard, and were compiled by Tracy Thornton of The Montana Standard."
 http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/03/01/featuresbigskylife/hjjejhhbjbhgia.txt

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"100 And Still Counting: Hamilton Centenarian Celebrates Milestone"
By Rod Daniel
March 1, 2005
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
"The year was 1905, Joseph K. Toole was Montana's governor, Teddy Roosevelt occupied the White House and the Bitter Root Valley was anticipating a summer water shortage because of unusually sparse snow pack."
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/03/01/news/news03.txt

"Kids Appreciate Gift Of Montana Maps"
By Tom Howard
March 2, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"Letters from grateful fourth-graders remind Don Floberg why it's important to continue Maps for Kids, a nonprofit organization that distributes free maps to Montana elementary school students."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/03/02/build/local/55-mts-maps.inc

"Helena's ‘Million Dollar Babies' Fought In 1975"
By Curt Synness
March 2, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Clint Eastwood's latest movie "Million Dollar Baby" has put the the national spotlight on female boxers. But thirty years ago on the local scene, two Carroll College ladies created quite a stir of their own — both positive and negative — when they squared off against each other in the ring."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/03/02/sports/b01030205_04.txt

"City Council Endorses Historic Lighting Plan"
March 3, 2005
CARBON COUNTY NEWS
"The year-long historic lighting project of the Red Lodge Chamber of Commerce got a boost recently with the City Council voting unanimously to lend its moral, financial and in-kind support."
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http://www.carboncountynews.com/2002archive/030305.html

"Honor Could Be Tourist Draw"
By Jason Mohr
March 3, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"A national honor could steer historic-minded tourists to Helena. The National Trust for Historic Preservation named Helena one of America's "Dozen Distinctive Destinations" Wednesday. More than just a plaque, the honor includes some national exposure, said Paul Putz, city-county historic preservation officer."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/03/03/top/a01030305_01.txt

"Retired Cowboy Still Telling It Like It Is"
By Allison Batdorff, Gazette Wyoming Bureau
March 4, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"LOVELL - Don Bell gives some free advice, from one storyteller to another. Don't embellish the story, said the 93-year-old cowboy. Just tell it like it is."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/03/04/build/wyoming/25-cowboy.inc

"From The Archives: Montana Historical Society Hosts Photo Show"
By The Helena IR
March 4, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Double exposures, spiritualism, and tricks of photography drawn from the Montana Historical Society photograph archives collection will be presented as part of the Thursday Night at the Society series at 6:30 p.m. on March 10."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/03/04/yourtime/d09030405_02.txt

"Bad Days On The Trail"
By The Helena IR
March 4, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"We all have occasional bad days, but what might that mean on a long, hazardous journey with people, equipment and the national pride at stake? Acclaimed humanities scholar and Lewis and Clark expert Clay Jenkinson will discuss this humorous aspect of the Corps of Discovery in his presentation, "Meriwether Lewis' Bad Day," at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 10, at the Great Northern Hotel."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/03/04/yourtime/d08030405_01.txt

"Polson Restaurant - A Lively Part Of The Community For Nearly 80 Years - Makes Way For Condos"
By John Stromnes
March 4, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"POLSON - "For Sale: Thousands of poignant memories from the past 80 years.""
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/03/04/hometowns/ht01.txt

"Fort Ellis Played Role In Bozeman's Early Days"
By Mary Pickett
March 6, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"Early Bozeman settlers feared Indians raids, although few were harmed by Native Americans moving through the Gallatin Valley. Local residents should have worried more about the baseball team from nearby Fort Ellis."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=4&display=rednews/2005/03/06/build/magazine/20-ellis.inc

"Historic Documents Chronicled Soldiers' Exploits, Social Outings"
By Mary Pickett
March 6, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
During research on Fort Ellis, Tom Rust looked at military records and the Bozeman newspaper, The Avant Courier, which reported everything from lighthearted social activities to the grimy reality of life at a frontier fort.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=4&display=rednews/2005/03/06/build/magazine/21-documents.inc

"Opinions - Preserving Helena's History"
By The Helena IR
March 6, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Last week the National Trust for Historic Preservation named Helena one of the country's "Dozen Distinctive Destinations" — communities honored for their commitment to historic preservation."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/03/06/opinions_top/a04030605_01.txt

"Opinions - Work For A New Montana History Center"
By Betty Babcock and Joe Mazurek
March 6, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"There is no greater gift you can give to future generations to nurture their sense of belonging and good citizenship than to inspire them with the knowledge of their own history and heritage."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/03/06/opinions/a04030605_03.txt

"Snowless 1935 No Deterrent To Winter Carnival"
By Vera Haffey
March 6, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"ANACONDA — It wasn't a bone-dry a winter like this one, but in 1935, Anaconda's January snowfall was scant enough to warrant hauling the white stuff in from the Mill Creek Divide area for ski jumping events at the first ever Winter Carnival spectacular."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/03/06/newsbutte_top/hjjejgjdjahhec.txt

"Author Clay Jenkinson Will Present Lewis And Clark Program Thursday"
By The Helena IR
March 6, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"And you thought your day was bad. Thursday, March 10, the public is invited to glimpse Meriwether Lewis' bad day, in a presentation by Clay Jenkinson, author of "The Character of Meriwether Lewis: Completely Metamorphosed in the American West.""
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/03/07/helena/a08030605_02.txt

"Astoria: Treasure Trove At The River's Edge"
By Janine Manny, Lee News Service
March 6, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"ASTORIA, ORE (LEE) —When I moved to the Lower Columbia area recently, my nieces were thrilled to discover to hear that I lived near Astoria —- and the Goonie House."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/03/07/sunday/c03030605_02.txt

"Architectural Generosity On The Upper West Side"
By Dennis McCahon
March 6, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"It was just the "upper west side" when I was a kid, a place full of great old houses - where many of Montana's rich folks had once lived and where a few probably still did. Now it wears the more formal tag of "mansion district." Those great old houses, as luck would have it, are still intact, and we've begun to appreciate what an extraordinary urban landscape we've got up there."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/03/07/sunday/c01030605_04.txt

"Longtime Telephone Technician Has Extensive Collection Of Vintage Models"
By Lynnette Hintze
March 6, 2005
DAILY INTER LAKE
"His passion for phones is evident as he accompanies visitors through a collection of old phones that has burgeoned in his Kalispell office building over the years. . . . Gebhardt delights in telling the story of his 1904 silver-dollar pay phone that was found in the Sierra Mountains in the bunkhouse of the late cowboy film star Tom Mix."
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2005/03/06/lifestyle/lifestyle01.txt

"Morgue Dust: Father English A Dear Departed - Glance Into The Past"
By The Standard Staff
March 6, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"Editor's note: Butte and Anaconda will once again celebrate St. Patrick's Day Thursday, March 17. The following excerpts about the Irish were taken from issues of the Anaconda Standard and the Butte Miner and were compiled by Tracy Thornton of The Montana Standard."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/03/07/featuresbigskylife/hjjejgjdjaegeh.txt

"Miners Meet For Sunshine Mine Book Release"
By The Associated Press
March 7, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"WALLACE, Idaho (AP) — About 200 people gathered at the Wallace Mining Museum this weekend to visit with Seattle author Gregg Olsen, whose book ‘‘The Deep Dark'' tells the story of the Sunshine Mine disaster nearly 33 years ago that claimed 91 lives."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/03/07/national/a05030705_01.txt

"Alberta Bair Meant What She Said, Judge Says"
By Jim Gransberry
March 8, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"Alberta Bair's trust document is clear in its meaning, a state district judge ruled Monday. The decision partially settles the dispute over the closure of the Charles M. Bair Family Museum in Martinsdale two years ago, but leaves the question of whether the trustee board that oversees the museum abused its discretion when it closed the museum."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/03/08/build/local/30-alberta-bair.inc

"Gone, But Not Forgotten - County's Namesake, The Rev. Anthony Ravalli, To Be Honored By Montana Historical Society"
By Greg Lemon
March 9, 2005
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
"The county's namesake will be posthumously honored next week for his significant contribution to Montana and its people. On March 16, at the State Capitol in Helena, the Rev. Anthony Ravalli will be inducted by the Montana Historical Society into the Gallery of Outstanding Montanans."
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/03/09/front/news02.txt

"Butte High Students Help Mining Museum"
By Leslie McCartney
March 10, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"Instead of being shut in a classroom, nearly 40 Butte High students opted for six hours of hard labor — and they liked it."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/03/10/newsbutte_top/hjjejgijjjfjgh.txt

"125 Years Ago"
By G. George Ostrom
March 10, 2005
BIGFORK EAGLE
"We are lucky here in the Flathead for many blessings, such as huckleberries. There are other things too which we all talk about, good scenery, rich soil, and lots of fresh water. Any of us could make a very long list; but one special thing I'm very thankful for are the unbelievable historical records, written, gathered, and preserved by the first people who came here."
http://www.bigforkeagle.com/articles/2005/03/10/editorials/edit03.txt

"Historical Collection Needs A Home"
By Jamie Kelly
March 12, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"Montana's original constitution sits on a crowded shelf near some leaky pipes in the basement of the Montana Historical Society. Some of the oldest drawings of Yellowstone National Park are stacked loosely on gray filing cabinets, with no place to store - much less exhibit - them. Original Charlie Russell paintings and Evelyn Cameron photographs rarely see the light of day."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/03/12/news/local/news08.txt

"History In Motion"
By Carol Marino
March 12, 2005
DAILY INTER LAKE
"The oldest edifices of the Flathead Valley are an integral part of the local landscape. And if one of them is torn down or moved, people take notice. That was clearly the case a few weeks ago when a bit of local history was raised from its foundation of the past 45 years and took a trip through town en route to its new location nearly 30 miles away."
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2005/03/12/lifestyle/lifestyle04.txt

"Railroad Depot Named To National Register Of Historic Places"
By The Helena IR
March 12, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Mark Baumler, State Historic Preservation Officer, Montana Historical Society is pleased to announce that the Helena Railroad Depot Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on December 15, 2004."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/03/12/helena/c02031205_02.txt

"Influential Whitefish Author Dorothy Johnson Inducted Into Gallery Of Outstanding Montanans"
By Lynnette Hintze
March 13, 2005
DAILY INTER LAKE
""A witty, gritty little bobcat of a woman." That's what Missoula writer Steve Smith said about author Dorothy M. Johnson in her obituary. And Smith knew her well. His biography of Johnson, "The Years and the Wind and the Rain" was published a few weeks before Johnson's death on Nov. 11, 1984. It chronicled her "love affair" with the English language and the perseverance that shaped a writing career of more than 60 years."
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2005/03/13/lifestyle/lifestyle03.txt

"Wyoming - Developer Preserves Historic Baptist Church"
By The Associated Press
March 14, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"CHEYENNE, Wyo. - When Howard Rodack bought the old Second Baptist Church building, he realized it would take plenty of work to save it from the wrecking ball."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/03/14/build/wyoming/30-church-preserved.inc

"Legendary Cowgirl Blazed Trails For Women"
**Book Review**
By The Helena IR
March 13, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"‘The Lady Rode Bucking Horses' By Dee Marvine - Globe Pequot/TwoDot -
$14.95; paperback; 304 pages. Long before rodeo, when bucking-horse contests were held at stampedes and roundups, Fannie Sperry Steele stepped into the bronco-riding arena — and won."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/03/14/sunday/c04031305_02.txt

"Students Track Indian Paintings"
By The Associated Press
March 15, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"WATERLOO, Iowa - Fifth-grader Alfred Real never noticed the four framed paintings of Blackfeet Indians in the hallways at Lowell Elementary School."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=phpdata/news.inc

"Professor To Discuss New Book On State Penitentiary's History"
By The Helena IR
March 15, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Montana State University-Billings Professor Keith Edgerton will talk about the Montana Penitentiary's controversial history in a talk at the Montana Historical Society Thursday, March 17, at 6:30 p.m."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/03/15/montana/a11031505_02.txt

"Landmark M&M To Reopen - Walkers Bring Back Heart Of Uptown Butte"
By Erin Nicholes
March 14, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"Every morning for 40 years, Kevin Shannon ate a breakfast of cereal and boiled eggs at the M&M Cigar Store at 9 N. Main St. . . . The M&M went out of business two years ago. The locked doors marked the end of 113 years of continual business and a new chapter in Butte's history, a time of boarded-up windows, sadness and deep concern for Butte's economy."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/03/15/newsbutte_top/hjjejgifjchdjb.txt

"Collection Of Uptown Treasures - Old Tinner's Shop Turned Into Museum"
By Erin Nichols
March 16, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"A small, orange wall calendar in Tony's Tin Shop, in the Myrna Building at 108 S. Arizona St., reads January 1938. . . . The only thing missing is Anton Canonica, the Swiss-Italian immigrant who founded the tin shop in 1914. His son, Tony Canonica, was known locally as Tony the Trader. Anton died in 1948, and the building has spent several decades boarded up and run down."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/03/16/newsbutte_top/hjjejgidijgdjh.txt

"Museum In Financial Straits"
By Nancy Thornton
March 17, 2005
CHOTEAU ACANTHA
"Old Trail Museum, which closed for the winter last September, will remain closed unless it receives an immediate infusion of cash, according to OTM Treasurer Mary Christiaens in a recent interview."
http://www.choteauacantha.com/articles/2005/03/17/more_headlines/news1.txt

"Family And Friends Prepare To Mark Frenchtown Native's 100th Birthday"
By Vince Devlin
March 17, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"Joyeux anniversaire centième, Victor Parent. Born on St. Patrick's Day, 1905, Parent turns 100 years old Thursday. His hearing isn't what it was, and he says his short-term memory sometimes fails him."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/03/17/news/mtregional/news05.txt

"Ellen's Of Choteau Mixes Vintage And Modern"
By Nancy Thornton
March 17, 2005
CHOTEAU ACANTHA
"Last month marked the 40th anniversary of the clothing store, Ellen's of Choteau, at its historic location, but storeowners Tom and Connie Rogers have not celebrated yet. . . . Ellen's is located on a busy corner on Main Avenue where Choteau founders Alfred Hamilton and Isaac Hazlett put up the first business in the pioneer town in the 1870s."
http://www.choteauacantha.com/articles/2005/03/17/more_headlines/news4.txt

"Vet Painted To Get Through WWII"
By Becky Shay
March 17, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"LAUREL - When Roy Olson signed up to fight in World War II, he was just another Montana boy doing what was right. "We figured that was our duty - to serve our country," Olson said. . . . More than 60 years later, some of the awe Olson had for the South Pacific can be seen in the watercolor paintings he made during the war."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/03/17/build/local/25-vet-paintings_x.inc

"Rich In History"
By Marga Lincoln
March 18, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Time hasn't been kind to Radersburg and its rich history. Much of the once booming mining town fell to a developer's bulldozer in the 1970s. The jail, the corner bar, the Silver Dollar Saloon, the grocery store, livery stable and original post office are all gone. But memories remain for some of the residents."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/03/18/neighbors/c01031805_01.txt

"One-Person Play Brings To Life First Forest Service Chief"
By The Helena IR
March 18, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"A community lecture series focusing on the Forest Service Centennial will continue on Friday, March 18 with a theatrical performance of, 'Pinchot.'"
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/03/18/helena/a08031805_04.txt

"How The West Was Lost - Missoula-Born Artist's Exhibit An ‘Indictment About Manifest Destiny'"
By Tyler Christensen
March 18, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"Lovers of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark have a plethora of paraphernalia available for collection: old photographs, postcards, maps and other bits and pieces of information offered to tourists along the Corps of Discovery trail. But these objects don't always surface in the hands of Lewis and Clark enthusiasts. Sometimes they find their way into the work of someone who looks at the journey from another perspective."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/03/18/entertainer/ent02.txt

"History In 6th Ward"
By Martin J. Kidston
March 20, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"In the 44 years Stan Van Diest has lived in the Sixth Ward, he's watched the seasons come and go, along with most of his neighbors and the businesses along Railroad Avenue."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/03/20/sunday/c01032005_01.txt

"A Few More Unique Westside Individuals"
By Dennis McCahon
March 20, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"The old houses in Helena's upper Westside "mansion district" are an individualistic bunch. At first glance, they show nothing in common but the apparent desire to show nothing in common."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/03/20/sunday/c01032005_02.txt

"Self-Guided Tour Of Red Lodge"
By Carbon County Historical Society
March 20, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"1. Civic Center now stands where the West Side Mine trestle ended. Look to the west hillside to see footings and dump. 2. Black-edged invitations were issued for the only official hanging in Red Lodge history. The jail was located here in 1898 and is now the site of the Red Lodge Municipal Pool."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/03/20/sunday/c03032005_03.txt

"Cultural Heritage Topic Of Show"
By the Standard Staff
March 21, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"DEER LODGE - A slide show on "Preserving Our Cultural Heritage" will be shown at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Kohrs Memorial Library in Deer Lodge.
Speaker Rick Cronenberger is a historical architect with the National Park Service, with more than 25 years of cultural resource and historic preservation experience including several projects at Grant-Kohrs Ranch. He has a degree in architecture from the University of Miami and a certificate in architectural conservation from the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and the Restoration of Cultural Property, Rome, Italy. For details, call 846-2070 ext. 224."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/03/22/newsdeerlodge/hjjejghijbjhje.txt

"Lewis And Clark Boot Camp: Montana Guard Members Prepare For Re-Enactment"
By Mike Stark
March 22, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"POMPEYS PILLAR NATIONAL MONUMENT - The secret to throwing a hatchet is a light touch, steady hands and perfect rotation. Just ask Jessie Sonsteng."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/03/22/build/state/25-bootcamp.inc

"Businesses: Museum Vital To Summer Tourism Trade"
By Nancy Thornton
March 23, 2005
CHOTEAU ACANTHA
"Local reaction ranges from concern to shock at the possibility that Old Trail Museum, a tourist draw in the community for more 20 years, might not open this May."
http://www.choteauacantha.com/articles/2005/03/24/more_headlines/news4.txt

"Guard Crew Does Lewis & Clark Basic Training"
By Martin J. Kidston
March 23, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"POMPEYS PILLAR NATIONAL MONUMENT - The crack of the flint-lock rifle scattered the geese and sent the crows into a buzz."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/03/23/montana_top/a01032305_05.txt

"George Wong: Airplane Mechanic Extraordinaire"
By Curt Synness
March 24, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"World War II veteran George Wong, 88, has in his possession a citation from the U.S. War Department, signed by Chief of Staff G.C. Marshall. It reads, in part: "The 12th Bombardment Group (M). For outstanding performance of duty in direct support of the British Eighth Army in the Middle East Campaign, from the Battle of El Alamein to the capitulation of the enemy forces in Tunisia and Sicily. . ."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/03/24/helena/c04032405_01.txt

"Local Sisters Relate Memories Of WWII Work"
By Candace Chase
March 26, 2005
DAILY INTER LAKE
"Rita Hagen, 79, believes she could still weld a mean seam if called upon. Hagen and her sister Dorothy Senner, 81, were North Dakota farm girls when they heard about the opportunity to make good money as "Rosie riveters" in Oregon."
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2005/03/27/lifestyle/lifestyle01.txt

"Tribal Historian Honored"
March 26, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"Joe Medicine Crow, Crow tribal historian for more than half a century, was named Tourism Person of the Year this week in Helena at the 2005 Montana Governor's Conference on Tourism and Recreation. According to a statement, the award honors his work protecting and promoting Crow culture, while building bridges with non-Indians through cultural education outreach."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/03/26/build/state/70-historian.inc

"Pillar Of History"
By Martin J. Kidston
March 27, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"POMPEYS PILLAR NATIONAL MONUMENT - Dick Kodeski likes to say that walking from the new interpretive center toward Pompeys Pillar is like peering down a kaleidoscope of color and shape."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/03/27/sunday/c01032705_01.txt

"L&C County Has Full Slate Of Corps Festivities"
By The Helena IR
March 27, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"The Corps of Discovery trekked many miles through today's Lewis & Clark County - the only county in the nation that bears the name of both explorers. The journals of Lewis and Clark describe landforms still visible to today's visitors, along with the plants, animals, rock formations and streams encountered by the expedition."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/03/27/sunday/c02032705_01.txt

"Ambrose Tubbs Tapped For L&C Trail Board"
By The Helena IR
March 29, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs was appointed to the board of directors of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation Inc. at its spring board meeting in early March. Ambrose Tubbs, who lives in the Helena area, joins the 15-member board during the peak of activity commemorating the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/03/29/helena/a09032905_03.txt

"Two Medicine Dinosaur Center Plans Busy Summer"
By Nancy Thornton
March 30, 2005
CHOTEAU ACANTHA
"While Old Trail Museum in Choteau is confronting a financial crisis, a nearby dinosaur attraction is slowing gaining attendance as Dave Trexler pursues his dream of involving the public in fossil hunting."
http://www.choteauacantha.com/articles/2005/03/31/more_headlines/news2.txt

"Agency To Limit Use Of LDS Historic Trails"
By the Associated Press
March 30, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Large-group treks over the Mormon Pioneer and Oregon trails in central Wyoming will be curtailed to reduce environmental damage, federal land managers announced Monday. The decision will most affect members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who often re-enact the western journeys their ancestors made during the 19th century. Groups of as many as 400 sometimes dress in period clothing and pull belongings in handcarts along the trail."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/03/30/build/wyoming/60-lds-historic-trails.inc

"New Museum Home Would Benefit All"
By Gerard O'Brien, Editor of the Montana Standard
March 30, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"It's no surprise that the Montana Historical Society has out-grown its home office in Helena. The society has been in operation before Montana became a state. It was formed in 1865 at the end of the Civil War and has been collecting artifacts ever since."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/03/30/newsopinion_top/hjjejggjjchfjg.txt

"Melting Away - Anaconda Courthouse In Dire Need Of Repair"
By Vera Haffey
March 30, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"ANACONDA - Like the crumbling, turn-of-the-century grave markers at the cemetery just behind it, Anaconda's 107-year-old sandstone courthouse appears to be melting away with the passing years."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/03/30/newsanaconda/hjjejggjjdebfh.txt

"Museums Use Mix Of Private, Public Funding To Stay Open"
By Nancy Thornton
March 30, 2005
CHOTEAU ACANTHA
"Choteau's Old Trail Museum is one of 200 small museums across Montana that tackle funding and local-support issues every day. OTM's funding problems, profiled in last week's Acantha, are happening at a time when nonresident visitation across Montana was nearly flat last year, up only 0.3 percent over 2003. According to Jim Wilton, the assistant director of the Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research at the University of Montana-Missoula, visitation is typically up 1.5 to 2 percent from one year to the next."
http://www.choteauacantha.com/articles/2005/03/31/more_headlines/news1.txt

"Frank Lloyd Wright In Bozeman"
By Derek Strahn
March 31, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"The name Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is synonymous with American architecture during the 20th century. For nearly three quarters of a century Wright sought to advance the architectural profession in the United States. His efforts were so successful -- his legacy so enduring -- that even in Bozeman, Mont., his unique stylistic influence is easily discernible."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/03/31/realty/strahn.txt

"Restoring Romance - Livingston Artist Parks Reece Revives The Centennial Train Car For A Romantic Retreat"
By Carol Brenner
March 31, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"The tracks where The Centennial train car sits won't take her to Billings or Chicago. She'll never bask in the limelight of a World's Fair again, nor will she haul mail from one western outpost to another. But in the hands of Livingston artist Parks Reece and his wife Robin Ogata, she's alive and well as a luxurious Victorian getaway for overnight guests outside of Livingston."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/03/31/realty/traincar.txt

"Historic Center Wants To Tell Our Story"
By David Warner
March 31, 2005
WEST YELLOWSTONE NEWS
"What made you decide to live there?" is a question many of us have been asked (occasionally with a twinge of derisive skepticism) by our friends and relations who decided to live someplace else."
http://www.westyellowstonenews.com/articles/2005/03/31/news/news2.txt

April 2005
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"Archambault Showing 10 Paintings Of The Lewis And Clark Expedition"
By The Helena IR
April 1, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"A new exhibition by Helena artist Louis Archambault, "10 Years of Lewis and Clark Paintings," opens today, April 1, at the Upper Missouri Artists Gallery and will be on display through the month."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/04/01/yourtime/d10040105_01.txt

"Long-Awaited Sacajawea Statue Arrives In Three Forks"
By Andy Malby
April 1, 2005
BELGRADE NEWS
"After 200 years, Sacajawea came home to Three Forks this week. A larger-than-life bronze statue of the historic figure was placed in a local bank Tuesday, where it will be on display until a permanent site in nearby Sacajawea Park is completed."
http://www.belgrade-news.com/archives/view.php?article=1505

"Climate During L&C Expedition Topic Of Lecture"
April 1, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"The Headwaters Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, April 4, at the Fish, Wildlife and Parks Building, 1400 S. 19th, Bozeman. Dr. Paul Knapp will talk about "Window of Opportunity: The Climatic Conditions of the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-06.""
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/04/01/features/roundup/knapp.txt

"Hundreds Attend Dutch Supper To Celebrate Heritage"
By Ted Sullivan
April 4, 2005
BELGRADE NEWS
"Twelve dancing 9-year-olds were as sweet as the dessert buffet Friday night at Manhattan Christian School’s annual Dutch Supper."
http://www.belgrade-news.com/archives/view.php?article=1533

"House Panel Oks MHS Mall Buy"
By Jason Mohr
April 6, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"The spectre of asbestos didn't scare off a Montana Senate committee from signing on to the Montana Historical Society's plan to move into the Capital Hill Mall."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/04/06/leg_other_articles/a01040605_03.txt

"Agents Raid Custer Battlefield Museum"
By Miridith Morgan
April 7, 2005
BIG HORN COUNTY NEWS
"Reportedly looking for American Indian artifacts, a multi-agency federal police force armed with a search warrant raided the Custer Battlefield Museum in Garryowen last Thursday morning."
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http://www.bighorncountynews.com/archive/040705b.html

"HCT Campus, Museum On The Brink Of Approval"
By Jason Mohr
April 8, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"The Montana Senate has agreed to include $15 million for new homes for the Montana Historical Society and the Helena College of Technology."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/04/08/helena/a01040705_01.txt

"Valley Endured Colorful Times, 'Coyote Bill'"
By Vince Devlin
April 10, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"William Beeskove - "Coyote Bill" to those who lived near him in the Rattlesnake Valley - claimed to have been a scout for Gen. George Armstrong Custer, but his neighbors were dubious."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/04/10/news/local/news03.txt

"As Development Closes In, The Rattlesnake Is Working To Retain Its Identity - With Wilderness And Wildlife At Its Back Door"
By Vince Devlin
April 10, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"The two worlds that are the Missoula neighborhood known as "the Rattlesnake" are in evidence virtually from the moment you enter its National Historic District near Vine Street until you reach its end, 4.8 miles deeper in the valley."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/04/10/news/local/news02.txt

"Sisters Recollect WWII Days As 'Rosie Riveters'"
By the Associated Press
April 10, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"KALISPELL - Rita Hagen, 79, believes she could still weld a mean seam if called upon. Hagen and her sister Dorothy Senner, 81, were North Dakota farm girls when they heard about the opportunity to make good money as "Rosie riveters" in Oregon.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/10/build/state/40-rosie-riveters.inc

"Dispute Brewing Over Expansion Plans At Little Bighorn Battlefield"
By The Associated Press
April 10, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"CROW AGENCY (AP) - The current superintendent of the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument near here is at odds with a former superintendent and a National Park Service historian over a proposal to expand the battlefield's museum and visitor center."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/04/10/montana/a08041005_01.txt

"Residents Join Forces To Patch Up Historic Outpost In Whitaker Park"
By Ginny Merriam
April 10, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"Back when it was built in 1936, the little white house on Whitaker Hill was a country outpost for the U.S. Forest Service's radios. From there, radio operators talked - using the most modern AM equipment - to stations spread from South Dakota to northern Idaho. They slept in the basement. The house looked down on Missoula's airport, Hale Field, where Sentinel High School is today, and across a valley more wild than full of houses."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/04/10/ourtown/ourtown01.txt

"92-Year-Old Blackfeet Spiritual Leader Dies"
By the Associated Press
April 12, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"BROWNING - George Kicking Woman, holder of the Blackfeet Tribe's Thunder Pipe medicine bundle, has died at age 92."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/12/build/state/80-kicking-woman.inc

"Century-Old American Indian Artwork Found"
By Betsy Cohen
April 13, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"In the process of packing to move into new quarters, archivists at the University of Montana's K. Ross Toole Archives rediscovered a unique treasure amid its 12,000 linear feet of collected materials. A clothbound ledger estimated at more than 100 years old was found while workers were relocating valuable holdings to the new Archives and Special Collections section of the Mansfield Library."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/04/13/news/local/news03.txt

"Looking Back A Century - Joplin Was Once A Very Fast Growing Town"
By Paul Overlie
April 14, 2005
LIBERTY COUNTY TIMES
"The "Biggest Little Town on Earth" was the land speculators title for Joplin as they worked to bring settlers and business concerns to the area. Joplin sprang into life in 1910, spreading out from a lonely section house. The next year a newspaper opened up and Joplin boosting was alive and running."
http://highline.townnews.com/articles/2005/04/13/news/news8.txt

"Forest Service Celebrates 100 Years With Educational Presentations"
By Katherine Head
April 14, 2005
BIGFORK EAGLE
"In 1905, the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service was founded, but long before that Indians managed this country's forests."
http://www.bigforkeagle.com/articles/2005/04/14/community/community02.txt

"Whitefish Turns 100"
By Mike Keefe-Feldman
April 14, 2005
MISSOULA INDEPENDENT
"The City of Whitefish will celebrate its 100th birthday with bunting, banners and blue and green balloons (the city colors) on Thursday, April 14. A centerpiece of the celebration will be the excavation of a time capsule sealed in the city’s Masonic Temple by community members in 1915, 10 years after Whitefish’s official incorporation."
http://www.missoulanews.com/News/News.asp?no=4809

'History Of Whitefish' Book Coming This Summer
By Paul Peters
April 14, 2005
WHITEFISH PILOT
"If a picture is worth a thousand words, the Stumptown Historical Society is planning a book that could number 4.9 million words. In Whitefish, it's hard not to have seen photographs documenting the city's history proudly displayed around town in businesses, public buildings, and, of course, the Stumptown Historical Society's museum.
http://www.whitefishpilot.com/articles/2005/04/14/news/news04.txt

"Family Donates Tractor To Historical Society"
April 14, 2005
BIG HORN COUNTY NEWS
"Mike Kuchera’s bright red row crop tractor will be among the attractions at June’s Country Fun Day at the Big Horn County Historical Museum. The 1951 International Havester Co. Farmall Model M adds a distinctive splash of color to the fast growing collection of restored tractors on display at the museum. Members of the Kuchera family recently donated the tractor in memory of their father, the late Mike Kuchera."
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http://www.bighorncountynews.com/archive/041405b.html

"Event Will Give Children A Real Feel Of History"
April 15, 2005
HAVRE DAILY NEWS
"The H. Earl Clack Museum Foundation is sponsoring a fund-raiser called Hands on History at the Holiday Village Shopping Center on April 23. Patterned after the Cottonwood Festival in Great Falls, the event will give children an opportunity to participate in activities that give them a hands-on experience of what life was like for pioneer people. Where appropriate, children will take home the items they have made."
http://www.havredailynews.com/articles/2005/04/15/features/museumfeature.txt

"Plains Historian Has Spent The Last 25 Years Gathering Details On Sanders County"
By John Stromnes
April 16, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"HORSE PLAINS - It was sometime in the 1970s, Maurice Helterline recalls, that he got bit by the history bug, which grew into his life's greatest passion. . . . The bug grew into a notion that blossomed into a dream that ultimately became the all-consuming focus of Helterline's life since 1980, namely local historical and genealogical research."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/04/16/hometowns/ht01.txt

"Historical Park Art Presumed Stolen"
By Mike Stark
April 16, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"After dinner with friends last month, Dan Fey couldn't wait to show off the antique two-tone paintings he'd found in his mother's basement a few months earlier. The paintings - which were the basis of several well-known wood carvings and glass etchings at Yellowstone National Park's Old Faithful Inn - had provided Fey with a new connection to his family's past and piqued his interest in Yellowstone history."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/16/build/wyoming/25-stolen-art.inc

"'Drawing' Exhibit Tells Yellowstone's Story"
By Allison Batdorff, Gazette Wyoming Bureau
April 16, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"CODY - Geysers bursting from the earth, travelers reported. Multicolored mud spitting like a snake. Water crashing onto rainbow-tinted rocks. Yeah, right, people scoffed. Then artists came and "legitimized" Yellowstone. By treading the visual and emotional pathways science couldn't navigate, art helped inspire Congress to create the world's first national park in 1872. The legislators hadn't seen the park for themselves, but artists like Thomas Moran took them there."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/16/build/wyoming/30-ystone-art.inc

"Paths Diverge For L&C Re-Enactors, Lewis Wants To Retrace Route; Clark Wants To Celebrate"
By Betsy Taylor
April 16, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"ST. LOUIS - Lewis has left Clark. But re-enactors insist the parting was an amicable one."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/04/16/montana/a09041605_02.txt

"Book Chronicles Frontier Medicine"
By Beth Slovic
April 16, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"The course of every human endeavor has been altered by illness, said Volney Steele, 82, a Bozeman resident, pathologist and author of the new book, "Bleed, Blister and Purge: A History of Medicine on the American Frontier.""
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/04/16/news/book.txt

"Snapshots Of A Former Mining Town"
By Walt Williams
April 17, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"BASIN - The "World-Famous House of Earl" is no longer easy to pick out among the aging storefronts lining this tiny town's main street."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/04/17/news/basin.txt

"City Council Member Files Complaint Over Lampposts"
By Larry Kline
April 19, 2005
HAVRE DAILY NEWS
"Havre City Council member Emily Mayer Lossing filed a complaint with the Hill County Sheriff's Office on Saturday alleging that Havre Mayor Bob Rice and city crews had stolen historic lampposts, which were the property of the H. Earl Clack Museum, from behind the Heritage Center. Rice and museum board chairman Ron VandenBoom said Monday the items were removed because of a misunderstanding and that the museum board voted last week to let the city have them. They have since been returned."
http://www.havredailynews.com/articles/2005/04/19/local_headlines/lamppostsstolen.txt

"Heritage Center Sale A Done Deal"
By Larry Kline
April 19, 2005
HAVRE DAILY NEWS
"The Heritage Center is officially out of the city's hands. Havre public works director Dave Peterson told the Havre City Council on Monday night that the deal on the historic building was closed on April 12."
http://www.havredailynews.com/articles/2005/04/19/local_headlines/heritagecenter.txt

"Silver Bridge Still Up For Adoption"
By Greg Lemon
April 19, 2005
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
"Adopting out a bridge is tough. There just aren't that many people willing to give an old bridge a home."
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/04/19/news/news03.txt

"State Lands L&C Bicentennial Grants"
By The Helena IR
April 19, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Montana has 35 of the 102 projects nationwide that will receive 2005 grants from the National Park Service for Lewis and Clark bicentennial events."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/04/19/helena/a07041905_04.txt

"Librarian Finds 73-Year-Old Newspapers"
By Russ Miller
April 20, 2005
BIGFORK EAGLE
"A little bit of curiosity while cleaning a file cabinet last fall yielded an unexpected treasure trove of missing newspapers for Bigfork High School librarian Matt Porrovecchio."
http://www.bigforkeagle.com/articles/2005/04/20/community/community01.txt

"Oklahoma Family Traces Chouteau History"
By Nancy Thornton
April 20, 2005
CHOTEAU ACANTHA
"Justin and Jeannie McKee of Lenapah, Okla., have a special connection to Choteau that goes back, way back, to Montana's frontier days."
http://www.choteauacantha.com/articles/2005/04/21/more_headlines/news10.txt

"Forest Service Film Scheduled"
By Scott McMillion
April 21, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"A century ago, when Gifford Pinchot took over as the first chief of the fledgling U.S. Forest Service, he gave a definition of the new agency's role. "The greatest good of the greatest number in the long run," Pinchot said in 1905."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/04/21/news/greatestgoodmovie.txt

"Local Students Honored For History Work"
April 21, 2005
LIBERTY COUNTY TIMES
"Students from Chester High School were honored in Helena April 5 for their work in collecting, preserving and interpreting the history of the Chester area as part of the Montana Historical Society's Montana Heritage Project."
http://highline.townnews.com/articles/2005/04/21/news/news5.txt

"Infighting Paralyzes Historic Preservation Commission"
By Ellen Thompson
April 21, 2005
HAVRE DAILY NEWS
"A dispute between the Havre-Hill County Historic Preservation Commission's chairman and the organization's new staffer is threatening local preservation efforts."
http://www.havredailynews.com/articles/2005/04/21/local_headlines/historicpreservation.txt

"Looking Back A Century - Inverness"
By Paul Overlie
April 21, 2005
LIBERTY COUNTY TIMES
"Inverness was a bit different, but the same in the end. Settled as a town in around 1910, Inverness may have one of the more interesting histories. Settlers began arriving in the area before that time, but it wasn't until 1909 that the first Post Office was established in the town. Inverness had three different newspapers from sometime before 1910. The last of these was the Inverness News, which began life in 1917."
http://highline.townnews.com/articles/2005/04/21/news/news7.txt

"Conservationist Buys Land Near Historic Fort"
By the Associated Press
April 22, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"STORY {WYO} - Hopes to protect open space near a historic Western fort and battlefield were buoyed by this week's announcement that a businessman known for his conservation efforts has signed an agreement to buy the ranch surrounding the site."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/22/build/wyoming/40-land-deal.inc

"MHS Reader's Forum Focuses On ‘Born To Be'"
By The Helena IR
April 22, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"The Montana Historical Society's "Pages in History Reader's Forum" this month will discuss Emmanuel Taylor Gordon's "Born to Be" that takes an early look at black culture, poverty and wealth from both an urban and rural standpoint through the eyes of a black Montanan."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/04/22/yourtime/d14042205_01.txt

"Memory Lane: Son Of Former RML Director Reminiscses About His Childhood Home"
By Jenny Johnson
April 22, 2005
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
"During an honorary visit to Hamilton's Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Robert Parker caught a glimpse of his father's legacy. Greeted in the lab's hallways by admiring scientists, Parker visited the federal lab for the first time in more than 40 years this week. A retired truck driver living in Kansas, Parker and his daughters soaked in the history of the lab's first director, Ralph Parker through photographs and writings."
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/04/22/news/news02.txt

"Volunteers Sought For Pioneer Museum"
April 22, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"The Gallatin Historical Society invites all those interested in volunteering at the Pioneer Museum of Bozeman to a special meeting on Saturday, April 23, at 10 a.m. at the museum, 317 W. Main in Bozeman."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/04/22/features/roundup/pioneer.txt

"Actor Realized Story Of York Needed To Be Told"
By Vince Devlin
April 24, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"In the beginning, it was not a story Hasan Davis was interested in telling. York, the slave who belonged to Capt. William Clark, became the first black person to cross the North American continent north of Mexico. But references to him in the journals of Lewis and Clark are few and far between."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/04/24/news/mtregional/news08.txt

"Historical Society To Get $7.5M"
By Allison Farrell
April 24, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"HELENA - The Montana Historical Society is getting $7.5 million in state money to help with its purchase of the Capitol Hill Mall."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/24/build/state/65-historical-society.inc

"Retracing The Trek"
By Joseph B. Frazier, Associated Press
April 24, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"DISMAL NITCH, Wash. - With their clothes rotting off, their bedding soaked and their provisions low, members of the Lewis and Clark expedition were at the soggy depths of their misery."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/04/24/sunday/c03042405_03.txt

"Moving Forward"
By John Harrington
April 24, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"With $7.5 million in state funds promised if a deal can be reached, the Montana Historical Society is ready to move forward on two fronts — talks with the Capital Hill Mall owners about buying the building and turning it into a museum, and private fund-raising to drum up the estimated $32.5 million needed to complete the purchase and renovation."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/04/24/top/a01042405_01.txt

"Primrose Power"
By Colin McDonald
April 25, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"Mick Keating has a dream of being able to drive his 2005 Harley Davidson Heritage Softail into his bedroom. He wants to enter via the front door, drive through the living room and then go up a ramp to his bedroom. It's part of the remodel he dreams about for the 101-year-old Primrose Substation on Mullan Road west of Missoula."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/04/25/ourtown/ourtown01.txt

"Bigfork Restores Vintage Fire Engine"
By Chery Sabol
Apr 25, 2005
DAILY INTER LAKE
"The faithful horses that used to pull it are long gone, but Bigfork's 1899 fire engine endures. After 106 years, the fire department is asking the community for donations to help restore the steamer engine to its red-and-gold glory."
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2005/04/25/news/news05.txt

"Lewis And Clark Activities Planned In Whitehall"
By Cindy Larsen
April 26, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"WHITEHALL - A tour of Whitehall's 12 Lewis and Clark Bicentennial murals is one of many activites planned for what is now been named the Lewis and Clark Weekend in the Whitehall / Cardwell area July 29 through August 1."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/04/26/newsthreerivers/hjjejfhdifeiei.txt

"Battlefield Ranger Doug Keller Dies"
April 26, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"Doug Keller, a popular seasonal ranger at Little Bighorn Battlefield in the 1980s, died Sunday at his home in Pea Ridge, Ark. A font of military knowledge, Keller made presentations and talked with visitors and scholars at Little Bighorn during the summer months."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/26/build/state/94-keller.inc

"Local Lewis And Clark Re-Enactor Sails Downriver"
By Al Garver
April 28, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"On April 19, I began my own voyage of discovery as I prepared to travel from Montana to Nebraska to meet up with the Lewis and Clark keelboat. Once there, I would assimilate for a while into the crew as part of The Return Party, a lesser-known mission that is an important piece of the entire Lewis and Clark expedition.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/28/build/local/40-garver.inc

"'Friends Of The Ninemile Ranger Station' To Help At 75th Anniversary"
By John Q. Murray
April 28, 2005
CLARK FORK CHRONICLE
"It’s official. The Friends of the Ninemile Ranger Station group officially received its tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status, organized under the auspices of the National Forest Service History Museum. And not a moment too soon, says organizer and Ninemile resident Sue Matthews. The group plans to help at the gala 75th anniversary of the ranger station and centennial of the U.S. Forest Service, coming right up on June 11."
http://www.clarkforkchronicle.com/20050428/friends-20050428.htm

"Anchored In History: Boat Pulls Ashore At Culbertson"
By Tom Howard
April 28, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"CULBERTSON - Two hundred years ago, Capt. Meriwether Lewis sighted dozens of drowned buffalo littering the shores of the Missouri River as the Corps of Discovery labored west of the Missouri's confluence with the Yellowstone River."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/28/build/state/20-boats.inc

"Lewis & Clark Display Takes Shape Downtown"
By Martin J. Kidston
April 29, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"The Gates of the Mountains and the Great Falls of the Missouri are shaping up nicely in downtown Helena and should be ready for visitors come July."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/04/29/top/a01042905_01.txt

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"Two Hundred Years Ago Last Week, Captains Meriwether Lewis And William Clark Began Their Historic Trek Across The Territory That Would Eventually Become Montana"
By Lynnette Hintze
May 1, 2005
DAILY INTER LAKE
"Flathead Valley fourth-graders marked the bicentennial with a two-hour history lesson filled with animated stories, hands-on exhibits and Blackfeet Indian dancers."
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2005/05/01/news/news01.txt

"The Worden House - The Oldest In Missoula - Will Remain A Landmark Thanks To The Efforts Of A Descendant's Widow"
By Vince Devlin
May 1, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"H.O. "Bill" Worden thought his wife was off her rocker. When the house Worden's grandfather built in 1874 - the house where Worden himself was born in 1912 - came on the market 11 years ago, Tomme Lu Worden bought it. She used credit cards to make the purchase."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/05/01/news/top/news01.txt

"Yellowstone History Files Given To MSU"
By the Associated Press
May 1, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"BOZEMAN - Yellowstone National Park documents and memorabilia collected by the late park historian Aubrey M. Haines have been donated to the Montana State University library and soon will be available to researchers and students."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/05/01/build/state/37-history-files.inc

"Students Gather Oral Histories Of Montana Women"
MSU News Service
May 3, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"BOZEMAN - When Jill Eliel first met the man who would become her husband, she thought he was a snob. He thought she was fat. Doris Sandquist recalled that Billings during World War II was boring - "All the boys were gone." She and her sister took war-related jobs on the West Coast."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/05/03/build/state/80-mt-women.inc

"'If Walls Could Talk' Interested In Montana"
May 3, 2005
HAVRE DAILY NEWS
"'If Walls Could Talk,' a weekly series on Home & Garden Television, is interested in developing three or four stories in Montana. The Havre-Hill County Historic Preservation Commission is looking for people in Hill County who may have a special item in their home that relates to an interesting historical story."
http://www.havredailynews.com/articles/2005/05/03/features/walls.txt

"Historical Significance"
May 4, 2005
BIGFORK EAGLE
"When the Lake County commissioners consider the proposed redevelopment plan for the Kootenai Lodge, they will be shaping the future--for better or worse--of one of the most significant historic places in northwest Montana. The Mountains/Plains office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation urges the commissioners to protect this important landmark so that future generations can continue to experience it and be inspired by it."
http://www.bigforkeagle.com/articles/2005/05/04/editorials/letters/letter03.txt

"Heritage Day To Salute Dynnesons"
By Ellen Robinson
May 3, 2005
SIDNEY HERALD
"The Dynneson family will be the featured guests at this year's Heritage Day celebration June 11 in downtown Sidney. The Dynneson family first came to the area in 1911. According to the Dynneson family history, Niels Dynneson brought his seven children and wife to the MonDak region and settled on a half section with a one-room log house on the property."
http://www.sidneyherald.com/articles/2005/05/03/news/news01.txt

"Old Butte Brothel Closes - Owner Hopes Someone Will Give It New Life"
By Leslie McCartney
May 4, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"The historic Dumas Brothel Museum, 45 E. Mercury St., has been closed permanently because of safety concerns and the owner's health."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/05/04/newsbutte/hjjejejfjbiche.txt

"Alberton’s Historic Montana Hotel, Antique Depot Offer Open House Sunday"
By John Q. Murray
May 5, 2005
CLARK FORK CHRONICLE
"Two of Alberton’s historic railroad buildings will open their doors and welcome the public this Sunday. The Montana Hotel was originally constructed as a crew change hotel for the Milwaukee Road, and after a long and colorful history, now serves the town as an eclectic bed and breakfast, featuring rooms with different themes, and an owner who has been known to play the harp at mealtimes. The Antique Depot is in a building that used to be the Frenchtown depot. It has since been moved to Alberton and extensively remodeled to accommodate the antique business of Don and Colleen Howard."
http://www.clarkforkchronicle.com/20050505/openhouse-20050505.htm

"Museum To Present Melodrama Theater"
By the Standard Staff
May 6, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"Butte's World Museum of Mining is hosting a melodrama theater on most Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 6:15, from May 27 to Sept. 5. "A Night in Meaderville" is a living history musical written and produced by Kevin L. Lowney, owner of Ard Righ Productions. The story line portrays life as it was in the mostly Italian community of Meaderville, which was destroyed in the 1960s for the expansion of open-pit mining in Butte."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/05/06/entertainment/hjjejejdihhiii.txt

"Yard Party At MHS"
By The Helena IR
May 6, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Those who like a good story that brings some goosebumps will want to come to the Montana Historical Society, Saturday, May 14, at 1 p.m. to hear Ellen Baumler talk about her new book, 'Beyond Spirit Tailings: Montana's Mysteries, Ghosts, and Haunted Places.'"
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/05/06/yourtime/d08050605_01.txt

"Department Of Transportation Looking For Bridge Adopter"
By The Standard Staff - 05/07/2005
May 7, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"KALISPELL (AP) - The Montana Department of Transportation is looking for someone who wants to adopt, move and use a 79-ton steel bridge over the Flathead River east of Kalispell. The Old Steel Bridge, built in 1894 by the Gillette-Herzog Manufacturing Co., was the first steel bridge to cross the upper Flathead River."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/05/08/newsstate/hjjejejchgebff.txt

"Where Is Eastern Montana, Exactly?"
By Ed Kemmick
May 9, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"A map will tell you exactly where North and South Carolina meet. Ditto with North and South Korea and, before the Iron Curtain crumbled, East Germany and West Germany. But does anybody really know where Eastern Montana is?"
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/05/09/build/state/32-where-is-emt.inc

"Historical Society Leader Loves A Good Story"
By Lynnette Hintze
May 9, 2005
DAILY INTER LAKE
"Walter Sayre knows a lot about local history, but it's not facts and figures that drive his research, it's the offbeat stories. "Dates are important, but they're not interesting," the Whitefish historian says matter-of-factly. "What I look for is the anecdotal stuff, the odd things.'"
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2005/05/09/news/news02.txt

"Story Mansion Doors Open"
By Brook Griffin
May 9, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"Historic Preservation Days kicked off a week of festivities Sunday with the opening of the Story Mansion, offering many their first chance to see the interior of the historic home."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/05/09/news/001storymansion.txt

"Fort Assinniboine Now A Part Of Longer Trail"
By Ellen Thompson
May 10, 2005
HAVRE DAILY NEWS
"Local historian Gary Wilson hopes recreational vehicles and station wagons will soon follow the path of horse-drawn covered wagons. The Montana Legislature this year supported a tourism project expanding the Old Forts Trail, which includes Fort Assinniboine."
http://www.havredailynews.com/articles/2005/05/10/local_headlines/trail.txt

"The 1936 Worlds Fair Was An Eye Opener"
By Jay Nelson
May 10, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"In 1936 ranching was a little more profitable than it had been during the late 20s and early 30s. Not a lot more profitable, but better than it had been. My folks had saved up enough for us to take a family vacation. We had a lot of relatives in California and the World's Fair was in San Diego, so that's where we were heading."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/05/15/newsthreerivers/hjjejeijijeghh.txt

"Lewis-Clark Tourism Less Than Expected"
Knight Ridder News
May 11, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"KANSAS CITY, Mo. - In Idaho, boxes upon boxes of Lewis and Clark refrigerator magnets occupy the back room of Dave Hunt's gift shop. He wonders whether they'll ever sell. In Great Falls, Mont., dismal orders for advance tickets haunt an upcoming monthlong festival pegged to the bicentennial of the explorers' push into the Rockies. And downstream on the Missouri River, Williston, N.D., hotel operator Tom Kasperson flatly assesses the effect of Lewis and Clark tourism on his business: Zero.'"
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/05/11/build/nation/30-lewis-clark-tourism.inc

"Stolen Antique Rifle Returned To Pioneer Museum"
By Kellyn Brown
May 11, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"For 35 years Jeffry Stevens lived a double life. On one hand, he was a respected collector and one of the world's leading authorities on antique firearms. On the other, he was a master thief, stealing antique rifles and other artifacts from museums across the country."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/05/11/news/01returnedrifle.txt

"Wine Fair Part Of Historic Preservation Week"
By The Helena IR
May 13, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Helena's annual Wine Fair fund-raiser for the non-profit Montana Military Museum will be held from 6:30- 10 p.m. on Friday, May 13, in the Algeria Shrine Consistory Center, 15 North Jackson Street. The event is part of National Historic Preservation Week."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/05/13/yourtime/d07051305_04.txt

"Presentation On Meriwether Lewis At Fwp Building"
May 13, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"The Headwaters Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 19, at the Fish, Wildlife and Parks Building, 1400 S. 19th, Bozeman."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/05/13/features/roundup/headwaters.txt

"Wheeler's Anti-War Legacy Reconsidered"
By Gail Schontzler
May 13, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"Montana's late Sen. Burton Wheeler usually comes off looking pretty bad in history books about World War II, because of his isolationist opposition to war right up until Pearl Harbor."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/05/13/news/wheele.txt

"Helena And York To Celebrate Historic Preservation Week"
By The Helena IR
May 13, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Recognition of historical projects countywide, lectures, programs, lunches, a dance and a special tour are the components of this year's Historic Preservation Week, the annual celebration of the Helena/Lewis and Clark County Historic Preservation Commission."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/05/13/yourtime/d07051305_03.txt

"Museum Opens Exhibit 'Doubleday's Cowgirls'"
May 13, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"The Museum of the Rockies presents "Doubleday's Cowgirls, Women in the Rodeo." This photography exhibit documents the women who helped create the sport of rodeo in the early part of the 20th century and will be on display from May 14 though Sept. 11, 2005."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/05/13/features/roundup/cowgirls.txt

"State Asks Judge To Order Museum Reopened"
By Jim Gransbery
May 14, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"Alleging that the overseers of Alberta Bair's trust are "in breach" of the document that created the Charles M. Bair Family Museum in Martinsdale, Montana's attorney general Friday asked District Judge G. Todd Baugh to forgo a bench trial in August, and order the museum reopened and the overseers to provide $7 million for its support and continued operation."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/05/14/build/state/35-state-asks-judge.inc

"Wild West Show Wows 'Em"
By Eve Byron
May 14, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"In a break with tradition, the clouds parted moments before noon, and the 81st annual Vigilante Parade wound through downtown Helena under sunny skies. The parade of Helena and Capital high students celebrates Montana's heritage, and the range of floats built by the youth not only ran the gamut of professions but also of time."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/05/14/top/a01051405_05.txt

"Ghost Walks Today, Sunday - Museum Of Mining Offers Weekend Of Fun"
By the Standard Staff - 05/14/2005
May 14, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"Citizens from Butte's past will come to life at the World Museum of Mining's annual Ghost Walk Saturday and Sunday, May 14-15. The walk is presented by Butte Cares and will feature people who haunt the Mining Museum and Hell Roarin' Gulch with their stories and biographies. This year will feature Eso Naranche, Mary Buckley, Morgan Earp, (yes there is a Butte connection), Gertie the "baby seller," Manus Duggan, Augustus Heinze and others."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/05/15/entertain_top/hjjejeifjbgafd.txt

"Park Official Wants Indians' Story Told At Mount Rushmore"
By Carson Walker, Associated Press
May 14, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, S.D. - The huge granite faces of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt evoke the ideals of the country's leaders as America changed from rural republic to world power. To many American Indians, though, the imposing monument in the Black Hills is a painful symbol of treaties broken by the federal government. And they want their story told."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/05/14/national/a07051405_02.txt

"Danes To Dagmar"
By Lorna Thackeray
May 15, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"F. Madsen was in a hurry to establish a Danish Evangelical Lutheran colony on unbroken northeastern Montana prairie, and he didn't want other homesteaders to get there first. "Do not write a long letter to me and waste more time,'' the immigrant-turned-Iowa-businessman exhorted in a recruitment letter published in the Danish-language Minnesota newspaper Dannevirke on Oct. 9, 1906. "Just put $60 or $70 in your pocket, go to the railroad station and hurry out there'."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&tts=1&display=rednews/2005/05/15/build/state/30-danes-to-dagmar.inc

"Classic Book On Blackfeet Is Back In Print"
By The Helena IR
May 15, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"‘Blackfeet Indian Stories' - By George Bird Grinnell - 144 pages; paperback; $10.95. "Blackfeet Indian Stories," an early collection of the legends, lore, and history of the Blackfeet by Glacier National Park explorer George Bird Grinnell, has been republished by Riverbend Publishing of Helena. First published in 1913, the classic book features the entertaining Na'Pi (Old Man) stories of mischief and trickery, plus historical legends such as the hero Kut-o-yis' who got rid of the bad things, the stories of Cold Maker and Thunder, how the earth was created, the camp of ghosts, and the secret societies of the Blackfeet. Grinnell also included a brief history of the Blackfeet."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/05/15/sunday/c02051505_01.txt

"Open House Mset {sic} At Park Museum"
By Chronicle Staff
May 16, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"The new Yellowstone Heritage and Research Center in Gardiner will host a community open house on Wednesday, May 18, from 3 to 8 p.m. Visitors will be able to tour the new facility and get a behind-the-scenes view of the archives, library, rare book room, and the museum collection storage."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/05/16/news/museum.txt

"Dreaming On The Land"
By Lorna Thackeray
May 16, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"Montana knew no shame when it came to enticing homesteaders to fill millions of acres of empty prairie. Railroads, anxious to build a customer base in vast expanses between East and West coasts, probably told some whoppers, too. But it would have been hard to compete with the state's newly created Department of Agriculture and Publicity."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews/2005/05/16/build/state/30-dreaming-on-the-land.inc

"Eight Missoula Homes, Businesses Honored For Historic Preservation"
By Mea Andrews
May 17, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"One summer day, Alison Shuler meandered through her morning routine and wandered downstairs in her home to find a man gawking at her house from the front porch. "May I help you?" asked a startled Shuler. "Is this the Maclean house?" the man asked. She had to say yes. Shuler and her husband, Terry, have become accustomed to literati, historians, fly-fishers and lovers of Montana lore walking by and ogling their home at 302 S. Fifth St. W. It was once a parsonage for Missoula's First Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. John Norman Maclean and his family lived there."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/05/17/news/local/news03.txt

"History Buffs And Students Meet In Ore. To Honor Pomp"
By The Associated Press
May 18, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"JORDAN VALLEY, Ore. (AP) - History buffs and students here paid tribute to Sacagawea's son, whose life began as explorers Lewis and Clark trekked to the Pacific Ocean and ended 61 years later on eastern Oregon's high desert while in search of gold."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/05/18/national/a06051805_01.txt

"AmeriCorps cleans Up Virginia And Nevada Cities"
By Keeley Fitzgerald
May 18, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"ENNIS - The majority of historic buildings and landmarks in Virginia City and Nevada City received a thorough spring-cleaning in recent weeks thanks to team AmeriCorps. For the past five weeks team AmeriCorps, an all volunteer group comprised of students ages 18-24 working toward education credits, has spent 40-plus hours a week cleaning up the historic towns in preparation for the busy tourist season. The AmeriCorps team came to the area at the request of the Montana Heritage Commission. Based out of Denver, the team arrived in Virginia City on April 19 to begin a six-week long community service project that would also prove to be a valuable lesson in history."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/05/18/newsthreerivers/hjjejeibichdif.txt

"Restoration Begins On Courthouse"
By The Standard Staff
May 18, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"VIRGINIA CITY - Restoration work has started on the Madison County Courthouse in Virginia City as part of a Save America's Treasures Grant.
Save America's Treasures is a national effort to protect America's threatened cultural treasures, including historic structures, collections, works of art, maps and journals that document and illuminate the history and culture of the United States."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/05/18/newsthreerivers/hjjejeibidfhib.txt

"200 Years After Lewis And Clark Crossed The Bitterroot Range And Beheld A Beautiful Prairie Spread Before Them, Visitors From All Over Will Get To Experience The Same Excitement"
By Daryl Gadbow
May 19, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"LOCHSA LODGE, Idaho - On Sept. 19, 1805, after slogging for over a week across the rugged mountains of the Bitterroot Range, Meriwether Lewis wrote in his journal, "Set out this morning a little after sun rise and continued our route - for six miles, when the ridge terminated and we to our inexpressible joy discovered a large tract of Prairie lying to the S.W." On Sept. 19, 2005, a modern-day group of explorers will ascend the same trail, now called Spirit Revival Ridge, high above the Lochsa River in Idaho, to gaze upon the welcome sight of the prairie that inspired Meriwether Lewis and William Clark 200 years ago."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/05/20/outdoors/od01.txt

"Uncovering Artifacts"
By Marga Lincoln
May 20, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"While many secrets go to the grave, Charity Dillon took more than her share with her. Her mysterious life, her search for her missing husband or lover, a touch of scandal around her livelihood and her lonely death have all intrigued Broadwater County residents for more than a century. Her story, what little of it that is known, endures as Broadwater County's most popular folk legend."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/05/20/neighbors/c01052005_01.txt

"New Owners Of Sitting Bull Gravesite Plan To Clean It Up"
By Brad Perriello, Associated Press Writer
May 21, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"MOBRIDGE, S.D. - High on a bluff across the Missouri River from this South Dakota town sits a bust of Sitting Bull, marking the famous American Indian leader's burial site. The memorial is in sorry shape — the nose is chipped, perhaps from potshots or souvenir seekers, as is the inscription that reads, ‘‘Tatanka Iyotake, Sitting Bull, 1831-1890.'' Broken beer bottles are strewn about the monument's concrete base."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/05/21/national/a01052105_04.txt

"Sacred Ground: Proposed Condo Development Threatens Historic Kootenai Lodge At Swan Lake, A Treasured Retreat For More Than A Century"
By John Stromnes
May 22, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"SWAN LAKE - The beginning of the story of Kootenai Lodge at Swan Lake is lost in the "dream time," as anthropologists say - time immemorial, before the European conquest of North America, a time when land and the sustenance it provided were free for the taking and sharing: tall timber, clear streams filled with fish, grassy meadows supplying roots and berries, forests thick with game."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/05/22/news/top/news01.txt

"Commemorative Edition Highway Map Unveiled"
By Bob Anez, Associated Press
May 21, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"HELENA - State officials unveiled Friday a remodeled Montana highway map that commemorates the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, giving the officials a chance to put in a plug for bicentennial events they hope will be a big tourism draw this year."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/05/21/montana/c03052105_01.txt

"Nez Perce Battlefield Becomes National Park"
By EVE BYRON
May 25, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"A historic site in northcentral Montana is the state's newest addition to the National Parks Service. The Bear Paw Battlefield, 15 miles south of Chinook, is where the last fight of the four-month Nez Perce War of 1877 took place. The battlefield was a state park, but Fish, Wildlife and Parks didn't have the time or money to pay much attention to the site."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/05/25/montana/a01052505_04.txt

"Texas Group Searching For Family Of WWII Pilot"
By Beth Slovic
May 25, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"A Texas historical society is looking for the family members of a deceased World War II pilot with ties to Logan. The pilot, 2nd Lt. Dana William Bradford, died near Yoakum, Texas, on March 11, 1942, when the B-25 bomber he was aboard crashed under mysterious circumstances."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/05/25/news/03logan.txt

"Museum Director Quits - Former County Budget Director Mike Shea Picked As Interim Leader"
By Leslie McCartney,
May 25, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"Two employees of the World Museum of Mining resigned abruptly Tuesday and directors quickly appointed former Butte-Silver Bow County budget director Mike Shea as the interim leader."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/05/25/newsbutte/hjjejehejcijee.txt

"Antiques, Artwork Stolen From Dumas"
By Erin Nicholes
May 25, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"It was unfortunate timing. Rudy Giecek opened the doors of the historic Dumas Brothel for a New York Times reporter Tuesday only to find thieves had cleaned it out overnight."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/05/25/newsbutte/hjjejehejcijfj.txt

"Scenic 1936 Highway Has A Storied Past"
By Donna Healy of Montana Lee Newspapers
May 25, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"BILLINGS - The dozen mudslides that wiped out portions of the Beartooth Highway this week are not the first slides to close the road connecting Red Lodge and Cooke City."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/05/26/newsstate/hjjejehehgghii.txt

"Forging On"
by Mike Keefe-Feldman
May 26, 2005
MISSOULA INDEPENDENT
"Flathead blacksmiths keep the flame alive. In colonial America, nearly every village had a blacksmith to make and repair plow blades, pots, horseshoes and other metal items."
http://www.missoulanews.com/News/News.asp?no=4917

"‘PIT Crew’ Preps Historic Ninemile For 75th Birthday"
by John Q. Murray
May 26, 2005
CLARK FORK CHRONICLE
"The historic buildings at the Ninemile Remount Depot are getting new wood shingle roofs just in time for the 75th anniversary party June 11. Passport in Time (PIT) volunteers from all over the country are working this week on the new roofs and other maintenance to prepare for the upcoming celebration, which will also mark the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Forest Service."
http://www.clarkforkchronicle.com/20050526/ninemile-pit-20050526.htm

"Historical Society Looking Ahead"
By Richard Hanners
May 26, 2005
WHITEFISH PILOT
"From her third-story office on the west end of the Whitefish Railway Depot, Stumptown Historical Society administrator Jill Evans has a commanding view down onto the railway yards. She could imagine what it was like back in 1927, back when the depot building was first built, to be in charge of hundreds of Great Northern Railway workers as they hustled to get the trains ready. She could imagine that if she wasn't so busy."
http://www.whitefishpilot.com/articles/2005/05/26/news/news01.txt

"Alkali School's Time Capsule Opened"
By John Fitzgerald
May 27, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"For 25 years, a little piece of history has been hiding in the Alkali Creek Elementary school vault. On Thursday, a time capsule prepared by Marilyn Wade's sixth-grade class in 1980 was opened."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/05/27/build/local/45-time-capsule.inc

"Livingston Depot Museum Opens With New Exhibit"
May 27, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"The Livingston Depot Museum has announced it will open Saturday, May 28, at 9 a.m. In addition to its offerings of regional railroad history, the museum this year will feature the special exhibit, "Fact/Idea," by acclaimed letterpress printer Peter Koch."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/05/27/features/art/01depotopens.txt

"Gold Rush Fever Days In Historic Virginia City"
May 27, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"It's Gold Rush Fever Days in historic Virginia City and Nevada City starting Friday, June 3, with living history activities."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/05/27/features/roundup/02goldrush.txt

"Old Trail Museum Prepares To Open For Summer May 27"
By Nancy Thornton
May 27, 2005
CHOTEAU ACANTHA
"The Old Trail Museum complex, an important tourist attraction in Choteau, will open for the summer on May 27, with hours 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily."
http://www.choteauacantha.com/articles/2005/05/26/news/news2.txt

"Lewis And Clark Dedication Will Be Taking Place On June 2"
By Iva Kolstad
May 27, 2005
SHELBY PROMOTER
"The Marias Chapter members of the Lewis and Clark Heritage Trail are scrambling to get the Lewis and Clark Mini Interpretive Center ready for the dedication and grand opening of the little park."
http://www.glacierreporter.com/articles/2005/05/25/shelby_promoter/news/news6.txt

"Seeley Lake Man Returns Knife To Survivor Of 1943 Ship Attack"
By Colin McDonald
May 30, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"It's a simple souvenir knife purchased in 1943 by a U.S. soldier in the city of Oran, in what is now Algeria. While waiting to be transported into the Asiatic theater of World War II, the soldier used his pocketknife to inscribe his initials and the words "Torpedoed Nov. 26 1943 H.M.S. ROHNA" onto the handle of the knife. That careful etching started the knife on a journey that would take it through bombing raids in Asia and the black markets of China and finally to Don Weidinger's basement in Seeley Lake."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/05/30/news/top/news01.txt

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