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"Montana To Celebrate Irish Roots"
By The Standard Staff
July 1, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"HELENA - The Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Montana Historical Society are teaming up to celebrate the state's Irish heritage with the rededication of the Capitol's Thomas Francis Meagher statue July 5 in Helena."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/07/03/entertainment/hjjejcjiiaegej.txt

"Perusing The Past: Historic Alta Ranger Station Gives Glimpse Into Hughes Creek Area's Storied Past"
By Rod Daniel
July 1, 2005
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
"Once a bustling mining camp with its own post office, stage coach and ranger station, the now-deserted community of Alta serves as a reminder of what Montana was like more than a century ago. Located 19 miles south of U.S. 93 just off West Fork Road, Alta's most acclaimed building is the one-room log ranger station built in 1899 by Forest Reserve rangers Than Wilkerson and Hank Tuttle."
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/07/01/bitterroot/25-outdoors.txt

"Ain't It Great To Be Irish? MHS, Hibernians Rededicate Meagher Statue"
By The Helena IR
July 1, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"The Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Montana Historical Society are teaming up to celebrate the state's Irish heritage with the rededication of the Capitol's Thomas Francis Meagher statue on July 5."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/07/02/yourtime/d12070105_01.txt

"Funding Setback Doesn't Deter Glacial Lake Missoula Group"
By Vince Devlin
July 1, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"The National Park Service said this week it does not want to be responsible for the proposed Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail that would run from Missoula to Oregon's Willamette Valley. Too expensive, Park Service deputy director Donald Murphy told a U.S. Senate subcommittee."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/07/01/news/mtregional/news08.txt

"New Display Opens At Museum"
July 1, 2005
HAVRE DAILY NEWS
"The Pacific Junction Railway Club, a part of Havre Beneath the Streets and the Havre Railroad Museum, will have three special displays of HO trains in the next three months."
http://www.havredailynews.com/articles/2005/07/01/editorials/museumdisplay.txt

"Arlee Museum Brings Past Alive With Lewis And Clark Exhibit"
By Luella N. Brien
July 2, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"ARLEE - On the east side of U.S. 93 in Arlee there lies a little-known nook filled with the history of the region. The Arlee-Jocko Valley Museum is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this summer with a new Lewis and Clark exhibit."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/07/02/news/mtregional/news05.txt

"Permanent Exhibit At The Mai Wah Museum Helps Preserve History"
By The Standard Staff
July 2, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"Without the Chinese, Keno may have never been created in Butte.
Two Butte brothers adapted the chance number game from a Chinese version imported to Montana about a century ago, according to a new permanent exhibit at the Mai Wah Museum."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/07/06/featuresbigskylife/hjjejcjhiagajh.txt

"All Things Irish"
By MARTIN J. KIDSTON
July 2, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"When Tom Huddleston recalls the legend of Thomas Francis Meagher, he can't help but slip into an Irish brogue, rolling his Rs and extending his vowels. To be sure, when Huddleston tells the story of the Irish patriot who served as Montana territorial governor, his pride in all things Irish begins to shine."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/07/02/montana/a07070205_03.txt

"Mai Wah Museum Information"
By The Standard Staff
July 2, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"The Mai Wah Museum, 17 W. Mercury, is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. through September. "The Butte Chinese Experience" grand opening reception will be Friday, July 8, 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibit costs $3. For details, call the museum at 723-3231."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/07/03/featuresbigskylife/hjjejcjhiagcjc.txt

"Loaded For Bear"
By Laura Tode
July 2, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Should a mammoth or any other prehistoric or imaginary creature wander into the Fromm's backyard in Great Falls, Nolan, 10, and Aidan, 7, are ready."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/07/02/helena_top/a01070205_04.txt

"Days Of Yore"
By Laura Tode
July 3, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"In the shadow cast by a canvas covered lean-to last Friday, John Toenyes, Phil Scriver and Bob Kilmer sat on polished wooden crates, shot the bull and waved away mosquitoes. Dressed in handmade cotton shirts and work pants, the men were dusty and oily from work at the campfire, which still burns just a few feet from the edge of their patch of shade."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/07/03/top/a01070305_01.txt

"Opinions - Remembering Meagher"
By Tom Huddleston
July 3, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"The Capitol's statue of Thomas Francis Meagher will be 100 years old Monday. On Tuesday, July 5, the Montana Historical Society and Helena's Division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians are throwing a party to mark the occasion and they've invited everyone. While this man is a beacon for the Irish of Montana, he's really representative of the immigrants who came to the New World from all over the globe and made unselfish investments with their lives."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/07/03/opinions/a05070305_01.txt

"Descendants Of William Clark Meet On Historic Trail For Reunion"
By Betsy Cohen
July 4, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"LOLO - Descendants of Capt. William Clark gathered in Missoula this weekend for their own corps of discovery. For the first time in some 40 years, relatives of the famous explorer became reacquainted with the story of the amazing expedition - and with one another - during a family reunion."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/07/04/news/top/news01.txt

"'Lolo' Gets Proper Sendoff: Long-Lost Grave Of Town Namesake Marked"
By Betsy Cohen
July 4, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"LOLO - The man for whom a town, a creek, a trail, a pass and a national forest are named was given a formal memorial service early Sunday, nearly 165 years after his death. Lawrence "Lolo" Rence, a fur trapper who lived in the area in the early 1800s and who was buried on a grassy bench above Graves Creek, was blessed in a small ceremony on Sunday led by Father Gregory Wingenbach, pastor of the Five Valleys' Church of the Annunciation."

"Historians Chronicle 60 Years At Missoula County High School"
By Mea Andrews
July 5, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"In 1935, cars for teenagers weren't the rite of passage they are today. David Schroeder was lucky: His dad, Lolo rancher John Schroeder, bought him an "old" Ford to drive from the Bitterroot Valley to Missoula for high school."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/07/05/news/local/news04.txt

"Pilots Take Aerial View Of Lewis And Clark's Trek"
By Chris Rubich
July 5, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
*Book Review* "'Chasing Lewis and Clark Across America: A 21st Century Aviation Adventure' - Authors: Ron Lowery and Mary Walker - Publisher: Windsock Media. The varied landscape that greeted Meriwether Lewis and William Clark two centuries ago as they explored the Louisiana Purchase takes on new dimension in 'Chasing Lewis and Clark Across America: A 21st Century Aviation Adventure'".
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=4&display=rednews/2005/07/03/build/magazine/50-lewisclarktrailaerial.inc

"Women Organize RMC History"
RMC News Service
July 5, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
". . . The project involved a basement packed with boxes full of photos - not a few hundred but thousands and thousands of photos."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/07/05/build/local/47-rmc-history.inc

"Alta Pine Continues To Inspire Awe 12 Years After Being Killed By Lightening Strike"
by Rod Daniel
July 6, 2005
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
"Already a giant tree when Columbus sailed to the New World, the Alta Pine remains one of the most impressive edifices in the Bitterroot Valley. Located on Forest Service land about a mile this side of Alta on West Fork Road and estimated to be more than 800 years old, the giant ponderosa pine was killed by lightening on July 16, 1993, after surviving countless other lightning strikes. And even though its green needles have long since fallen, the tree continues to be a source of awe and wonder to visitors."
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/07/06/features/94-valley.txt

"The Valierian Will Commemorate 100th Birthday Of Town With History Book Of Valier, Dupuyer & Surrounding Area"
By Trina Jo Bradley
July 7, 2005
VALIERIAN
"As the 100 year anniversary of Valier draws nearer, The Valierian is planning to commemorate the event early by publishing a pictorial history book of the Valier and Dupuyer area, including Lake Frances, Williams, Robare, and Swift Dam."
http://www.glacierreporter.com/articles/2005/07/07/the_valierian/news/news2.txt

"Salish Tell Their Side Of Lewis And Clark Story"
By Peter Bulger
July 7, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"ST. IGNATIUS - Members of the Salish American Indian community of the Flathead Reservation unveiled a new tool to help preserve their culture Wednesday morning in the St. Ignatius Longhouse. After 30 years of compiling stories from tribal elders by the Salish-Pend d'Oreille Culture Committee, the first of several books about the Salish people's history was presented to elders before its release. The book, titled "The Salish People and the Lewis and Clark Expedition," is about the Salish people's encounters with Lewis and Clark and the effects, said Tony Incashola, director of the committee."

"Daly Mansion Undergoing Renovations"
By Michael Howell
July 7, 2005
BITTERROOT STAR
http://www.bitterrootstar.com/backissues/7_7_05/pageone.html#mansion
"While remaining relatively unchanged on its exterior, the Daly Mansion, a landmark tourist destination in the valley located north of Hamilton on the Eastside Highway, is undergoing significant changes on the inside. The former home of Copper King Marcus Daly was purchased by the state from the Daly heirs to be preserved as a historical monument, and now the Daly Mansion Board of Directors has launched an ambitious renovation project involving the entire first floor and the sitting room at the top of the stairs on the second floor."

"Sacajawea Descendant To Appear At July 23 Dedication Of Statue"
Staff Report
July 7, 2005
BELGRADE NEWS
"The Three Forks Area Historical Society and the city of Three Forks will be dedicating the new Sacajawea "Coming Home" statue and park renovation at this year’s Lewis and Clark Festival of Discovery, Saturday, July 23. . . . Three Forks Mayor Gene Townsend will emcee the event, which will feature speeches by renovation committee chair Paul Hetu; sculptor Mary Michael; Montana Lewis and Clark Bicenennial Commission spokesman Clint Blackwood; Sacajawea descendant Roseanne Abrahamson; and Clark portrayer Hal Stearns."
http://www.belgrade-news.com/archives/view.php?article=2171

"Famous Alta Pine Determined To Be Liability"
By Michael Howell
July 7, 2005
BITTERROOT STAR
http://www.bitterrootstar.com/backissues/7_7_05/pageone.html#pine
"It was old when Columbus discovered America. It was over 800 years old when it was struck by lightning and killed a few years ago. It was one of the largest pines in the state of Montana. It is called the Alta Pine and is located down a short path from the West Fork Road. Famous for its size and age, the Alta Pine has been a beacon for tree lovers who visit the Bitterroot. But the U.S. Forest Service, which once championed the tree as a destination tourist point in the Bitterroot Forest, has decided that the old, dead tree now presents a threat to the visiting public and is busy seeing to it that all signs of "invitation" to visit the tree, once erected by the USFS, are obliterated."

"WWII Internment Camp May Be Rebuilt In Idaho"
July 8, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"EDEN, Idaho (AP) - Hoping to give modern-day visitors a glimpse of life at a World War II internment camp, the National Park Service is proposing to recreate a block of barracks like those that housed the 13,000 Japanese-Americans detained at the compound between 1942 and 1945."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/07/08/build/nation/96-internment-camp.inc

"Corps Of Discovery Events Kick Off Saturday At Fairgrounds"
By Carolynn Bright
July 8, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Celebration continues throughout the week with music, exhibits and speakers. For those of you who might have missed it — The Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Celebration is on a collision course with Helena."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/07/08/helena_top/c01070805_01.txt

"Navajo Code Talkers Honored Tonight"
By Laura Tode
July 8, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Two World War II Navajo code talkers will be honored at tonight's kickoff banquet for the Helena Indian Summer Art Market which will be held Saturday and Sunday at the Lewis and Clark Fairgrounds."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/07/08/helena/c01070805_01.txt

"Grant-Kohrs Ranch Lets The Good Times Roll For Western Heritage Days"
July 8, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site in Deer Lodge invites the public to the 28th annual Western Heritage Days celebration July 9 and 10. The event will be a mix of traditional favorites, such as branding, chuckwagon cooking and blacksmithing, haying and some surprising new programs, including a climb up some scaffolding to see the recently restored ornamental porch of the historic mansion. Vintage tractors will be on display along with a railroad motor car, an 1854 Civil War style ambulance and a horse drawn mower."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/07/08/features/roundup/grantkohrs.txt

"Three Forks Festival Of Discovery July 21-24"
July 8, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"The Three Forks Area Festival of Discovery will be held July 21-24, the fourth weekend of July. This year's festival will commemorate the bicentennial of the arrival of the Lewis and Clark Expedition at the Missouri River Headwaters July 27, 1805."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/07/08/features/roundup/01roundupdiscovery.txt

"L&C Event Organizers Await Financial Tally"
By the Associated Press
July 10, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"GREAT FALLS - Organizers of "Explore the Big Sky," one of the nation's 15 "Signature Events" commemorating the Lewis and Clark expedition's bicentennial, say it will be two weeks before they know its financial outcome."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/07/10/build/state/65-l-and-c-tally.inc

"Gazette Opinion: Pompeys Pillar Upgrades Needed For Bicentennial"
July 10, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"Climbing 202 weathered, wooden steps to the top of Pompeys Pillar gives a breathless visitor a panoramic view of the Yellowstone River that Capt. William Clark's party canoed 199 years ago. Much has changed in the land around this towering rock since Clark passed it. More change must happen quickly to properly commemorate next year's bicentennial."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/07/10/build/opinion/30-gazette-opinion.inc

"Lewis & Clark Left Window On Landscape They Saw"
By Kathy Lloyd
July 10, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Two hundred years ago the Lewis and Clark Expedition first encountered the landscape that is now Montana. Anniversaries of great historical events provide opportunities to reflect on where we have been and where we are going."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/07/11/sunday/c01071005_04.txt

"Retracing History"
By Eve Byron
July 10, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Ellie Soth is pretty impressed with Lewis and Clark Expedition, but it took awhile for the 5 1/2 year-old to elaborate because she was busy at an exhibit Saturday listening to a recording of the Corps of Discovery's effort."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/07/11/gathering_news/a01071005_01.txt

"Expedition, Actually Quite Difficult"
By Peter Bovingdon
July 10, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"One of the first things you see upon entering the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Great Falls is a life-sized diorama entitled "Portage." The map on the Web site clarifies — "Men pulling canoe uphill." This is an understatement. A more accurate description might read, "Ragged, exhausted men hump lead-filled Ford F-250 up the wrong side of a buffalo jump." This diorama confirms something I have felt for a while about the Lewis and Clark expedition, namely that I would have lasted about 20 minutes on that trip."

"Lewis & Clark Were ‘Genuises' At Keeping The Peace, Says Speaker"
By Eve Byron
July 10, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"As families hit the road for their summer vacations, probably the most difficult part is trying to make the traveling harmonious, with little bickering or boredom to taint the journey. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark faced the same problems on their expedition 200 years ago, notes historian and parent Stephanie Ambrose Tubbs n only their road trip lasted almost three years. In her speech "In Search of Perfect Harmony" given Saturday during this week's Corps of Discovery celebration at the Lewis and Clark Fairgrounds, Tubbs notes that the captains were "geniuses" when it came to keeping their men happy."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/07/11/gathering_news/a01071005_02.txt

"Corps Met With Many Mistruths"
By Jason Mohr
July 11, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Professor says language barrier led to confusion for explorers. The Nez Perce didn't have pierced noses. The Gros Vente didn't have big bellies. The Flatheads might have had fancy hairdos. But the Blackfeet certainly didn't have black feet. Such are the misinterpretations that Meriwether Lewis and William Clark encountered as they navigated not only the geographical unknown two centuries ago, but a wilderness of languages, according to University of Montana anthropologist Sally Thompson."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/07/11/montana_top/a01071105_01.txt

"Adventure Became A Way Of Life For Explorers"
By Laura Tode
July 11, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"John Colter went on to discover Yellowstone Park. In May of 1804, 43 men and a dog set off from St. Louis, Mo., into the unknown Louisiana Territory. Led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the men were a hand-picked bunch of woodsmen, boatmen, hunters, gunsmiths and experienced interpreters. Of no lesser rank, the party also included cooks, a tailor, a shoemaker and a fiddler. If these hand-picked men weren't in love with adventure as they set off from St. Louis in 1804, they were by the time they returned."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/07/11/gathering_news/a05071105_01.txt

"Lewis And Clark Go Loco With Native Plants"
By Laura Alvey
July 11, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"When he sent the Corps of Discovery on their journey, one of Thomas Jefferson's goals was the search and documentation of the West's treasure trove of plant life. In the course of the expedition, Meriwether Lewis and his party collected more than 200 plants, many of which were new to science, and approximately 260 different plants are mentioned in expedition journals."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/07/11/montana/a05071105_02.txt

"Corps used native materials, retained military cut in clothes"
By John Harrington
July 12, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"As the Lewis and Clark expedition made its way through Montana 200 years ago this summer, the men were going native in the makeup of their clothes and other supplies, but the design was still distinctly western."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/07/12/montana_top/a01071205_03.txt

"Lewis & Clark Meet ‘ER' - ‘Or Perish In The Attempt' Explores Wilderness Medicine"
By Marga Lincoln
July 12, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"The Corps of Discovery achieved its remarkable success, despite the best medical treatment of the day, not because of it. The trials and medical maladies of the Corps would have kept a host of modern day emergency room physicians busy."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/07/13/gathering_news/c01071205_01.txt

"Cook With The Corps"
By Peggy O'Neill
July 13, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Two hundred years and a few days ago, the Lewis and Clark Expedition drank the last of their whiskey. It was a worthy cause - they celebrated the Fourth of July with a little more than their daily ration - a gill each, equal to about four ounces."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/07/13/food/c01071305_01.txt

"Plum Tart: A Treat From The Expedition"
By Eve Byron
July 13, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Amid their steady diet of venison and roots, members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition occasionally created special culinary treats from seasonal berries. In August 1804, Capt. William Clark wrote about "delitefull Tarts" made with buffalo berries, which he compared to plums he knew from back East."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/07/13/food/c01071305_02.txt

"Preservation Job On The Move"
By the Standard Staff
July 13, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"There has been a recent decision to move historic preservation officer Mark Reavis out of the public works department and over to the health department. Reavis will also have a new title: property management and preservation adviser. Health Department Director Dan Dennehy said Chief Executive Paul Babb made the decision after consulting with department heads. They decided the most appropriate place for the historic preservation position was working alongside the community enrichment staff at the health department."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/07/13/newsbutte/hjjejcigjcidfa.txt

"Proposed Buildings Policy Worries Preservation Group"
By Roberta Forsell Stauffer
July 13, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
"Butte Citizens for Preservation and Revitalization are concerned about a new policy in the works for dealing with surplus county buildings. The local nonprofit fears the plan — to be presented at this week's council meeting — could lead to unnecessary demolition of historic buildings.Under the new process, "Class 1" structures could be torn down without public notification or even review by the local Historic Preservation Commission."
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/07/13/newsbutte/hjjejcigjcicih.txt

"Gaillardia: Native Plant And Garden Favorite"
By Mary Johnson
July 14, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Almost 200 years have passed since Meriwether Lewis collected Gaillardia aristata, a brightly colored native wildflower that also is a favorite garden plant. Perhaps you were lucky enough to see the original specimen that was displayed last year at the Montana Historical Society Museum, on loan from the Lewis and Clark Herbarium in Philadelphia."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/07/14/outdoors/c01071405_02.txt

"Remodeled Cabin Highlights 100th Anniversary Of USFS"
By MARTIN J. KIDSTON
July 14, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"RIMINI — A date etched on the wall of the Moose Creek Cabin here reads 1908, the year the log-built ranger station was erected in the Tenmile drainage. Now, with renovations complete, the historic cabin will open to the public today as the Helena Ranger District celebrates the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Forest Service."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/07/14/montana/a07071405_03.txt

"Message In A Bottle"
By Laura Tode
July 15, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Six-year-old Katarina Webb had never seen a canteen before. But when she saw a round, wooden canteen, similar to the ones used by Lewis and Clark 200 years ago, she said she knew what it was used for."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/07/15/top/a01071505_03.txt

"Lewis And Clark Kiosks Installed In Broadwater County"
By Marga Lincoln
July 15, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Three informational kiosks about the momentous Lewis and Clark Expedition have been installed along Highway 12/287, just in time to commemorate the days 200 years ago that the Corps traveled through what is now Broadwater County."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/07/15/gathering_news/c01071505_04.txt

"Centennial Edition On Sale"
By Paul Overlie
July 15, 2005
LIBERTY COUNTY TIMES
"The centennial edition of the Liberty County Times has arrived! It is something that has been in the works for years, then died and was resurrected only to die again. Finally, in early June, it was decided to go ahead and put one out. The result is a 16 page broad sheet extra that contains several pages from previous years, cuts, pictures and an overview of the newspaper business and how it all came to be. From the early years, through the transitions, to the present; the Liberty County times wasn't always what it is now. In fact, there was no Liberty County Times until 1936. There was the Chester Signal, Chester Democrat, Chester Reporter, the Liberty County Farmer and, finally the Liberty County Times."
http://highline.townnews.com/articles/2005/07/15/news/news3.txt

"Captain Lewis And The Black Cottonwood"
By Spencer Shropshire
July 15, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"As the summer of 1806 and the return home approached, Capt. Meriwether Lewis fretted over the hazards of crossing the Rockies. The supply of trinkets for barter was exhausted, and on June 2, he wrote: '…we were obliged to have recourse to every Subterfuge in order to prepare in the most ample manner in our power to meet that wretched portion of our journey, the Rocky Mountains, where hungar and Cold in their most rigorous form assail the waried traveler; not any of us have yet forgotten our sufferings in those mountains in September last, I think it probable we never shall.'"
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/07/15/gathering_news/c01071505_03.txt

"Educators Explore Lewis And Clark Trail"
By Linda Halstead-Acharya
July 16, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"Teacher Jason Olson was incredulous when he saw the actual site where the Corps of Discovery portaged around the Great Falls of the Missouri."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/07/16/build/state/35-lc-trail.inc

"Anyone For Fried Beaver Tail?"
By Carolynn Bright
July 16, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"When one thinks of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, images of men hefting canoes and confronting grizzly bears come to mind. However, according to Ehren Gross of the National Parks Service, they spent about as much time finding and preparing food to fill their rumbling bellies as they did exploring."
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/07/17/gathering_news/a01071605_04.txt

"Bighorn Canyon Sites At Mercy Of Unlawful Artifact Hunters"
By Lorna Thackeray
July 17, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"Sometime in the past 200 to 400 years, an artist from an exclusive Crow religious society painted two sacred figures on the walls of a protected rock shelter on the edge of the Pryor Mountains. . . . The figures had not been damaged, but looters had dug deep into the shelter's powdery soil, looking for artifacts."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/07/17/build/state/20-artifact-hunters.inc

"Grand Stand - A Visit To Primm's Meadow Is Like Taking A Step Back In Time"
By Perry Backus
July 17, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"GOLD CREEK - It's a lonely, quiet stroll up the road to Primm's Meadow. A single track marks the way in the dust along the trail - a good sign for those hoping for a bit of solitude."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/07/17/territory/territory01.txt

"Lewis & Clark Events Wind Up"
By John Harrington
July 18, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Helena's turn hosting the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial neared its conclusion Saturday with more strong crowds enjoying exhibits and presentations at the fairgrounds. Elsie Dillewaard, a ranger with the National Park Service who's traveling with the Corps of Discovery II along the Lewis and Clark Trail, said it's been a good week in the Queen City."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/07/18/helena/a01071705_04.txt

"Trial Will Decide Bair’s Intention"
By Jim Gransbery
July 19, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"Whatever Alberta Bair intended for her family's historical museum at Martinsdale and the discretionary power she invested in its board of trustees will be decided at trial."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/07/19/build/local/55-bair-trial.inc

"Historian To Give Talk On Local Cemeteries"
By The Helena IR
July 19, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
"Montana Historical Society historian Ellen Baumler will present "Dead and Buried Twice" at 6:30 p.m. this Thursday, July 21, telling some old stories about Helena's cemeteries."
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/07/19/helena/a06071905_02.txt

"House With A History - 'If Walls Could Talk' To Film Segment At Deb And Andy Carstensen's Home"
By Betsy Cohen
July 20, 2005
MISSOULIAN
"Herman Redle and the home he built in 1896 on the corner of Poplar and Taylor streets in Missoula's lower Rattlesnake Valley are about to become television stars."
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/07/20/news/local/news02.txt

"Lewis And Clark Days This Weekend"
BY LARRY TANGLEN
July 20, 2005
LAUREL OUTLOOK
"The Laurel Chamber of Commerce will host Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Heritage Days this Friday and Saturday at Fireman's Park on the corner of Main Street and First Avenue. The purpose of the event is to begin celebration of the upcoming bicentennial of William Clark's journey through the area along the Yellowstone River in 1806."
http://www.laureloutlook.com/articles/2005/07/20/news/01lcdays.txt

"Grant Awarded For Indian History"
Gazette Staff
July 20, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"The Western Heritage Center has received a $1.25 million federal grant for a project to collect and preserve Montana's American Indian tribal histories and cultures. The U.S. Department of the Interior grant will help the center continue and expand the American Indian Tribal Histories Project, which earlier had received $2.25 million."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/07/20/build/local/65-history-grant.inc

"Searching For The Headwaters: Area Events Commemorate Lewis And Clark Expedition"
By Gail Schontzler
July 21, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
"Two hundred years ago, Capt. Meriwether Lewis arrived finally at a place he'd been seeking for more than 2,000 miles -- the headwaters of the Missouri River."
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/07/21/features/roundup/01lck200th.txt

"Savenac Dedicates Montana's First 'CCC Man' Statue"
by John Q. Murray
July 21, 2005
CLARK FORK CHRONICLE
"Take a closer look at the spruced-up and freshly-painted compound at Savenac, with its newly-installed bronze statue of "Iron Mike," the CCC Man, dedicated last Friday. You are looking not only at one of the great success stories in the region, but at a site that embodies the 100-year history of the Forest Service."
http://www.clarkforkchronicle.com/20050721/savenac-20050721.htm

"Pompeys Center To Open For Tours"
By Clair Johnson
July 22, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"Construction isn't quite finished on the new interpretive center at Pompeys Pillar National Monument, but visitors for Clark Days this weekend can tour the building in a sneak preview Saturday."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/07/22/build/local/30-pompey-tour.inc

"Preserving The Pillar"
By Donna Healy
Of The Gazette Staff
July 24, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
"A presidential signature turned Pompeys Pillar into a national monument in 2001. But decades before then, Billings collectors Don and Stella Foote helped save the West's rarest autograph."
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews/2005/07/24/build/magazine/25-pillar.inc

"Counting On Clark: Planning For Pompeys Pillar Signature Event Proceeds On"
By Lorna Thackeray
July 24, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/07/24/build/local/30-counting-on-clark.inc
"A disappointing turnout at Great Falls and Fort Benton for their Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Signature Event last month doesn't worry organizers planning Yellowstone County's turn in the national spotlight next summer."

"Estimates Of Millions Of Visitors Did Not Pan Out For Local Businessman"
By Clair Johnson
July 24, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/07/24/build/local/32-visitor-estimates.inc
"Anticipating throngs of tourists - possibly millions of them - for the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial celebration in Montana, Glenn Myers Sr. and his partner created Brown Bear Adventure Tours last year."

"In A Year, Event Planners To Be At Core Of The Corps"
By Lorna Thackeray
July 24, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/07/24/build/local/34-event-planners.inc
"Planners for "Clark on the Yellowstone,'' Yellowstone County's national Signature Event for the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial, have exactly one year to put the commemoration together."

"Bicentennial Events Leave Deficit: Great Falls Manager Says City Will Cover $500,000 Shortfall"
By the Associated Press
July 24, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/07/24/build/state/32-bicentennial-deficit.inc
"GREAT FALLS - A series of events celebrating the Lewis and Clark expedition's bicentennial ended with a $500,000 deficit, the Great Falls city manager said."

"Dreams Of The West: Impact Of Lewis And Clark Expedition Still Felt 200 Years Later"
By Gail Schontzler
July 24, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/07/24/news/01dreams.txt
"It was breakfast time on a hot July morning when Capt. Meriwether Lewis left his men and hiked up a rocky limestone bluff for a better look at the three forks of the Missouri River -- a spot he'd been searching for over two years and nearly 3,000 miles."

"Author Says Clark The Strongest Leader Of The Famous Expedition"
By Nick Gevock
July 24, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/07/24/news/jones.txt
"Meriwether Lewis goes down in the history books as the primary leader behind the expedition to explore the continent. But William Clark was the linchpin that held the Corps of Discovery together, an author said Friday. Clark was a steady leader, skilled diplomat and had the people skills to lead an expedition that lasted more than two years, said Landon Jones, former editor of People Magazine and author of the biography, 'William Clark and the Shaping of the West'."

"Documentary Tells Native American Version Of Deadly Lewis And Clark Encounter"
By Walt Williams
July 26, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/07/26/news/speaker.txt
"At first the Blackfeet Indians paid little attention to the Lewis and Clark expedition. In the economics of the time, the white men carried little of interest to the tribe."

"Chippewa Woman To Travel With Re-Enactors As Sacagawea"
By the Associated Press
July 28, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/07/28/build/state/47-lewisandclark.inc
"BOZEMAN -- A local artist and member of the Little Shell Indian Tribe will travel with Lewis and Clark re-enactors this summer, playing the part of Sacagawea as the troupe travels from Montana to the Pacific Ocean."

"Salish Offer In-Depth Look At Their Encounter With Lewis And Clark"
By The Associated Press
July 31, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
*Book Review*
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/07/31/sunday/c02073105_03.txt
"'The Salish People And The Lewis And Clark Expedition', By the Salish Pend d'Oreille Culture Committee and Elders Cultural Advisory Council, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Cloth; 198 pp. Illus., maps; $29.95."

"Picking Up The Pace At State's Historical Society"
By John Harrington
July 31, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/07/31/business/e01073105_02.txt
"Traffic at Helena's top tourist attraction rebounded in June, and visitation at the Montana Historical Society is now on par with last summer, after a slow start."

"200 Years To The Day - Lewis & Clark ‘Expedition' Arrives In Area"
By Nick Gevock
July 31, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/07/31/newsbutte_top/newsbutte_top.txt
"CARDWELL - Warren Keller never spent much time rowing boats before he joined a group reenacting the Lewis and Clark expedition."

"World War II Veteran Finally Receives Medals"
By Mike Stark
August 1, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/01/build/local/40-veteran-medals.inc
"Pius "Ole" Ehli rarely talked about his experiences in World War II, the battles he was part of in the Pacific Theater, or the men he fought alongside. . . . For 60 years, he has been content to turn away prying questions about his Army days and let the conversation drift somewhere else. But on Sunday, friends and family held an emotional backyard ceremony to honor Ehli and presented him with eight long-overdue medals for his service."

"CMR Painting Sells For $5.6 Million"
By the Associated Press
August 2, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/08/02/breaker/doc42f02feaefa6d110612793.txt
"GREAT FALLS - A Charles M. Russell oil painting titled "Piegans" sold for $5.6 million at the Coeur d'Alene Art Auction in Reno, Nev. 'It was a world record price for a Russell," said Stuart Johnson, one of the founders of the auction, which was held this past weekend. "And it shows the strength of the art market for fresh, quality Russells'."

"Graves Of Unknown Souls Marked - Trevillion-Johnson Donates Memorial At Holy Cross Cemetery"
By Erin Nicholes
August 2, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/08/02/newsbutte/hjjejbjhjcgejj.txt
"Separated from the finely manicured plots at Butte's Holy Cross Cemetery is an assemblage of unkempt, unmarked graves. 'Back when we had the mine disasters or the flu epidemics in the early 1900s the families just didn't have enough money for a monument,' sexton Pat Mulcahy said of the "non-care" section. 'It's not a pauper section, but it's pretty close to one'."

"Community News - Plenty Coups Features Crow Lifeways Events"
August 3, 2005
LAUREL OUTLOOK
http://www.laureloutlook.com/articles/2005/08/03/other_news/community%20news/05coups.txt
"Chief Plenty Coups State Park personnel have published the schedule of the annual Traditional Lifeways Programs for 2005. All presentations will start at 10:00 am. at Chief Plenty Coups State Park. . . ."

"Discover The Corps In Dillon"
By the Standard News Services
August 3, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/08/03/newsthreerivers/hjjejbjgjbjiec.txt
"DILLON — Chewed up by horse flies and mosquitoes, crew members pulled their canoes through rocky ice water in the Jefferson River. Capt. Lewis found traces of the long-sought Shoshone Indians. Sacagawea pointed out Beaverhead Rock. Pvt. George Shannon was lost (again.) Life on the Lewis and Clark Expedition 200 years ago was riveting."

"Lewis And Clark Fete In Twin Bridges"
By the Three Rivers Staff
August 3, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/08/03/newsthreerivers/hjjejbjgjbjjeb.txt
"TWIN BRIDGES — The Lewis and Clark Ren-dezvous in Twin Bridges on Aug. 7 at the Historic Madison County Fair-grounds will be a special bicentennial celebration."

"Lewis And Clark - Tent Of Many Voices Features Medicines Of The 19th Century"
By the Three Rivers News Services
August 3, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/08/03/newsthreerivers/hjjejbjgjbjjjf.txt
"DILLON — In spite of the best medical technology of the day, Capt. William Clark was on the mend as the Corps of Volunteers for Northwest Discovery 200 years ago left the Three Forks of the Missouri River on a course to the Rocky Mountains near present-day Dillon. "Clark was very, very ill at the Three Forks," said Dr. Ron Loge of Dillon. "They had a three-day layover because of that." Loge said Clark likely was stricken by a viral infection, possibly Colorado tick fever (not Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever) and was treated by Capt. Meriwether Lewis with Doctor Rush' Thunderbolts."

"Annual Reunions Help Recall Good, Old Somers Times"
By Candace Chase
August 4, 2005
DAILY INTER LAKE
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2005/08/04/lifestyle/lifestyle01.txt
"Fay Eklund loved living in Somers so much that she started a reunion to keep close to the little town she first met in 1938."

"National Lewis & Clark Exhibit In Dillon"
By The Standard Staff
August 4, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/08/04/newsdillon/hjjejbjfjjgbjd.txt
"DILLON — The National Lewis and Clark Bicentennial exhibit "Corps of Discovery II: 200 Years to the Future" will be at the Beaverhead County fairgrounds in Dillon Friday through Monday."

"Doomed To Rust"
By Nancy Brook
August 4, 2005
BILLINGS OUTPOST
http://www.billingsnews.com/index_html?issue=275
"Yellowstone county commissioners have called the Washington Street Bridge dangerous. . . . Though the abandoned bridge has been condemned for more than 50 years, it could have been described as dangerous even when it was in service. . . . At the time the bridge was built 110 years ago, it was the first in the Billings area across the Yellowstone."

"Kids Lead Historic Trolley Tour Of Jefferson County"
By Marga Lincoln
August 5, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/08/05/neighbors/e02080505_02.txt
"Been meaning to check out one of the health mines, or maybe the Montana Artists Refuge, and just haven't got around to it? Well, your opportunity to indulge your curiosity is here. On Aug. 13 a tour, led by Jefferson County children, will visit some of the most popular historic, cultural and novel sites of Jefferson County."

"Lewis & Clark Art Contest Winners"
By the Helena IR
August 5, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/08/05/neighbors/e02080505_01.txt
"More than 100 budding artists participated in the Independent Record's Lewis and Clark art contest. From tepees to The Great Falls to trophy-sized elk, the art created by kids aged 4 to 12 captured every detail of the Corps of Discovery. Here is a list of winners, divided by age group. . ."

"93-Year-Old Fighting For 1877 Claim"
By the McClatchy Newspapers
August 6, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/06/build/state/90-claim-fight.inc
"WASHINGTON - Kate Dotson fights on. The 93-year-old Oakdale, Calif., resident wants satisfaction from the federal government. She's owed money, she says, because Nez Perce Indians stole her father's supplies in the Montana Territory more than 125 years ago."

"Story Mansion Facelift Moving Forward"
By Brook Griffin
August 7, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/08/07/news/update.txt
"The Story Mansion is looking better than ever thanks to recent renovation efforts, but bigger changes are coming soon. The nearly 100-year-old Bozeman landmark is enjoying a massive effort to refurbish and restore the exterior of the building, thanks to a federal grant totaling around $500,000."

"City Lights: Lost Classic Re-Emerges In Bookstores"
By Ed Kemmick
August 7, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/07/build/local/40-kemmick.inc
"During Dick O'Malley's childhood in the 1920s, Butte was more than the most interesting city in Montana. It was almost a world unto itself, a tough, bruised place where Irishmen, Swedes, Montenegrins, Greeks, Chinese, Poles, Italians, Finns, Yugoslavs and Cornishmen fought and worked and drank and died. . . . As harsh and violent as Butte might have been, O'Malley's boyhood memoir, "Mile High Mile Deep," makes Butte sound like the wildest, grandest place to have been a boy since Huck Finn launched his raft on the Mississippi. . . . "It's deceptively simple," said Russell Chatham, the Livingston painter . . . Chatham discovered "Mile High Mile Deep" in a used-book store in 2002 and was so struck by it - "It just blew my head off" - that he re-released it this spring through his own independent publishing house, Clark City Press."

"No Shortage Of Excitement For Anaconda Tradition"
By The Standard Staf
August 8, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/08/07/featuresbigskylife/hjjejbjdhiiijh.txt
"ANACONDA — On Smeltermen's Day in the company town of Anaconda, smelter workers joined family and friends in Washoe Park for a tradition that continued each August until the smelter closed in 1980."

"Lemhi Pass The Site Of Next Corps Event"
By The Standard Staff
August 9, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/08/09/newsthreerivers/hjjejbjajahjid.txt
"DILLON — Aug. 12 will be a big day at Lemhi Pass. That's because in 1805, Aug. 12 was a big day for the Lewis and Clark expedition. That's the day members of the Corps of Discovery first gazed over the Continental Divide and into lands that drained eventually to the Pacific Ocean."

"Lewis, Clark Expedition Has Critical Encounter On Trail South Of Dillon"
By Nick Gevock
August 9, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/08/09/newsdillon/hjjejbjajbibfi.txt
"DILLON — Steve Morehouse has told the story of Meriwether Lewis' famous first encounter with the Shoshone Indians for years. But Monday was something the history buff and manager of Clark Canyon Reservoir for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has anticipated ever since he became enthralled with the story. "I have waited a long time to come to my own town — my home town — to give this," Morehouse said to a crowd of more than 80 people. "It's a story that is near and dear to me." Morehouse was speaking at the Corps of Discovery II, an exhibit led by the U.S. National Park Service that is retracing the route of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to commemorate the bicentennial of the historic journey. The exhibit wrapped up in Dillon Monday and moves on to Salmon, Idaho, for its next stop."

"Champion's Park To Commemorate Famous Fight, Community Connections"
By Barbara Simonetti
August 10, 2005
SHELBY PROMOTER
http://www.glacierreporter.com/articles/2005/08/10/shelby_promoter/news/news3.txt
"One of the fundraisers for the future Champion's Park will feature engraved heritage stones and bricks. . . . The park will commemorate the famous 1923 title fight between Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons."

"WWII Veteran Receives Bronze Star 60 Years After Battle Of The Bulge"
By Donna Syvertson
August 10, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/08/10/news/local/news08.txt
"Sixty years after the Battle of the Bulge, Pfc. Charles Schwab of Turah was awarded a Bronze Star on Tuesday for his wartime valor. . . . Schwab wore his 60-year-old uniform to the ceremony at Missoula's Memorial Rose Garden. He recalled that his unit, the 90th Infantry, spearheaded much of the action at the Battle of the Bulge. He was in Prague, Czechoslovakia, when the war ended and Russia took control of the country."

"Keeping History Alive. Pictorial History Will Depict Shelby, Toole County Life"
August 10, 2005
SHELBY PROMOTER
http://www.glacierreporter.com/articles/2005/08/10/shelby_promoter/news/news4.txt
"The Shelby Promoter staff has undertaken a monumental project-the publishing of a pictorial history book of Toole County. The Shelby Promoter staff is currently in the process of gathering and sorting through mounds of photos to share the richness of Toole County through pictures."

"100 Years Ago: Railroad Created A Town Called Whitefish"
By Richard Hanners
August 11, 2005
WHITEFISH PILOT
http://www.whitefishpilot.com/articles/2005/08/12/news/news05.txt
"The early story of Whitefish, as with many small Western towns, is a tale of tough-luck pioneers staking out a future in a stubborn wilderness only to be booted into the future by out-of-state investors claiming a new money-making idea -- in this case, a new form of transportation."

"59 Quake: I Was There"
By David Warner
August 12, 2005
WEST YELLOWSTONE NEWS
http://www.westyellowstonenews.com/articles/2005/08/12/news/news1.txt
"Editor's note: Next Wednesday, August 17, is the 46th anniversary of the 1959 Hebgen Lake Earthquake. We are grateful to Joanne Girvin, the Supervisor of the Madison River Canyon Earthquake Lake Visitors Center, for sending the following story our way."

"Gathering Commemorates The 150th Anniversary Of The Hellgate Treaty"
By Tristan Scott
August 14, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/08/14/news/local/news06.txt
"It's easy to bandy about words like "truth" and "accuracy" when recounting the history of something momentous. On Saturday, though, members of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation demonstrated the meaning of those words in earnest. A gathering at Council Groves State Park west of Missoula commemorated the 150th anniversary of the 1855 Hellgate Treaty, whose signing generated outcomes both good and evil."

"Macy's Copper Canopy Reinstalled After Restoration Hiatus"
By Tristan Scott
August 14, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/08/14/news/local/news07.txt
"The bottle-green rooftops of ancient cathedrals and the Statue of Liberty have a majestic new rival - the century-old copper canopy outside Macy's."

"Rails Have History Of Opening West, Building Empire And Losing Money"
By Michael Jamison
August 14, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/08/14/territory/territory01.txt
"WHITEFISH - It's been said that water won the West, that the big dams and irrigation projects made possible progress and productivity in the arid acres this side of the Mississippi. And it's been said that the homesteaders and pioneers pinned it down, settled a European lifestyle in the Western wilds by farming, logging and mining the region's seemingly inexhaustible resources. But before the big boom and long after as well, the key to the Western landscape was the steel rails stretched in tandem to carry both freight and families. For decades, the way West was opened by spike and steam, making travel possible and railroad barons rich."

"Montana Battlefields' Visits State's ‘Indian Wars' Sites"
By the Helena IR
August 14, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/08/14/sunday/c02081405_01.txt
**Book Review** "Montana Battlefields: By Barbara Fifer, 284 pages; softbound; $14.95 - On Aug. 22, Helena's Farcountry Press will release "Montana Battlefields, 1806-1877: Native Americans and the U.S. Army at War" by writer Barbara Fifer.

"Lewis And Clark Blazed New Trails In Language"
By Michael Moore
August 17, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/08/17/news/mtregional/news05.txt
"When Lewis and Clark came west, they had more on their minds than just finding a Northwest Passage. President Thomas Jefferson expected them to provide thorough, knowledgeable descriptions of flora and fauna, Indians, geography and geology, and he didn't want those descriptions written in the flat, factual manner popular at the time. While Lewis and Clark had the technical expertise necessary to meet that mandate, they really didn't have a literary model suitable to the task. No one had really written about landscape in the way Jefferson imagined."

"CFAC's History An Interesting Journey"
By Richard Hanners
August 17, 2005
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS
http://www.hungryhorsenews.com/articles/2005/08/17/breaking_news/breakingnews.txt
"The Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. has an interesting and fascinating past. Spurred in part by the creation of the Hungry Horse Dam, CFAC was an idea whose time had come."

"Interpretive Trail Tells Of Internees"
By the Associated Press
August 17, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/17/build/wyoming/50-interpretive-trail.inc
"POWELL - Most of the buildings are gone. Not that there was much to them, anyway. Many were little more than tarpaper shacks when the first internees arrived at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, a World War II internment camp for Americans of Japanese ancestry."

"Hero Among Flames. . ."
By Sherry Devlin
August 18, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/08/18/outdoors/od01.txt
"Most evidence of the massive blaze is long gone, but the Forest Service will dedicate an Idaho trail in honor of Ed Pulaski, who led his firefighting crew to safety."

"Tribes Honor 150th Anniversary Of Hellgate Treaty"
By Nate Traylor
August 18, 2005
LAKE COUNTY LEADER
http://www.leaderadvertiser.com/articles/2005/08/18/news/news02.txt
"MISSOULA -- On July 16, 1855 members of the Salish, Kootenai and Pend d'Oreille tribes signed a treaty with Gov. Isaac Stevens agreeing to cede their 20 million acres of land to the United States in exchange for the 1.25 million-acre reservation in the Flathead Valley. And 150 years latter, both Indian and non-Indians alike gathered at the site of the signing to remember the past and look to the future."

"Sports Hall Of Fame: 1932 Helena High Football"
August 18, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/08/18/hof/14hof.txt
"In 1932, the Helena Bengals won the school's one-and-only State football championship."

"Moon Walk Highlights Two Centuries Of Change In Forest"
GREG LEMON
August 19, 2005
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/08/19/news/news05.txt
"Reflecting on changes to the wildlife and landscape over the past 200 years is the subject of the Bitterroot National Forest's final moon walk of the season. Friday's Centennial Moon Walk will take place under August's full moon and focus not only on the 100th birthday of the Forest Service, but also on the Lewis and Clark expedition which traveled through the valley 200 years ago, said Julie Schreck, moon walk organizer for the forest. The idea is to learn about what the land was like then and how it's changed into what it is now, she said."

"Montana Photographer Documented"
August 19, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/08/19/build/state/70-photog-doc.inc
"TERRY - Montana's scenic vistas have been captured by countless photographers over the years, but few photographers have left the kind of legacy Evelyn Cameron did. A documentary based on her life will premiere today in Terry. In the late 1800s, Cameron moved from England to Terry with her husband and brought along a 5x7 Graflex camera. Over the next several years, she documented a history of the Frontier West, capturing images of work, architecture, portraits and wildlife."

"Glance Into The Past"
By The Standard Staff
August 20, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/08/22/featuresbigskylife/hjjejbhjhjhcib.txt
"DIAMOND CHAMPS: In the summer of 1944, the Grant School team boasted a 24-0 record in the city baseball league."

"Polson Mansion To Be Auctioned"
By John Stromnes
August 20, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/08/20/news/mtregional/news04.txt
"POLSON - The stately old mansion built by a Polson lumber baron almost a century ago and most recently owned by the family of the late C. Wayne Mahugh will sell at auction Saturday promptly at noon. The ornate three-story dwelling - plus basement and carriage house - was built about 1907. It received national exposure in a cameo spot in a 1955 Hollywood movie, recalled Wayne Mahugh's son, Bryan, during a walkthrough on Friday. "This was the home featured in the movie 'Timberjack,' " he said."

"Morgue Dust"
By Tracy Thornton
August 20, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/08/22/featuresbigskylife/hjjejbhjhjhdij.txt
"July 19, 1894 Thievin' teens almost make it out Jack Conley, the deputy sheriff of Deer Lodge, was in the city yesterday. He says the two boy horse thieves that were sent to the county jail from Anaconda about three weeks ago, have been giving the officers a great deal of trouble."

"Talking About Old Times - Finntown, East Side Residents Gather To Reminisce"
By Thad Kelling
August 20, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/08/21/newsbutte_top/newsbutte_top.txt
"Julius "Gelo" Jackelini, 91, has witnessed many chapters of Butte's history from his nearly lifelong home on the 300 block of East Mercury. One of the most memorable was the almost total destruction of his East Side neighborhood, starting in the 1950s, to make way for open-pit mining."

"Clark's Signature Links Present-Day Explorers To Past"
By Jeff Welsch
August 21, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/08/21/news/05pompeyspillar.txt
"'. . . arrived at a remarkable rock situated in an extensive bottom this rock I ascended and from it's top had a most extensive view in every direction. This rock which I shall call Pompy's Tower is 200 feet high and 400 paces in secumpherance and only axcessable on one Side The nativs have ingraved on the face of this rock the figures of animals & near which I marked my name and the day of the month & year'."

"Couple Travels From Italy To Pay Homage To Distant Relative Father Ravalli"
By Jamie Kelly
August 21, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/08/21/news/local/news05.txt
"STEVENSVILLE - He was a man of letters and faith whose hands healed the sick and helped rebuild the oldest church in Montana. Father Antonio Ravalli was "an important branch" in the Ravalli family tree, said Carlo Ravalli Jr., taking a brief respite Saturday afternoon while breathing in the history at St. Mary's Mission in Stevensville. "And I am one of the smallest leaves," said Carlo, a distant relative five generations down the genealogical chart."

"Survivor Of POW Camp Recalls Terrifying Battle"
By Peter Bulger
August 21, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/08/21/news/local/news02.txt
"Like many people, 82-year-old James Dew knew what was happening during World War II because he heard about it on the radio. Beginning in January 1944, Dew listened to the BBC every evening at 5 to hear the news from around the world."

"Holding To History A Passion For Missoula's Stan Cohen"
By Mea Andrews
August 21, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/08/21/news/local/news03.txt
"Stan Cohen's personal memories of World War II are fleeting childhood snapshots of riding his bike to collect newspapers for the wartime recycling effort, playing outdoors during blackouts, hearing a serenade of car horns on VJ Day, when Japan surrendered."

"Bob And Helen Van Gieson Did Their Part During World War II, With Bob Flying The Planes His Wife Helped Design"
By Betsy Cohen
August 21, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/08/21/news/top/news01.txt
"Long and sleek like a giant torpedo, the Boeing B-29 bomber was a 1943 state-of-the-art masterpiece with pressurized cabins, four engines, a 130-foot wingspan and a turret that housed a dozen 50-caliber guns. It was a war machine like none other, say Bob and Helen Van Gieson, two Montanans who know it best."

"Montanans Provide Stories For National Oral History Project"
By Betsy Cohen
August 22, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/08/22/news/top/news01.txt
"On Tuesday the silver Airstream trailer parked along the Clark Fork River in downtown Missoula will pull out for good, taking with it the stories of more than 150 Montanans who have recorded their personal legends for time immemorial. Over the past three weeks, facilitators with StoryCorps, a national oral history project, have helped guide the telling of these stories inside the Airstream's soundproof recording booth."

"Rare Mass Celebrated At St. Mary's Mission"
By Rob Chaney
August 23 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/08/23/news/mtregional/news06.txt
"STEVENSVILLE - It's not often that Montana's oldest church actually serves as a sanctuary these days. But there were so many coincidences Monday, a Mass had to happen. It was the Feast of Mary, patron saint of the 164-year-old St. Mary's Mission. It was the second anniversary of a new steeple cross that exactly replicated the one carved by the Rev. Antonio Ravalli, who built the mission. And the congregation included Carlo Ravalli, a fifth-generation relative of Father Ravalli, who was visiting from Italy to absorb his ancestor's history."

"Canoes Of Lewis And Clark Program Wraps Up Headwaters Series"
August 25, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/08/25/features/roundup/03canoes.txt
"Join Walter Marten on Saturday, Aug. 27 at Missouri Headwaters State Park near Three Forks for a program on the dugout canoes Captain William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and his men built for the expedition's return down the Yellowstone River."

"Zortman's Namesake Exhumed After 72 Years"
By Mike Stark
August 26, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/26/build/state/20-zortman_x.inc
"BIG TIMBER - Tall, square-jawed and confident, Pete Zortman spent half his life scouring Montana's badlands and beyond in search of treasures. He struck it rich a few times, ran a successful mill, lost money, made more money and even had a town named after him in the Little Rockies in northcentral Montana. But in the summer of 1933, the 67-year-old miner and prospector found himself penniless, dying from colon cancer and relying on his status as a "county charge" for treatment at the Big Timber hospital."

"Vance Stevens Seeks Out Graves Of Old West's Notorious Figures"
By Donna Healy
August 28, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/28/build/local/25-graves.inc
"To connect with dead outlaws, Vance Stevens rubs their stones. Stevens, who lives in Laurel, has done grave rubbings of a few of the Southwest's notorious outlaws and lawmen."

"Board's Decision To Close Bair Museum At Issue In Court"
By Jim Gransbery
August 31, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/31/build/local/60-bair-court.inc
"Attorneys scoured meeting minutes of the Charles M. Bair Family Museum's trustee advisory board to demonstrate that the board decided to close a museum permanently at a meeting in November of 2002, rather than February 2003 when it was announced the museum would not open for the 2003 summer season. . . ."

"Visiting World War II Vet Returns To Cut Bank, Reminisces With Hometown Veterans At Airport"
By Roy Nollkamper
August 31, 2005
CUT BANK PIONEER PRESS
http://www.glacierreporter.com/articles/2005/08/31/cut_bank_pioneer_press/news/news7.txt
"During 1943 and 1944, several bomb group squadrons trained at the newly constructed Army Air base located south of Cut Bank. One of the trainees was Elmer Ruschman, who was later to serve in the European Theatre. Elmer returns to the Flathead area annually to visit his wife's family, and spent part of a day at the airport, visiting with other veterans and interested people. He was invited by members of the Airmen's Museum group and the Glacier County Historical Society."

"Fairgoers Discover Lewis & Clark"
By Dana Green
September 1, 2005
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/09/01/news/news01.txt
"The opening of the national Lewis and Clark exhibit at the fair began with a bang - the resounding, hollow thump of a Westt African drum. Actor David Casteale, depicting the African-American slave York, expertly thumped the "tam tam," beating out a fast-paced, heart-pounding rhythm."

"Community Begins Work On Deciding Fate Of Historic Structure"
By Dick Crockford
September 1, 2005
BIG HORN COUNTY NEWS
http://www.bighorncountynews.com/archive/090105b.html
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"Few buildings in Hardin are as commanding – or forlorn – as the Sullivan Building on Third Street. The first permanent home of Big Horn County’s government, the massive, two-story brick building has also been host for commercial offices, lodge meetings, family apartments, a restaurant and one of Hardin’s livelier bars."

"Opinion - Saving The Sullivan"
September 1, 2005
BIG HORN COUNTY NEWS
http://www.bighorncountynews.com/archive/090105b.html
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"Hardin’s historic Sullivan building – also referred by some as the Third Street Building – is truly a grand old lady. Her distinguished career includes original service as the first permanent courthouse structure for modern Big Horn County. Remnants of that service, including the double doors that opened into what was the courtroom on the second floor, are still evident if one knows where to look. At 92 years old, she is an historical treasure. . . ."

"German Prisoners Of War"
By Ellen Thompson
September 2, 2005
HAVRE DAILY NEWS
http://www.havredailynews.com/articles/2005/09/02/features/1hilineliving.txt
"CHINOOK - Imagine driving on U.S. Highway 2, past the Blaine County Fairgrounds, glancing to the south and seeing a formidable barbed wire enclosure. In the center are dozens of canvas tents, and above them, rather than an announcer's booth, is a guard tower manned by armed guards. It's an unlikely image, but a generation of Blaine County residents carry it in their memory of World War II Chinook . . . some old-timers recall the visitors that the sugar beets once brought, including German prisoners of war."

"Livin' In The Wild, Wild West"
By Laura Tode
September 4, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/09/04/helena/a09090405_01.txt
"Mounted shooting event, cowboy poetry, high-noon gun duels part of festival at fairgrounds."

"Mckinley Elementary To Celebrate 100th Birthday"
By Ed Kemmick
September 5, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/09/05/build/local/25-mckinley.inc
"A consultant hired to evaluate every public school building in Billings in 1956 didn't see much of a future for McKinley Elementary. . . .Forty-nine years and many thousands of students later, McKinley still hasn't outlived its usefulness, and on Saturday, teachers, staff members, students, parents and alumni will celebrate the school's 100th birthday."

"Brothers Hope Monument Leaves Its Mark"
By Susan Olp
September 6, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/09/06/build/local/30-monument.inc
"On a late-summer afternoon, a hot wind blows through Zimmerman Park, swooshing through the ponderosa pines that dot the county park's landscape. . . . At the trailhead, in the entry area of the park, however, all is not quiet. Work is finishing up on a colored-concrete walkway and historic monument that will detail the history of Zimmerman Trail and the adjacent park."

"Acantha Celebrates 111 Years Of Publication"
By Nancy Thornton
September 7, 2005
CHOTEAU ACANTHA
http://www.choteauacantha.com/articles/2005/09/15/news/news3.txt
"This month marks the 111th anniversary of the Acantha, (whose name is a botanical word that refers to a spine, thorn or prickle,) and its 101th year of continuous operation in Choteau. The Acantha was first published in Dupuyer on Sept. 15, 1894. The publishers said they established the paper in Dupuyer because the community was the near-geographic center of newly formed Teton County. They advocated Dupuyer for the permanent county seat (over Choteau, the temporary one) and Helena (over Anaconda) for the permanent capital of Montana."

"Travelers' Rest To Celebrate Lewis And Clark"
By Perry Backus
September 7, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/09/07/news/mtregional/news07.txt
"LOLO - The new entrance into Travelers' Rest State Park won't be hard to spot from now through Sunday. . . . Starting Thursday morning, there will also be a host of folks dressed in 1800s garb wandering about a number of large canvas tents scattered around the park as it becomes ground zero for the continuing celebration of the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition."

"Choteau Women Remember V-J Day Celebrations"
By Nancy Thornton
September 7, 2005
CHOTEAU ACANTHA
http://www.choteauacantha.com/articles/2005/09/15/more_headlines/news1.txt
"August marked the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. Several Choteau women, age 80 and over, who are veterans of that war, took the occasion to share their memories of military service and of V-J Day on Aug. 15, 1945."

"Nez Perce Memorial At Famous Battle Site"
September 7, 2005
LAUREL OUTLOOK
http://www.laureloutlook.com/articles/2005/09/07/news/03memorial.txt
"Members of the Nez Perce Tribe will be in Laurel Saturday, Sept. 10, to conduct a memorial at the site of the Canyon Creek Battle. The Pipe Ceremony will begin at approximately 10 am. Nez Perce elders conduct the observance to honor veterans of all of this nation's conflicts, including the battle that took place at Canyon Creek on September 13, 1877."

"Linking History To Wilderness"
By Brett French
September 8, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=2&display=rednews/2005/09/08/build/outdoors/25-wilderness.inc
"The high visibility of the Lewis and Clark expedition's bicentennial celebration has provided the perfect stage for a national environmental group to propose greater protection for 25 ecosystems in eight states along the historic route, including the Pryor Mountains south of Billings and Wyoming's Beartooth Plateau."

"People"
September 8, 2005
CARBON COUNTY NEWS
http://www.carboncountynews.com/2002archive/090805.html
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"Carbon County's barns are a reflection of our area and the different periods of our history," according to Linda Dutcher, who will speak on this subject at the Carbon County Historical Society Museum on September 15."

"Speaker Reflects On Lewis And Clark Bicentennial Events"
September 9, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/09/09/features/roundup/headwaters.txt
". . . Hal Stearns, a Lewis and Clark scholar, will speak about "Reflections on the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commemoration Thus Far." A historian, storyteller and guide from Helena, Stearns considers himself a "soldier humanist" and looks at the Discovery Corps from the viewpoint of military discipline, camaraderie and accomplishment. Stearns is a member of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Board and Foundation and a member of the Bicentennial Commission."

"Lewis And Clark Exhibit Wrapping Up Montana Travels For 2005"
By Michael Moore
September 9, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/09/03/news/local/news03.txt
"HAMILTON - If you want to see the National Park Service's traveling Lewis and Clark exhibit at the Ravalli County Fair, you better get moving. The exhibit, "Lewis and Clark Bicentennial: Corps of Discovery II," winds up its stay at the fair on Saturday, then will head down U.S. Highway 93 to Travelers' Rest State Park in Lolo for an appearance that starts Thursday. . . . Then it's off to parts farther west for the remainder of 2005. The exhibit comes to Missoula in June 2006."

"Travelers' Rest Highlights First Meetings Between Lewis And Clark, Salish"
By Vince Devlin
September 9, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/09/09/news/mtregional/news06.txt
"LOLO - Salish scouts spotted them first, the people with the light-colored skin, and returned to Ross's Hole near Sula with the news. Tribal leaders considered their options - kill the strange-looking invaders, or bring them into their camp - and opted for the latter."

"Travelers' Rest Celebration Continues Through Sunday"
September 9, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/09/09/news/mtregional/news07.txt
"The commemoration of the Lewis and Clark bicentennial continues through Sunday with song, dance and stories. Here is a sampling of the festivities. For the full schedule, look on the Web at www.travelersrest.org."

"Mining Photography Exhibit At Uptown Cafe - Deer Lodge Photographer Lee Silliman Displays Black And Whites"
By The Standard Staff
September 11, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/09/11/entertainment/hjjejaijhjhfie.txt
"A photographic exhibit, Little Belt Mining Days," will be on display in the Uptown Cafe, 47 E. Broadway, through Oct. 29. Twenty black-and-white pictures by Deer Lodge photographer Lee Silliman, taken with his "old-fashioned" view camera, show the remnants of a once thriving mining industry in the Little Belt Mountains of southeastern Cascade County."

"Local Coroners Inquests Illustrate The Perils Of Life In The Old West"
By Chery Sabol
September 11, 2005
DAILY INTER LAKE
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2005/09/11/lifestyle/lifestyle01.txt
"However much has been written about life in the early days of Flathead County, there's also a wealth of understanding about how rough it was in the record of residents' deaths. A bound log of coroners inquests, guarded by Flathead County Clerk of Court Peg Allison, dates back to 1893, chronicling the manners of death of young and old."

"Expanded Historic District Coming Closer To Reality"
By The Standard Staff
September 11, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/09/11/newsbutte/hjjejaijhgfehh.txt
"After 14 years in the making, a greatly expanded National Historic Landmark District encompassing portions of Butte, Anaconda, and Walkerville will be considered for approval next month. The proposed Butte-Anaconda Historic District encompasses more than 8,000 properties and occupies almost 10,000 acres, according to a press release from the Montana Preservation Alliance. It will be considered by a federal review panel on Oct. 24-25 in Washington, D.C. If approved, it will become the largest grouping of historic resources to achieve National Historic Landmark status, according to the release."

"Making History Come Alive - Walking Tours Could Start Something Big"
By Roberta Stauffer
September 11, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/09/11/newsbutte/hjjejaiijjjhii.txt
"What a heartening site: Denny Dutton, all decked out in suspenders and cap, regaling a group of tourists with tales of Butte's illustrious past. . . . "You can see 25 to 30 buildings and not one of them is less than 100 years old," he tells them."

"Traveling Re-Enactment Brings Lewis And Clark Expedition To Life"
By Perry Backus
September 11, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/09/11/territory/territory01.txt
"LOLO - Sitting on a wooden barrel and clad in 1800s period clothing, Steve Morehouse holds up a small oblong silver cylinder. "This little insignificant thing is the most important item carried on the (Lewis and Clark) expedition," proclaims Morehouse to a group of Victor High School students seated on the ground before him. . . . He carefully pulls off the top and shows the youngsters a pair of goose quills and the small bottle that would have been filled with ink 200 years ago."

"History On The Block"
By Laura Tode
September 11, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/09/11/sunday/c01091105_01.txt
"When Andrea Skelton plinked out her first few notes on the family's grand piano, she fell in time with Montana history, and joined another young lady, who also leaned over those ivories. The piano was originally purchased by Thomas Cruse, and his daughter Mamie learned to play on it as a girl."

"Historian: Lewis And Clark Had Their Flaws'
By Betsy Cohen
September 12, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/09/12/news/local/news02.txt
"Although their accomplishments were great and their journey awe-inspiring, William Clark and Meriwether Lewis were not superheroes. The famed explorers were heroes, no doubt, but by Gary Moulton's estimation, their lofty accomplishments should be viewed within the context of their undisputed human foibles and failures."

"History Book Order Deadline Is Sept. 29"
By Trina Jo Bradley
September 14, 2005
VALIERIAN
http://www.glacierreporter.com/articles/2005/09/14/the_valierian/news/news3.txt
"Thanks, Valier and Dupuyer. Your response to our call for historical photos of Valier and Dupuyer was overwhelming, resulting in a compilation of more than 400 photographs reflecting the history of our area."

"A Look Back At Laurel History"
By Larry Tanglen
September 14, 2005
LAUREL OUTLOOK
http://www.laureloutlook.com/articles/2005/09/14/features/02history.txt
"These news recaps are from back issues of the Laurel Outlook on file in the newspaper archives. Enjoy taking a look back at Laurel history."

"Homecoming And American Indian Heritage Day Both Slated For Sept. 30"
September 14, 2005
GLACIER REPORTER
http://www.glacierreporter.com/articles/2005/09/14/glacier_reporter/news/news8.txt
"The Blackfeet Tribal Business Council resolved Sept. 6 to postpone American Indian Heritage Day until the last Friday of September instead of the fourth Friday in order for the two holidays to coincide. As a result, hometown fans and Heritage Day participants may both take part in the Homecoming-American Indian Heritage Day Parade, starting at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, and then attend the American Indian Heritage Powwow Saturday, Oct. 1."

"A Tune Of Her Own"
By Curt Synness
September 15, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/09/15/helena/a08091505_05.txt
"This article was written from notes taken in an interview of 94-year-old Helen Nash in 2000, two years before she passed away. The Synness and Hilger homesteads were neighboring ranches over 115 years ago, and upon meeting and learning the author's last name, Helen remarked, 'Oh, you're the hill people'. . . Helen Nash (1905-2002) was born in Helena to Dr. Elmer Dewitt Nash and Esther Rose Nash. Dr. Nash served as the state veterinarian for several years. Her mother was the last of 10 children of Nicholas and Suzanna Hilger, who arrived to the Prickly Pear Canyon north of Helena in 1867. Five years later they acquired the property near the Gates of the Mountains, the site of the historical Hilger Ranch."

"Historic Veterans Home Building On Its Way To Preservation"
By Lynnette Hintze
September 15, 2005
DAILY INTER LAKE
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2005/09/15/news/news01.txt
"The oldest building at the Montana Veterans Home in Columbia Falls is getting a new roof, the first tangible progress in a decade-long push to save the historic structure."

"Mining Hall Of Fame To Induct Anaconda Co.'s John D. Ryan"
By The Standard Staff
September 15, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/09/16/newsbutte/hjjejaiehgggfa.txt
"The National Mining Hall of Fame at Leadville, Colo., will induct John D. Ryan at ceremonies there on Saturday. Ryan, born in 1864, is the youngest of the mining pioneer inductees. He was born in the copper country of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, arrived in Denver in 1890 and sold lubricating oils throughout the Mountain West. He acquired an interest in 1901 in the Daly Bank and Trust Co. in Anaconda."

"A Long Trail - 102-Year-Old Mildred Wolters Reflects On The People And Places She's Encountered Over The Last Century"
By Rod Daniel
September 16, 2005
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/09/16/news/news02.txt
"On September 9, 1903, during President Theodore Roosevelt's first term in office, Mildred Pintler was born in a small wood-frame house near Providence, R.I. Last Friday, exactly 102 years later, Mildred Pintler Wolters celebrated her birthday with family and friends at Discovery Care Centre, where she's lived for the past two years."

"Opinion - Preserving The Past For The Future"
September 16, 2005
DAILY INTER LAKE
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2005/09/16/opinion/opinion01.txt
"The Save Old Main Association gets an A+ for effort. After more than 10 years of working and waiting, pushing and pleading, the first phase of restoration began this week on the 108-year-old Old Main building on the Montana Veterans Home campus in Columbia Falls."

"‘Pages In History' Returns To Historical Society's Fall Lineup"
By The Helena IR
September 16, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/09/16/helena/a09091605_01.txt
"The Montana Historical Society's popular "Pages in History" book series will return for the fall and winter season beginning Thursday, Sept. 22 at 6:30 p.m. with a discussion of "My Hutterite Life" by author Lisa Marie Stahl."

"Learning From Our Mistakes"
By B. Derek Strahn
September 16, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/09/16/realty/srahn.txt
"Like many of us here in Bozeman, it has done my heart good in recent months to see a great deal of work being done on the T. Byron Story Mansion at 811 South Willson Ave. For years, it seemed, the landmark stood neglected, virtually abandoned. The weathered wood, the peeling paint, the broken windows - all unfortunate reminders that cherished things can easily be lost, if not cared for."

"Brick Charcoal Kilns Restored"
By the Associated Press
September 17, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/09/17/build/state/70-kilns.inc
"MELROSE - The brick kilns at the old Hecla Consolidated Mining Co. charcoal plant near here have withstood more than 120 years of the elements, vandalism and a recent earthquake. But as Tom Triscik gingerly brushed away old mortar, it became apparent the kilns are crumbling away, so working to restore them has to be done carefully."

"Historic Missoula Building Receives Gilded Touch-Up"
By Robert Struckman
September 17, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/09/17/news/local/news02.txt
"Painter Marty Fetter of C&M Painting brushed primer onto the historic pressed-tin facade of the old Bluebird Theater building at 224 N. Higgins Ave. on Friday afternoon. "We're upgrading our image," said Paul Filicetti of A&E Architects PC. The building is owned by Jim McDonald, an architect who specializes in restoration."

"MHS To Open Section Of Native American Culture Exhibit"
By IR Staff
September 17, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/09/18/helena/hjjejaichhgbhd.txt
"The Montana Historical Society will honor state "American Indian Heritage Day" on Friday, Sept. 23, with day-long free admission to Montana's Museum for events that will include the grand opening of the first section of its new Native American culture exhibit."

"Ghost Town Fights To Bury Its Dead - Rep. Conrad Burns Introduced Bill That Asks Feds To Surrender Land To Jefferson County"
By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Writer
September 19, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/09/19/montana/a01091905_02.txt
"WASHINGTON - A dispute over ownership of a cemetery in a Montana ghost town has landed in Congress, where one of Montana's senators is urging the federal government to surrender the land."

"Company D Vets Gather For Reunion"
By Trish Erbe Scozzari
September 20, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/09/20/build/local/32-vets-reunion.inc
"Hugh Reynolds joined D Company, 163rd Infantry of the Montana National Guard, 41st Division, in 1934 when he was 14. Edgar Langston joined later at the age of 16, Wilbur Erbe entered at age 22, and Ward Beley's father pulled him out of his senior year at Harlowton High School when the unit was inducted into federal service on Sept. 16, 1940. Now all in their 80s, this "band of brothers" from the Harlowton area still gathers each September, as they have since shortly after World War II ended 60 years ago."

"Bridge Up For Adoption"
By Martin J. Kidston
September 20, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/09/20/top/a01092005_01.txt
"The Montana Department of Transportation has placed the second oldest bridge in Lewis and Clark County —and the oldest span of its type in the state — up for adoption to make way for a road project slated to begin in early 2007."

"Museum Honors Historic Wyoming Women"
By the Associated Press
September 20, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/09/20/build/wyoming/50-wyoming-women.inc
"LARAMIE - A museum honoring present and past Wyoming women who left their mark on state and national history was dedicated amid blustery conditions and a host of distinguished guests. The Wyoming Women's History House in downtown Laramie represents a local-led effort to bring a museum and tourist attraction to Laramie not affiliated with the Wild West. The recessed brick and mortar house and simple courtyard complement the museum's aim to present the honored Wyoming women as they were."

"Workers Nearly Finished Laying 90-Year-Old Bricks On Railroad Street"
By Rob Chaney
September 20, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/09/20/news/top/news01.txt
"We don't have many horse-drawn carriages traveling in downtown Missoula these days, but you can soon get the full clip-clop sound effect when repair work winds up on Railroad Street. One of the city's last exposed brick streets is getting an infusion of 90-year-old pavers to restore its historic appearance. The two-block stretch along the north end of downtown should be finished next week."

"A Look Back At Laurel History"
BY Mike Engh
September 21, 2005
LAUREL OUTLOOK
http://www.laureloutlook.com/articles/2005/09/21/features/02history.txt
"These news recaps are from back issues of the Laurel Outlook on file in the newspaper archives. Enjoy taking a look back at Laurel history."

"Spear-Throwing Event At Deer Lodge"
By Pat Hansen
September 21, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/09/21/newsdeerlodge/hjjejahijcggjg.txt
"DEER LODGE - Participants from the World Atlatl Association will meet at the Old Montana Prison is Deer Lodge at 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday for the "Fall Hunt" atlatl throw competition."

"Pablo Celebrates Native Culture"
By John Stromnes
September 21, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/09/21/news/mtregional/news03.txt
"PABLO - The smell of bison strips being grilled and dried over an aspen-wood fire wafted east from the grounds of The People's Center in Pablo on Tuesday as fry bread bubbled in a cauldron nearby. On a knoll a few hundred feet away, a bucket of beef brains, discretely covered by a plastic lid, sat in the shade of a stately ponderosa pine tree. The beef is vital to the proper preparation of brain-tanned buckskin, of which numerous examples were hanging on a line attached to the tree, along with the luxuriant pelt of a red fox."

"Longfellow School Celebrates 100 Years Of Teaching And Caring"
By Gail Schontzler
September 22, 2005
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/09/22/news/01longfellow.txt
"Walking to Longfellow School as a little boy was a magical experience, recalled City Commissioner Steve Kirchhoff."

"Glacier At A Gallop Celebrates 60 Years Of Photography"
September 22, 2005
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS
http://www.hungryhorsenews.com/articles/2005/09/22/news/breakingnews.txt
"Glacier at a Gallop, a new coffee-table book that celebrates 60 years of favorites, outtakes and final edits from the photographers of the Hungry Horse News is now available."

"St. Regis Students Learn About Native American Cultures On Trip"
By Caron Gotcher
September 22, 2005
CLARK FORK CHRONICLE
http://www.clarkforkchronicle.com/20050922/streg-cultural-20050922.htm
"St. Regis sent 38 students and six adults to participate in a fun-filled three-day event sponsored by the Salish, Pend d’Oreille, and Kootenai tribes as part of the Native American Awareness Week commemoration. . . . New activities this year included miniature teepee designing, dream catchers, storytelling, traditional deer hide scraping-tanning process, a presentation about the Salish meeting Lewis and Clark, traditional uses of native plants and various tribal program displays, a puppet show using native sign language, flint knapping, and Salish and Kootenai language programs."

"Editorial - Montana Inspired The Most Vivid Writing From Lewis And Clark"
By Pat Williams
September 22, 2005
CLARK FORK CHRONICLE
http://www.clarkforkchronicle.com/20050922/pat-williams-20050922.htm
"Fire, flood, warm languid afternoons, freezing mornings, grizzly bears, bear grass and incomparable vistas sharpened the senses and the quill pens of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark as they passed through Big Sky Country two hundred years ago. Prior to reaching the land that is present-day Montana, President Jefferson's Corps had traveled more than one thousand miles. However, the writings in their journals became most vivid once they passed the junction of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers, crossed the 104th meridian and entered what is now Montana. It was here that nature compelled Lewis and Clark to their most graphic writing."

"Exhibit Documents Expedition Through State Indians' Eyes"
By IR Staff
September 23, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/09/23/montana/hjjejahgjjfffa.txt
"HELENA (AP) — The Montana Historical Society Museum will unveil an exhibit Friday documenting the state at the time of the Lewis and Clark expedition through the eyes of the state's American Indian tribes. The exhibit, titled ‘‘Neither Empty Nor Unknown: Montana at the Time of Lewis and Clark,'' is opening in conjunction with American Indian Heritage Day, a designation meant to honor the state's Indian history and culture."

"Montana Club To Mark Its 100th Anniversary"
By IR Staff
September 24, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/09/24/helena/hjjejahfjjjehj.txt
"When the Montana Club began its life in Helena as a private club with fine dining, suites and a library for its well-to-do patrons, electric lighting had scarcely begun to cast the rough-and-tumble frontier life into the shadows of a more genteel turn-of-the-century sophistication. . . . While much has changed since those early days, historians, authors and musicians are still frequent guests at the club. And on Sept. 30, the Montana Club will highlight an aspect of its early history at an event for current members, guests and ticket-holders, who will gather in celebration of the club's 100th anniversary at its current location and its 120th year in Helena."

"Morgue Dust - Men, Women Enlist To Fight World War II"
By Tracy Thornton
September 24, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/09/26/featuresbigskylife/hjjejahfiagghb.txt
"Editor's note: This year marks the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. Thousands of southwest Montana men and women served their country during this time, and hundreds made the ultimate sacrifice, with their lives. To honor those who served, the Morgue Dust, periodically throughout the year, will exclusively be about these young men and women, and the sacrifices they made in the name of freedom."

"25th Anniversary - Anacondans Remember Day The Smelter Closed"
By Vera Haffey
September 29, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/09/29/newsanaconda/hjjejahajijgjh.txt
"ANACONDA - It was Anaconda's Black Monday - Sept. 29, 1980 - the day that operations at the Anaconda Co. smelter east of town were "suspended indefinitely." Officials from Atlantic Richfield Co., which had merged with the Anaconda Co. three years earlier, blamed high production costs and tightening environmental restrictions, and said copper smelting in Anaconda and refining in Great Falls would cease forever; the Anaconda plant would be demolished."

"Stack Now A State Park"
By The Standard Staff
September 29, 2005
MONTANA STANDARD
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/09/29/newsanaconda/hjjejahajjebeb.txt
"ANACONDA - The 585-foot Anaconda Co. smelter stack was transferred to the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks' state park system during the 1985 Legislature. That was in response to requests from a local "Save the Stack" committee which stopped the demolition of the landmark."

"History Teacher To Be Honored With The Ring Of A Bell"
By Ellen Thompson
September 29, 2005
HAVRE DAILY NEWS
http://www.havredailynews.com/articles/2005/09/29/local_headlines/history%20teacher.txt
"For local teacher Linda Ferguson, a ringing bell normally signals the start or end of a class period, but when she travels to Helena in November, it will symbolize Montana's history and the years she's spent teaching it. The St. Jude Thaddeus School fourth-grade teacher will be honored with the Montana Statehood 2005 Centennial Bell Award for her special devotion to teaching state history. She'll be asked to ring the Montana Centennial Bell for one minute on the anniversary of the day and time Montana gained statehood, at 10:40 a.m. Nov. 8."

"Rankin To Grace Wall In Capitol"
By Betsy Cohen
September 30, 2005
MISSOULIA
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/09/30/news/mtregional/news06.txt
"Because of an Ohio congresswoman, one of Montana's most famous residents and the nation's first congresswoman was honored in a formal ceremony at the Library of Congress on Thursday. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, requested Jeannette Rankin's portrait be commissioned and included in the House arts collection."

"Proof Is In The Pudding - Discovery Writers Determine Stevi To Be State's Oldest Town"
By Dana Green
September 30, 2005
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/09/30/news/news05.txt
"STEVENSVILLE - It has now been established - once and for all - Stevensville is Montana's oldest permanent settlement. Just read the book to find out how they proved it. "They" refers to the four women authors known as the Discovery Writers - Jean Clary, Pat Hastings, Jeanne O'Neill, and Riga Winthrop - who have written a new history on Stevi titled "First Roots: The Story of Stevensville, Montana's Oldest Community," published by Stevensville's Stoneydale Press."

"Stream Renamed To Honor Area Family - Now It's Lott Creek"
By Nick Gevock
MONTANA STANDARD
October 1, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/10/12/newsthreerivers/hjjeijjijjjchg.txt
"ENNIS - John "Junior" Lott spent many days throughout his life on horseback keeping track of cattle in the Squaw Creek drainage in the upper Ruby River Valley. So too did Lott's father Mortimer John Lott, and his grandfather Mortimer Lott. In fact, Mortimer Lott settled in the Ruby Valley in 1862, was one of the earliest prospectors to pan for gold in Montana Territory and was one of the six original members of the vigilance committee, according to the Madison County Historical Society. . . ."

"Excursion Train Unveiled Today In Anaconda"
By The Standard Staff
MONTANA STANDARD
October 1, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/10/01/newsanaconda/hjjejagjhgfihe.txt
"ANACONDA - Rarus Railway will unveil one of its two renovated, vintage passenger cars that make up the Copper King Express excursion train Saturday at Goodman Park. . . ."

"Historical Society Names Award Recipients"
By The Helena IR
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
October 1, 2005
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/10/01/helena/c01100105_01.txt
"The Montana Historical Society named the recipients of the 2005 Board of Trustees and Educator awards Friday night in Helena. Recipients of the 2005 Board of Trustees Awards were former First Lady Betty Babcock, and Butte-Silver Bow Public Archivists Bill Walker and John Hughes, who are both recently deceased. Recipients of the 2005 Trustee's Educator Awards were Darrell Robes Kipp of Browning, co-founder of the Piegan Institute dedicated to preserving Blackfeet language and culture, and University of Montana Missoula professor Duane Hampton, who developed an academic program that involves students in a wide array of historical investigations. . . ."

"View Hasn't Changed Much For Bonner School Since 1889"
By Rob Chaney
MISSOULIAN
October 2, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/10/02/news/local/news04.txt
"When Superintendent Doug Ardiana walks around the grounds of Bonner Elementary School, he sees a view trapped in time. Every window on the west side of the school looks across to piles of logs and the featureless walls of a lumber mill. To the south are the steeples of St. Ann's Catholic Church and Our Savior's Lutheran Church. And to the east and north are mountains and forest. The circuit looks the same as when Bonner School first opened in 1889. . . ."

"Chip By Chip, Lewis And Clark Enthusiasts Approach Past"
By the Associated Press
BILLINGS GAZETTE
October 2, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/10/02/build/state/60-lewis-and-clark.inc
"LEWISTON, Idaho - Chunks and shavings of ponderosa pine litter the ground as its former 7,000-pound girth is molded into a new life as a dugout canoe. The three men hacking away at it, as they have been since Sept. 24, are turning the giant log into a 500- to 700-pound vessel similar to the one Meriwether Lewis and William Clark used on their expedition 200 years ago. . . ."

"On Time, In Focus: Warren Mcgee Lived, Captured The Railroad Life"
By Ed Kemmick
October 2, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/10/02/build/state/35-railroad-life.inc
"LIVINGSTON - Sitting in Martin's Café, in what used to be the old beanery attached to the Northern Pacific Railway depot, Warren McGee motions out the window with his thumb. "I've been running up and down that platform since I was 4 years old," he says. That was 87 years ago. As a boy, he could identify almost all the locomotives that rolled into the Livingston yards just by hearing their bells and whistles. A lot of times, he could even tell you who the engineer was before he saw the train."

"Texture Trove - Ninepipes Museum Of Early Montana Displays A Rich Past"
By John Stromnes
October 2, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/10/02/territory/territory01.txt
"POLSON - Schoolchildren from the Mission Valley sometimes are invited to visit the Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana for a class excursion. Bud Cheff Sr., now 90, will greet them and begin the guided tour through the exhibits, artwork and photographs portraying the history and culture of the Flathead Reservation and early Montana. . . ."

"County, Nonprofit Group At Odds Over Museum"
By Nick Gevock
MONTANA STANDARD
October 3, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/10/12/newsdillon/hjjeijjgjcffhi.txt
"DILLON - Georgiana Andersen stops into the Beaverhead County Museum every once in a while to look at artifacts she's donated there over the years. . . But Andersen said she's worried that the Beaverhead County Museum Association, a nonprofit group of 150 members that she belongs to, is being asked by Beaverhead County to relinquish all say over how the museum and its artifacts are handled. . . ."

"History Book Order Deadline Extended"
VALERIAN
October 5, 2005
http://www.glacierreporter.com/articles/2005/10/05/the_valierian/news/news4.txt
"The Sept. 29 deadline for ordering the Pictorial History of Valier and Dupuyer has been extended until Thursday, Oct. 14. . . Photographs for the book were selected from the more than 300 that were submitted by Valier and Dupuyer residents over the last few months; many have never before been published. . . ."

"Housing History: County Archives Director Seeking $2 Million Grant - Funding Would Restore, Expand, Modernize Current Location"
By Erin Nicholes
MONTANA STANDARD
October 5, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/10/05/newsbutte_top/newsbutte_top.txt
"Dead leaves fluttered through a gap in the door of the Butte Archives recently, scattering on the basement floor. . . The building that keeps 140 years worth of documents detailing Butte's past, from news articles to death certificates, is marked by broken windows, crumbling bricks and dangling wires. . . ."

"Editorial And Opinion - A Website Worth A Journey"
LAUREL OUTLOOK
October 6, 2005
http://www.laureloutlook.com/articles/2005/10/06/editorial_and_opinion/05lnc.txt
"Hundreds of Lewis and Clark sites are available on the internet. Following is information about one that we find to be top ranking among them all. www.lewis-clark.org/ . . . ."

"Dillon Museum Association Overhauls Board"
By Nick Gevock
MONTANA STANDARD
October 6, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/10/06/newsdillon/hjjeijjdjjjfjg.txt
"DILLON - Members of the nonprofit Beaverhead County Museum Association elected six new board members Tuesday in an apparent move to resolve a dispute with the county. . . ."

"First Phase Of $1.8 Million Restoration Of Hamilton Landmark Wraps Up"
By Betsy Cohen
MISSOULIAN
October 7, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/10/07/news/top/news01.txt
HAMILTON - When the water-stained wallpaper was stripped from the living room walls of the Daly Mansion recently, a message from the past was revealed. Penciled across a wall in large, loopy handwriting was the admonishment: "Positively no smoking in this room." Although there's no way to tell who was responsible for the writing, or to know when it was written, the message could very well have been scrawled by Mrs. Marcus Daly - Margaret Daly - in the early 1900s, when she hired Missoula's famed architect A.J. Gibson to transform the family's Victorian frame house into the current 25-bedroom Georgian revival. . . ."

"New Territory: Fabled Painting Headed To Airport"
By Martin J. Kidston
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
October 7, 2005
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/10/07/helena/a01100705_04.txt
"Who says pickles and maple bars can’t buy art? A valuable painting depicting the "Four Georgians" looking over a pristine Last Chance Gulch moments before their fabled gold-strike in 1864 found a new home Thursday at the Helena Regional Airport. With the Helena High School class of 1953 gathered — the very class that sold pickles and maple bars to commission the piece — the painting rendered by Irvin "Shorty" Shope was unveiled high above the lobby with an eager tug of a cord. . . ."

"Commission Puts UM Fort Project On Hold"
By Betsy Cohen
MISSOULIAN
October 7, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/10/07/news/local/news03.txt
"The University of Montana's efforts to build a single-story research facility at Fort Missoula remain in limbo after the Missoula Historic Preservation Commission rescinded its subcommittee's contingent approval of the plan Thursday night. . . ."

"Crazy Horse Commemorative Stamp Is Proposed"
By the Associated Press
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
October 8, 2005
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/10/08/national/a06100805_01.txt
"SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The state’s congressional delegation has introduced resolutions calling for a commemorative postage stamp honoring Crazy Horse Memorial and its sculptor, Korczak Ziolkowski. The resolutions, if approved by the House and Senate, call on the federal Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee to make the Crazy Horse stamp one of its recommendations to the postmaster general for 2008 stamps. . . ."

"Two panels of artist's downtown display depicting Missoula to be unveiled Friday"
By JAMIE KELLY
MISSOULIAN
October 8, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/10/08/weekend/we01.txt
"For more than a year now, Hadley Ferguson has felt the weight of history bearing down on her shoulders. On Friday evening, that weight will be lifted with the unveiling of the Missoula artist's newest and most important work: "The Heart of Missoula," a seven-panel depiction of historic scenes from the city's past. . . ."

"Planned Research Building At Fort Missoula On Hold"
By the Associated Press
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
October 8, 2005
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/10/08/montana/c01100805_02.txt
"MISSOULA (AP) - Plans to build a new University of Montana research facility at historic Fort Missoula are on hold, and the city’s historical commission is asking the university to submit alternative plans for the structure. A subcommittee of the Missoula Historic Preservation Commission initially signed off on the plan to build the one-story, garage-like structure, but the full commission rescinded that on Thursday following protests over the idea.Opponents, including members of the group Save the Fort, have called the project an abuse of historic land. . . ."

"Rectory Rescue: Silent Auction To Raise Funds For Frenchtown Building"
By Vince Devlin
MISSOULIAN
October 8, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/10/08/news/local/news05.txt
"FRENCHTOWN - Father Kevin Christofferson received his marching orders two years ago from Bishop Robert Morlino: Take over the parishes of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Frenchtown, St. Albert the Great in Alberton, and St. Mary Queen of Heaven in Superior. Oh, and one other thing, Morlino told Christofferson. Don't move into the rectory in Frenchtown. . . ."

"Archaeology Day Planned At MHS"
By The Helena IR
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
October 9, 2005
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/10/09/helena/a10100905_01.txt
"Life wasn’t all that simple in the old days. The Montana Historical Society invites young and old alike to come to its Archaeology Day Thursday (Oct. 13) from 10 a.m. to noon to learn just what it took to survive in Montana’s stone age. Society and State Archaeologist Stan Wilmoth will lead a team of hand-on presenters in teaching things like flint knapping, atlatl throwing, prehistoric tool making and other skills used by people to survive on the land now known as Montana. . . ."

"No. 1356 Celebrates 50th Year Downtown"
By Vince Devlin
MISSOULIAN
October 9, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/10/09/news/local/news07.txt
"For the first time in half a century, the bell on Northern Pacific Locomotive No. 1356 rang loud and clear Saturday. Of course, Mac Palmer had to climb up on the engine and hit the big old bell with a hammer. The clapper's been gone a long time. Lots of people - including men who once worked on 1356 - stopped by the old locomotive, which rests at Northern Pacific Railroad Park near Circle Square, to help her celebrate 50 years of standing still in Missoula. . . ."

"Apple Days - Festival Supports Museum As Well As Locals' Affinity For Autumn Apples"
By Dana Green
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
October 10, 2005
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/10/10/news/news02.txt
"By the dozens, there are apple pies: smooth pies, lumpy ones, pies with perfectly pinched crusts, beautiful and a few homely pies. The only problem - picking which pie to bring home."

"Copper King's Colorful Life Topic Of UM Lecture"
By Betsy Cohen
MISSOULIAN
October 10, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/10/10/news/local/news05.txt
"The colorful life of the late Copper King and Montana Sen. William Andrews Clark will be examined in the next installment of the President's Lecture Series at the University of Montana. Aside from his political ambitions and amassing a fortune in his Butte copper mines, Clark was a connoisseur of the good life, which extended to a deep abiding love of France and its culture. Ambassador Andre Baeyens, a retired member of the French Foreign Service, will discuss the Montana Francophile in his lecture, "From Copper to Corots: The Two Lives of William Andrews Clark, Senator of Montana," at 8 p.m. Monday in the University Theatre. . . ."

"Back To Their Roots"
By Greg Lemon
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
October 11, 2005
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/10/11/news/news02.txt
"Just over 200 years after Lewis and Clark passed through the Bitterroot Valley, a group of Montana Boy Scouts took up flint and steel, blackpowder rifles and tomahawks to participate in the 2005 Bitterroot Rendezvous Boy Scout Camporee. . . ."

"Lighting Ceremony Is Wednesday"
By the Standard Staff
MONTANA STANDARD
October 11, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/10/11/newsbutte/hjjeijiijcefia.txt
"A special invite goes to all current and retired Butte miners to join the Kenneally family in celebrating the lighting of the fifth headframe on the Butte Hill. The ceremony starts at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Steward mineyard on Main Street near Woolman. . . ."

"Joliet Collector Reflects On History Recorded In Old Newspapers"
By Larry Tanglen
LAUREL OUTLOOK
October 12, 2005
http://www.laureloutlook.com/articles/2005/10/12/features/01mavis.txt
"Mavis Daviau of Joliet has been collecting newspapers for many years. "I'm a saver," the 84-year-old woman said with a chuckle. "I always have been" . . . ."

"Threads Of Time - Vintage Clothing Provides Sense Of Place, Expert Says"
By Erin Nicholes
MONTANA STANDARD
October 12, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/10/12/newsbutte/hjjeijihjbjbje.txt
"A 100-year-old gown may not be a hot item in today’s fashion scene, but it could help paint a colorful picture of the past. "The real value of clothes is what they tell you about our history," said LaRee Johnson, an Oregon-based vintage clothing expert who visited Butte this week. . . ."

"Lame Bull Treaty Of 1855 To Be Explored At BCC Oct. 16"
By John McGill
GLACIER REPORTER
October 12, 2005
http://www.glacierreporter.com/articles/2005/10/17/glacier_reporter/news/news3.txt
"'Certain events in Blackfeet history meant major changes for the people, and 1855 is one of those events because it was when the tribe agreed to peace, essentially with everyone in the world, provided certain conditions were met,' said Carol Murray of Blackfeet Community College. 'The Blackfeet leaders and the federal leaders had different interpretations, and the peace treaty wound up being a land cession' . . . ."

"American Indian Art Focus Of Exhibit"
By the Standard Staff
MONTANA STANDARD
October 14, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/10/14/entertainment/hjjeijifidedjh.txt
"DILLON - "Native Perspectives on the Trail: a Contemporary American Indian Art Portfolio" is the new exhibit of prints at The University of Montana-Western Art Gallery/Museum in Dillon. . . ."

"Courthouse Update Keeps History"
By Nick Gevock of the Montana Standard
BILLINGS GAZETTE
October 16, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/10/16/build/state/65-keeps-history.inc
"VIRGINIA CITY - A peek inside the front doors of the Madison County courthouse in Virginia City is like looking into the Old West. The walls are a painted a simple light-caramel color with darker trim. The signs for each department are black with gold letters. And the red carpet made of wool has a leaf design reminiscent of the style around 1876, when the courthouse was completed. But despite its old-time look, nearly everything on the interior is new, thanks to a $500,000 renovation project that the county is wrapping up after more than four months of work. . . ."

"Flood Of '38 Revisited - Reservoir Breaks, Sends Headwall Of Water Through Anaconda"
By Vera Haffey
MONTANA STANDARD
October 16, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/10/16/featuresbigskylife/hjjeijidjbjjib.txt
"It was a Norman Rockwell kind of summer evening on July 27, 1938. . . . While life unfolded peacefully below, the massive earthen walls at the city reservoir began to quake and shift, weakened by the capacity load of runoff, and swollen from heavy spring snows and drenching summer rains. . . ."

"Morgue Dust: Army Sergeant Awarded Medals"
By Tracy Thornton
MONTANA STANDARD
October 16, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/10/16/featuresbigskylife/hjjeijidjceagi.txt
"Thousands of southwest Montana men and women served their country during that time, and hundreds made the ultimate sacrifice, with their lives. To honor those who served, the Morgue Dust, periodically throughout the year, will exclusively be about these young men and women, and the sacrifices they made in the name of freedom. These excerpts, taken from the time period of 1941 to 1945, were included in a World War II scrapbook acquired by the Butte Public Archives. They were compiled by Tracy Thornton of The Montana Standard. . . ."

"Missoula's Backyard Wilderness - Now Celebrating 25 Years As A Protected Playground - Is Only More Beautiful With Age"
By Perry Backus
MISSOULIAN
October 16, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/10/16/news/top/news01.txt
"Twenty-five years ago this Wednesday, Congress designated the Rattlesnake Wilderness and National Recreation Area, providing Missoula with a backyard like no other in the nation. . . ."

"Researchers Look To Native History To Gather Ideas About Forests And Flames"
By Michael Jamison
MISSOULIAN
October 16, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/10/16/news/mtregional/news03.txt
"POLSON - Wednesday, Nov. 14, 1792: Traveling the borderland between modern Montana and the endless expanse of what's now known as southern Alberta. Still smoking all around, the explorer notes: "grass having been lately burnt," "grass nearly all burnt," "grass yet burning." For days, his journals are filled with fire, no end in sight. Yet there hadn't been a lightning strike in who knows how many weeks. When Hudson's Bay Co. fur trader Peter Fidler first laid eyes on the wide wild West, it seemed to him a pristine wilderness, a garden shaped from on high and never yet bent beneath the clumsy hands of men. . . ."

"Sifting Through History"
By Martin J. Kidston
October 16, 2005
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/10/16/helena_life/c01101605_01.txt
"When Kelly Dixon looks at an animal bone or a broken champagne glass, she sees more than 19th century garbage. Beyond the rubbish she imagines Hollywood’s portrayal of the Old West coming undone and the social and economic truths behind Western boomtowns coming clear. . . ."

"WWII Veteran, POW Quick To Share His Adventure Stories"
By Eve Byron
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
October 17, 2005
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/10/17/top/a01101705_01.txt
"Alvin Sparks’ registration card from his POW camp. Sparks said he dropped from his regular 170 pounds to 135 pounds as a POW. Even though Alvin Sparks is known as "Sparky," he didn’t feel any electricity pump through his body as he scaled the barbed-wire fence surrounding the prisoner of war camp in Germany in 1944. "They told us it was electrified, but we didn’t get any shocks," Sparks said recently in his Helena valley home, as he recalled how he and three other POWs made their break for freedom from Stalag IX C. . . ."

"New Book Demystifies Jeannette Rankin Life"
By Betsy Cohen
MISSOULIAN
October 17, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/10/17/news/local/news04.txt
"Two University of Montana professors set out to answer three elusive questions about Jeannette Rankin, one of Montana's most famous, mythic daughters. Unfulfilled by Rankin biographies and other published material about the historical woman, Professors Jean Luckowski and James Lopach wanted to know: Why was this Montana woman the first woman elected to the United States Congress? What did Rankin accomplish in her historic first term? Why did she become a renown pacifist and feminist? . . ."

"Indians Had Keen Insights Into Dinosaur Fossils"
By Gail Schontzler
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
October 19, 2005
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/10/19/news/fossilsindians.txt
"President Thomas Jefferson thought if Lewis and Clark just ventured far enough West, they'd come across migrating mastodons and prove that the giant bones discovered in Eastern bogs and river beds came from living creatures. American Indians knew better. . . ."

"Darrell Robes Kipp Among Those Honored By Montana Historical Society"
GLACIER REPORTER
October 19, 2005
http://www.glacierreporter.com/articles/2005/10/19/glacier_reporter/news/news4.txt
"A former first lady who has lived Montana history, two men who have worked to save the story of the "Richest Hill on Earth," a Blackfeet who works tirelessly to save the heart of his people, and a professor who has encouraged hundreds to cherish state history were honored by the Montana Historical Society Board of Trustees Friday, Sept. 30, in Helena. . . ."

"Legal Battle Over Battle Site"
By Greg Tuttle
BILLINGS GAZETTE
October 19, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/10/19/build/state/20-battle-site.inc
"GARRYOWEN - A small piece of the historic battlefield where members of the U.S. 7th Cavalry led an ill-fated charge against an American Indian village is at the center of a fight involving tribal sovereignty and private property rights. In place of repeating rifles, this fight is being waged with conflicting restraining orders issued by two courts. . . ."

"New Book Looks At History From The Native Perspective"
By John McGill
GLACIER REPORTER
October 19, 2005
http://www.glacierreporter.com/articles/2005/10/19/glacier_reporter/news/news2.txt
"'The book is a political history of the Blackfeet Nation's relationship and treaties with the United States, and also takes in the experience of developing a relationship with the settlers of frontier Montana,' said Bob Juneau, co-author of 'The Blackfeet Reader,' a self-published tome of Native history. . . ."

"Help Ronan Museum Celebrate 25 Years"
LAKE COUNTY LEADER
October 20, 2005
http://www.leaderadvertiser.com/articles/2005/10/20/editorials/letters/letter13.txt
"Editor, Help us celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Mission Garden of the Rockies Museum. We have grown in 25 years from the Parish Hall building (original stage stop) to include a school house, tool shed, and the old Round Butte Gym for displays. . . ."

"Haunted History: Historian Collects Spooky Stories From Across Montana"
By Walt Williams
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
October 21, 2005
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/10/21/features/roundup/01thisweekghost.txt
"When workers first stumbled across a slab of stone in the guts of the building that now houses the Phillips Book and Office Supply Store in 1965, they assumed it was just an ordinary rock. They were wrong. It was a tombstone. The tombstone is long gone, having disappeared years ago. But the tragic tale behind it survives in "Beyond Spirit Tailings: Montana's Mysteries, Ghosts and Haunted Places" by historian Ellen Baumler. . . ."

"Trees To Treasure: Urban Forester Says Many Of Missoula's Trees Are Past Their Prime"
By Perry Backus
October 21, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/10/21/news/top/news01.txt
"Taking an evening stroll under the glowing yellow canopy created by the hundreds of Norway maples lining many Missoula streets has been almost magical this season. . . . Frank Worden ordered the first Norway maples sometime shortly after 1865 to add some shade and color around his home and neighborhood. The trees originated in Geneva, N.Y., traveled by train to Bismarck, N.D., then by boat to Fort Benton and finally crossed the state in the back of an ox-drawn wagon."

"Ghosts Come Alive At Bannack Event"
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
October 21, 2005
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/10/21/features/roundup/bannack.txt
"Beware of things that go bump in the night at Bannack. The ghosts come alive for two special performances presented by the Bannack Association on Oct. 28 and 29. Based on historical events that occurred at Bannack, meet the ghosts of Henry Plummer, Dutch John Wagner, Cyrus Skinner, Doctor Glick, Nellie Paget and many more rouges from Bannack's colorful past in these spooky reenactments. . . ."

"Judge Locks Crow Tribal Court Out Of Land Dispute"
By Greg Tuttle
BILLINGS GAZETTE
October 22, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/10/22/build/local/40-tribal-court.inc
"A federal judge in Billings on Friday issued a temporary injunction against the Crow Tribal Court preventing it from getting further involved in a land dispute between nontribal members on a small section of the historic Custer Battlefield. U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull said it is clear that the Crow Tribal Court does not have jurisdiction in the dispute between the owners of the Fort Custer building in Garryowen and the Custer Battlefield Preservation Committee, who are locked in a fight over a gravel parking lot. . . ."

"'Dream Keeper'"
By Jodi Rave
October 23, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/10/23/news/top/news01.txt
"Kootenai elder Adeline Mathias celebrates 95th birthday with community gathering, sharing of tribal traditions - - ELMO - Adeline Mathias prayed, holding her arm forward and above her head, before she began speaking to friends and family gathered in a community hall on the Flathead Reservation. . . ."

"After The Flour: Bon-Ton Building Is Bozeman Mainstay"
By Camden Easterling
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
October 23, 2005
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/10/23/news/bon-ton.txt
"The machinery long ago ground to a stop, but the Bon-Ton Flour Mill still stands as a reminder of Bozeman's past. . . ."

"Morgue Dust : Meaderville Gets A New Fire Truck - Glance Into The Past"
By Tracy Thornton
MONTANA STANDARD
October 23, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/10/23/featuresbigskylife/hjjeijhgjcgajj.txt
"June 13, 1938 Volunteers get new fire truck Papers of registration and title to their new fire truck were accepted recently by members of the Meaderville volunteer fire department. John Bukovatz, chief of the group, accepted the papers at a banquet held in Meaderville. . . ."

"Eye Of The Beholder"
By Betsy Cohen
MISSOULIAN
October 23, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/10/23/territory/territory01.txt
"Photographer was a pioneer who recorded hard, tough life on the plains - Unending financial hardships tested the pluck of those who dared to stick it out on Montana's unforgiving eastern plains at the end of the 19th century. Despite the immense challenges, Evelyn Cameron, an English expatriate of genteel and aristocratic birth, refused to leave her adopted home in the rowdy frontier town of Terry, then but a 10-year-old outpost midway between Miles City and Glendive. . . ."

"Great Falls Loses $520 Thousand On L&C Events"
By the Associated Press
BILLINGS GAZETTE
October 23, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/10/23/build/state/55-great-falls.inc
"GREAT FALLS - This city on the Missouri River, where Lewis and Clark portaged around large waterfalls, finds itself more than half a million dollars in the red after hosting a national "Signature Event" this summer to commemorate the bicentennial of the Corps of Discovery. The deficit is $520,246, according to numbers released by the city Friday and reported in Saturday's editions of the Great Falls Tribune. . . ."

"Got Trivia? - Writer Says Mining City Provides Wealth Of Good Tales"
By Leslie McCartney
MONTANA STANDARD
October 23, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/10/23/newsbutte/hjjeijhgjcgggd.txt
"Author Janet Spencer is a self-proclaimed trivia expert. Although author and trivia expert Janet Spencer of Helena composed 1,263 tantalizing trivia questions about Montana, she admits that Butte’s history provides fodder for some of the best trivia questions. . . ."

"Daly Mansion - Sen. Burns Proposes Funds For Renovations"
By Greg Lemon
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
October 24, 2005
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/10/24/news/news02.txt
"The Daly Mansion Preservation Trust is one step closer to getting a big fund-raising boost in its efforts to complete renovations. Friday, Sen. Conrad Burns announced $300,000 earmarked for the mansion in a Senate appropriations bill. . . ."

"Merchant Remembered - Corvallis Hardware Store Continues Bay Family Legacy"
By Rod Daniel
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
October 25, 2005
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/10/25/news/news02.txt
"Like his father before him, Vance Bay was born to be a merchant. And for more than 50 years, Vance's store, Bay's Hardware, has served as an anchor of commerce in a town that isn't much bigger today than it was in 1910, when Vance's dad, Edwin "Pop" Bay, moved from Michigan to join his older brother Hans in the grocery business. . . ."

"St. Mary's Cemetery To Take Part In History Tour For First Time"
By Mea Andrews
MISSOULIAN
October 25, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/10/25/news/top/news01.txt
"Missoula's public cemetery is the resting place for some of the city's most famous citizens - Greenough, McCormick, McLeod, Paxson, Rankin, Worden and Higgins are a few - who still grace city landmarks today. But just a few miles away is St. Mary's Cemetery, with its own connections to Missoula's past. This year, for the first time, St. Mary's is included in a cemetery history tour that has become a popular annual fall event."

"Eagle Founder Dies"
By Katherine Head
BIGFORK EAGLE
October 26, 2005
http://www.bigforkeagle.com/articles/2005/10/26/community/community01.txt
"Bigfork Eagle founder Dale Jay SInger, 72, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 18, at Hillside Manor of complications from kidney failure and diabetes. Singer had endured diabetes for 55 years. Singer founded the yet-unnamed "Bigfork Newspaper" in December of 1976. Singer acted as publisher, while William Cenis was editor of the twice monthly publication. . . ."

"Towns Nearer To Landmark Status"
October 26, 2005
BILLINGS GAZETTE
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/10/26/build/state/90-landmark.inc
"BUTTE - The mining towns of Anaconda and Walkerville are one step closer to becoming national historic landmarks after a National Park Service panel endorsed the idea at a meeting in Washington, D.C., Tuesday. . . . The proposal would expand Butte's National Historic Landmark District, created in 1961, to include the two towns, as well as the historic BA&P Railway corridor. . . . "

"Big Story - New Visitor Center Constructed At Pompeys Pillar"
By Larry Tanglen
LAUREL OUTLOOK
October 26, 2005
http://www.laureloutlook.com/articles/2005/10/26/news/big_story/01big.txt
"Visitors to Pompeys Pillar will have a pleasant surprise next year when they lay their eyes on the new visitor center that will showcase Captain William Clark's trip down the Yellowstone River in 1806 as part of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery Expedition. . . ."

"Enlarged Historic District Gets Nod - Project Clears Major Hurdle"
By Roberta Forsell Stauffer
MONTANA STANDARD
October 26, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/10/26/newsbutte_top/newsbutte_top.txt
"Butte, Anaconda, and Walkerville are poised to become the largest grouping of historic resources in the country to achieve National Historic Landmark status. The Landmarks Committee of the National Park Service Advisory Board unanimously endorsed the idea of creating a Butte-Anaconda National Landmark District at its meeting in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. . . ."

"Garryowen Land Dispute - Battling Sides Go A-Courtin’; Judge Brokers Time Extension"
By Carl Rieckmann
BIG HORN COUNTY NEWS
October 27, 2005
http://www.bighorncountynews.com/archive/102705b.html
"A confederation of recalcitrant Indian bands triumphed over the U.S. 7th Cavalry along the Little Bighorn in a matter of minutes. A dispute over a small portion of that battlefield promises to take a little longer and to look more like daytime television. . . ."
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"A New Kind Of Corps Of Discovery"
By Emily Donahoe
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
October 27, 2005
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/10/27/yourtime/d11102705_01.txt
"Composer Rob Kapilow went looking for Lewis and Clark and discovered a whole new way of seeing the world. Kapilow and Montana poet Darrell Kipp recently collaborated on a piece of music for the bicentennial, "Summer Sun, Winter Moon," which will have its Montana premiere during a concert with the Helena Symphony at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29. . . ."

"Historic Lighting Project To Break Ground This Week"
CARBON COUNTY NEWS
October 27, 2005
http://www.carboncountynews.com/2002archive/102705.html
"The Red Lodge historic lighting project should break ground this week, according to Chamber of Commerce president, John Toler. . . ."
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"Historic Great Northern Bus-Truck Restoration Now Ready For The Road"
By Lynnette Hintze
DAILY INTER LAKE
October 27, 2005
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2005/10/27/news/news01.txt
"It's been a long journey home for the Bruck, but the one-of-a-kind shuttle bus is back where its life began -- at the train depot in Whitefish. Stumptown Historical Society, which invested $20,000 in restoring the combination bus and truck, brought the vehicle home to Whitefish earlier this month and plans to erect a plaque that officially puts the vehicle on the historical walking tour of the resort town. . . ."

"Bitter Root Stock Farm To Sell Third Of Its Land"
By Dana Green
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
October 28, 2005
http://www.ravallinews.com/articles/2005/10/28/news/news02.txt
"The owner of the historic Bitter Root Stock Farm announced this week he will be selling a substantial piece of his remaining land east of Hamilton. . . ."

"Slayings Of Two Young Girls Shocked The Flathead 32 Years Ago"
By Chery Sabol
DAILY INTER LAKE
October 29, 2005
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2005/10/29/news/news02.txt
"Long before Amber Alerts, special child-abduction laws, DNA evidence, and violent-offender registries, two Marion children disappeared. Their murders were a frightening and consuming part of Flathead Valley criminal history. . . ."

"Bozeman Investors Buy Story Mill"
By Camden Easterling
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
October 29, 2005
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/10/29/news/01sale.txt
"A group of Bozeman-based investors has bought the Story Mill and nearby properties, but plans to preserve the historic site. . . ."

"Tribes Have Different View Of Expedition"
By Joseph B. Frazier, Associated Press
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
October 30, 2005
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/10/30/helena_life/c02103005_02.txt
"PENDLETON, Ore. - Legend has it that Coyote, the seer, trickster and adviser to the Columbia Basin Indian tribes for millennia, saw it all coming: ‘‘White people with hair on their faces will come from the rising sun,’’ he cautioned. ‘‘You people must be careful.’’ Right he was. . . ."

"Glance Into The Past - Naranche"
By The Standard Staff
MONTANA STANDARD
October 30, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/10/30/featuresbigskylife/hjjeijgjjdeceg.txt
"ATHLETE EXTRAORDINAIRE: Standout Bulldog athlete Eso Naranche was serving as a lieutenant in North Africa, when he was killed by a sniper on March 28, 1943. Five months later, Butte High’s football stadium was named Naranche Memorial Stadium. . . ."

"Barn Again"
By Candace Chase
DAILY INTER LAKE
October 30, 2005
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2005/10/30/lifestyle/lifestyle01.txt
"Helena Flats farm's history is preserved as century-old structure is given new life. Neighbors Rod McIver and Helen Barnard share a love for an old barn peeking out from the trees on Rose Crossing. . . ."

"Flu Claims Hometown Soldier Shortly After Call To Service"
By Vera Haffey
MONTANA STANDARD
October 30, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/10/30/newsbutte/hjjeijgjjdgjje.txt
"Pvt. Dennis McCarthy of Anaconda had more to worry about than the war as he headed off to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., on Oct. 4, 1918. He just didn’t know it yet. . . .

"Lodge On Track For December Opening"
By Lynnette Hintze
DAILY INTER LAKE
October 30, 2005
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articles/2005/10/30/business/bus01.txt
"Boat Club restaurant, lounge will feature regatta memorabilia. Memories of the Whitefish Lake Boat Club's bygone era of lively regattas will live on -- both in name and memorabilia -- at the new Lodge at Whitefish Lake. . . ."

"Ghosts of Garnet - Archaeologists have been working to uncover and preserve the mysteries in the cabins, ditches and shafts around the historic mining town"
By Perry Backus
October 30, 2005
MISSOULIAN
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/10/30/news/top/news01.txt
"GARNET - Bureau of Land Management archaeologist Maria Craig knew all about the history lurking beneath thick stands of evergreens on the hillside just above the ghost town of Garnet. . . . Over the last 70 years - since mining activity in the area stilled - the forest has grown over the ditches, dams and collapsed tunnels that hundreds of hard-rock miners constructed in their frenzy to find gold. . . ."

"Gravesite Of Prominent Family Is Going To Weed In Anaconda"
By Vera Haffey
MONTANA STANDARD
October 31, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/10/31/newsanaconda/hjjeijgijcfgge.txt
"ANACONDA - A cement staircase leading to the weed-ridden Brown family plot at Hill Cemetery is crumbling now, nearly 125 years after it was built. A stone girl still stands sentry there, looking out over the rooftops of Anaconda, and presiding over four sunken graves that mark the resting place for one of Anaconda’s pioneer mining families. The elaborate marble monument imported from Italy hints at the prosperity of the Brown family, whose names once dominated the city’s social and business scenes, but are now nearly forgotten. . . ."

"Granite's Faded Glory - Philipsburg Man Leads Crusade To Preserve Legacy Of Area's Vanished Towns"
By Perry Backus
MISSOULIAN
October 31, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/10/31/hometowns/ht01.txt
"PHILIPSBURG - The ghosts of Granite County won't just fade away if Ron Paige has anything to say about it. For years, the Philipsburg man has led a campaign to preserve the area's rich history - stored in 13 or so ghost towns scattered about the county - before it's too late. . . ."

"Montana Hit By 1918 Flu"
By Vera Haffey
MONTANA STANDARD
October 31, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/10/31/newsspecialreports/hjjeijgijbgbgb.txt
"ANACONDA - By late September 1918, news of an explosion of Spanish Influenza deaths at the Army’s Camp Devons near Boston caused alarm around the country, although public health authorities in Anaconda declared that there was no trace yet of the deadly pandemic here. Even so, it may have been prophetic when a crowd gathered on the evening of Sept. 29 at St. Paul’s Church in Anaconda, where Father Coopman and the Rev Dr. Nolan of Helena blessed a new statue of St. Roch, the patron saint of the afflicted, donated by Mrs. M. E. Mahoney in memory of her husband. . . ."

"Hundreds Of Flu Victims Died In Butte, Anaconda"
By Vera Haffey
MONTANA STANDARD
October 31, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/10/31/newsbutte/hjjeijgijcfiff.txt
"ANACONDA - Even though many public gatherings were stopped in order to prevent the spread of the Spanish Influenza virus in 1918, others sometimes popped up in their place. . . ."

"Spanish Flu Spreads To Anaconda In 1918 Pandemic"
By Vera Haffey
MONTANA STANDARD
October 31, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/10/31/newsspecialreports/hjjeijgijbgbeh.txt
"ANACONDA - About a dozen Anacondans died from pneumonia in the early October and late September of 1918, before people realized that the dreaded Spanish Flu pandemic had spread to their hometown — and before the full impact of scores of other local deaths would be felt. . . ."

"Ghost Tales: Historical Figures Come Alive At Missoula Cemetery Event"
By Sherry Devlin
MISSOULIAN
November 1, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/11/01/news/local/znews02.txt
"The ghosts of Missoula past came out Sunday afternoon to tell their stories. Jeannette Rankin remembered the day a horse ran into the barnyard with a huge gash in its shoulder. The ranch hands weren't sure what to do, but young Jeannette - she was 10 or 11 at the time - didn't hesitate. "She ran right in the house, got her mother's sewing kit and sewed up that horse," said Suzette Dussault, one of a dozen or so storytellers at Sunday's "Stories and Stones" tour at the Missoula Cemetery. "In the Rankin family, when something needed to be done, you just did it. Growing up in Montana in the 1880s was really interesting". . . ."

"Women Working To ID Unmarked Graves, Map Lame Deer Cemetery"
By Laura Tode
BILLINGS GAZETTE
November 1, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/11/01/build/state/20-cemetery.inc
"The Lame Deer cemetery sits at the base of Yellow Mule and Head Chief Hill, a cliff face where those two young warriors rode their ponies over the edge, choosing suicide rather than face a white man's death dangling from a hanging tree. As the story is told, in 1890 the Northern Cheyenne were starving, camped at the top of the bench. In desperation, the young men killed a local rancher's cow to feed their people. Fearing the consequences of their actions, they captured and killed the rancher as well. Today, white boulders mark where the suicide warriors fell."

"A Look Back At Laurel History"
By Mike Engh
LAUREL OUTLOOK
November 2, 2005
http://www.laureloutlook.com/articles/2005/11/02/features/01history.txt
"These news recaps are from back issues of the Laurel Outlook on file in the newspaper archives. Enjoy taking a look back at Laurel history. . . ."

"Venerable Pipes - St. Francis Xavier Looks To Refurbish 100-Year-Old Organ"
By Betsy Cohen
MISSOULIAN
November 2, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/11/02/news/top/news01.txt
"Just over a century ago, Boston craftsmen at the renowned Hook and Hastings Co. transformed rough-cut oak and an assemblage of metal alloys into a stunning 432-pipe organ, custom built for Missoula's St. Francis Xavier Church. One hundred years ago this month, the massive instrument survived its westward journey and was installed on the church's second-story balcony. . . ."

"Historical Society Director Resigns"
By Charles S. Johnson
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
November 3, 2005
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/11/03/montana/a01110305_03.txt
"HELENA - Arnold Olsen resigned Wednesday as director of the Montana Historical Society, a job he had held since July 1999. Olsen, 55, said he is resigning to pursue other interests related to his doctorate in wildlife biology. He said he will leave the director’s job, which pays about $97,000 a year, in a week or so. The society’s board of trustees said it will begin an immediate search for his successor. . . ."

"Scientist Offers Historical Perspective On Infectious Disease"
By Rod Daniel
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
November 4, 2005
http://ravallirepublic.com/articles/2005/11/04/news/news03.txt
"More than 150 people showed up Wednesday night to hear a visionary scientist speak about something he's spent half a century studying - infectious diseases. But if the knowledge-thirsty crowd thought Dr. Richard Krause might give them a dose of dry science, they were mistaken. . . ."

"2 Montana Historical Society Trustees Join Director In Resigning"
By Charles S. Johnson
BILLINGS GAZETTE
November 4, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/11/04/build/state/55-resignations.inc
"HELENA - Two members of the Montana Historical Society board of trustees are quitting in the wake of Director Arnold Olsen's resignation during a special, closed-door meeting of the board earlier this week. Quitting or planning to resign were Mary Murphy, of Bozeman, the board's secretary and a history professor at Montana State University, and Ed Henrich, a former president of the board who is general manager of Fairmont Hot Springs. . . ."

"UM Looks To Preserve Fort Missoula Land"
By Betsy Cohen
MISSOULIAN
November 4, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/11/04/news/local/news03.txt
"For now, the University of Montana won't build a new department laboratory within Fort Missoula's historic boundary and is instead talking about never building on the controversial acreage - protecting it instead with a preservation easement. Although discussion about an easement has just begun, UM is working with the Missoula Historic Preservation Commission to put the idea in motion, said Kevin Krebsbach, associate director of UM's Facilities Services."

"Obit - Thelma Warrington Shaw"
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
November 6, 2005
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/11/11/obits/shaw%20111105.txt
"Thelma Warrington Shaw died on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2005, at the Powell County Memorial Hospital in Deer Lodge. Thelma was born Jan. 26, 1916, south of Chester to homesteaders Simon and Mabel Warrington — the doctor attending her delivery arrived in a horse-drawn sleigh in minus 20-degree weather. . . ."

"History Mystery"
By Perry Backus - Missoulian - 11/06/05
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
November 6, 2005
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/11/06/helena_life/c03110605_01.txt
"GARNET — Bureau of Land Management archaeologist Maria Craig knew all about the history lurking beneath thick stands of evergreens on the hillside just above the ghost town of Garnet. She may have been the only one. Over the last 70 years — since mining activity in the area stilled — the forest has grown over the ditches, dams and collapsed tunnels that hundreds of hard-rock miners constructed in their frenzy to find gold. . . ."

"All Aboard - South Valley's Economic Development Portrayed In Museum's Train-Laden Exhibit"
By Dana Green
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
November 7, 2005
http://ravallirepublic.com/articles/2005/11/07/news/news01.txt
"The familiar snow-capped peaks of the Bitterroot loom above, the railroad winds along the river's edge, while logs culled from the West Fork float down river to busy Missoula mills. The scene is turn-of-the-century Darby - at the height of the logging boom when Darby's logging operations fueled the Butte and Anaconda mines and transformed the area into a bustling logging town. The log drives and mule teams are now long gone - replaced by fast cars and four-lane highways. But the era has been captured in the Ravalli County Museum's new Darby Room, part of its ongoing "Walk Through the Bitter Root" project. . . ."

"Educator Imaging Historic Inscriptions"
MSU-B News Service
BILLINGS GAZETTE
November 7, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/11/07/build/local/80-inscriptions.inc
"Even though the scrawling of explorer William Clark is the most famous on the sandstone monolith 24 miles northeast of Billings, his is not the only signature on Pompeys Pillar. . . ."

"Retiree celebrates for Pomp"
MSU News Service
BILLINGS GAZETTE
November 8, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/11/08/build/state/65-pomp.inc
"BOZEMAN - Jim and Alice Sargent like parties as much as anyone, but they never dreamed they'd hold or inspire almost 500 parties for the only baby on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Pomp, the son of Sacagawea and Touissant Charbonneau, was born and turned 1 year old during the journey. "Everybody loves a party, don't they?" asked Alice, who has baked "umpteen" cakes since the Bozeman couple started celebrating the boy's birthday. . . ."

""Professor Longtime Fan Of Author"
By Jaci Webb
BILLINGS GAZETTE
November 9, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/11/09/build/local/50-hart-johnson.inc
"Sue Hart didn't know it at the time, but she began researching her documentary about Dorothy M. Johnson, "Gravel in Her Gut & Spit in Her Eye," the day she arrived in Missoula almost 50 years ago. Hart, a long-time Montana State University-Billings English professor, arrived in Missoula in 1958 a shy young graduate assistant ready for a challenge. She stayed with a University of Montana professor who introduced Hart to various female faculty members the first night Hart was in town. Among them was Johnson, a hero of Hart's whose Western novels were made into movie classics including 'The Hanging Tree,' 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' and 'A Man Called Horse'. . . ."

"Speaker Gives Tour Of Women's History In The West"
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
November 10, 2005
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/11/10/features/roundup/womenwest.txt
"Dr. Virginia Scharff will offer a lively and thought-provoking tour of women's history to the West as home in places ranging from the high plains to the Rio Grande in a lecture called, "Home Lands: How Women Made the West" in Hager Auditorium at the Museum of the Rockies. The lecture is Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. and is free to the public. . . ."

"All Due Respect"
By Russ Miller
BIGFORK EAGLE
November 10, 2005
http://www.bigforkeagle.com/articles/2005/11/10/community/community02.txt
"The junior class at Bigfork High School has been busy interviewing veterans and writing oral histories in preparation for the school's annual Veterans Day assembly, Nov. 11. . . ."

"Murphy Gives Lecture As New Malone Professor Of History"
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
November 10, 2005
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/11/10/features/roundup/murphy.txt
"Mary Murphy will speak on "A Rich Man's Harvest and a Poor Man's Struggle: Montanans' Response to World War I" during her inaugural lecture as the newly named Michael P. Malone Professor of History at Montana State University. . . ."

"Soldier’s Salute: Veteran Remembers Vietnam"
By Shelley Beaumont
CARBON COUNTY NEWS
November 10, 2005
http://www.carboncountynews.com/2002archive/111005.html
"U.S. Army veteran Scott Novasio of Red Lodge says he’s one of the luckier veterans of the war in Vietnam, having survived hazardous duty as a helicopter crew chief in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) without ever being wounded. . . ."

"Native American Week Activities Focus On Language"
By Miridith Morgan
BIG HORN COUNTY NEWS
November 10, 2005
http://www.bighorncountynews.com/archive/111005b.html
"Riley Singer and Hans Hill were found to be the only fluent Crow speakers among the 233 Crow students at Hardin Middle School. For them, it is a language that is spoken in the home, a first language. Last Friday, in front of the entire student body, the two sixth grade boys addressed their peers in their native language. In an assembly meshing Red Ribbon Week and the culmination of Native American Week, both boys took to the stage to introduce themselves in their native Crow language. They gave their Apsaalooké names, their clan affiliations and what their interests are, for all of the student body to hear. . . ."

"Havre Teacher Garners History Award"
By the Associated Press
MISSOULIAN
November 11, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/11/11/breaker/doc4374c6e3d2c56274482330.txt
"HAVRE - A fourth grade teacher at St. Jude Thaddeus School here was named the Montana history teacher of the year. Linda Ferguson won the 16th annual Montana Statehood Centennial Bell Award, sponsored by the Montana News Stations, the Sons & Daughters of Montana Pioneers and the Office of Public Instruction. . . ."

"Blue Star To Get New Highway Home At Ninepipes Museum"
By John Stromnes
MISSOULIAN
November 11, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/11/11/news/mtregional/news06.txt
"With her son a captain in the Navy and herself the oldest, continuously active member of the Mission View Garden Club in Charlo, 84-year-old Rita Peters will dedicate a Blue Star Memorial highway marker Friday at Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana History along U.S. Highway 93. . . ."

"Bound By Beauty: The History Of The Hungry Horse News Has Become Intertwined With Images Of Glacier Park And Its Vast Array Of Stunning Scenery"
By Michael Jamison
MISSOULIAN
November 11, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/11/11/outdoors/od01.txt
"COLUMBIA FALLS - No one knows quite where Mel Ruder stood when he first put Glacier National Park on film, where he pointed his fine German lens for first light on a subject that would finally come to consume him. "He started the paper in 1946, but he didn't start with the pictures right away," said Chris Peterson, current editor of the Hungry Horse News. "Then, in the summer of '47, he started going up to the park a lot, taking tons of film and doing these really big spreads". . . ."

"Tribes Pay Homage To Veterans During 13th Annual Powwow"
By John Stromnes
MISSOULIAN
November 11, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/11/12/news/top/news01.txt
"RONAN - Veterans Day in Indian Country is a serious holiday. On Thursday on the Flathead Reservation, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes published the name of every known tribal member and descendant who has ever served in the U.S. armed forces. The names numbered well over 1,200 men and women, and the list filled two entire pages of Char-Koosta News, the tribal government's newspaper. . . ."

"Lewis And Clark Expert To Discuss Traveler’s Rest"
BELGRADE NEWS
November 11, 2005
http://www.belgrade-news.com/archives/view.php?article=3015
"Dr. Daniel Hall will present "Travelers’ Rest: Validation & Verification of a Lewis & Clark Campsite" on Thursday, Nov. 17 in Bozeman. Travelers’ Rest served a pivotal role in the transcontinental exploration by the Corps of Discovery, which encamped at the site in September 1805 and June 1806. . . ."
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MSU Historian To Lecture On Montana’s Response To WWI"
BELGRADE NEWS
November 11, 2005
http://www.belgrade-news.com/archives/view.php?article=3015
"MSU history professor Mary Murphy will speak on "A Rich Man’s Harvest and a Poor Man’s Struggle: Montanans’ Response to World War I" during her inaugural lecture as the newly named Michael P. Malone Professor of History at Montana State University. . . ."
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"Havre Instructor Is Montana Teacher Of The Year"
HAVRE DAILY NEWS
November 11, 2005
http://www.havredailynews.com/articles/2005/11/11/local_headlines/havre%20teacher.txt
"Linda Ferguson, a fourth- grade teacher at St. Jude Thaddeus School in Havre, has been honored as the Montana History Teacher of the Year. As part of the 16th annual Montana Statehood Centennial Bell Award ceremony on Tuesday, Ferguson and members of last year's fourth-grade class rang the Montana Statehood Centennial Bell at 10:40 a.m. for one minute, at the exact minute Montana became the 41st state in 1889. . . ."

"Remains May Be Repatriated To Rocky Boy"
By Ellen Thompson
HAVRE DAILY NEWS
November 11, 2005
http://www.havredailynews.com/articles/2005/11/16/local_headlines/rockyboy.txt
"Cultural leaders at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation may one day have to conduct a traditional Chippewa burial for a person who died about 150 years ago. In the 19th century, the U.S. Army Medical Museum collected Native American skulls, later turning them over to the Smithsonian Institution. In accordance with a 1989 federal law, those remains and other artifacts are being returned to direct descendants or descendant tribes, which may include Rocky Boy. Five skulls believed to have belonged to Pembina Chippewa Indians were sent to the Army Medical Museum in the late 19th century, said Eric Hollinger, a National Museum of Natural History repatriation officer. The skulls were exhumed in 1874 and belonged to people killed in an 1858 battle between the Chippewa and Sioux tribes. . . ."

"Marine Corps Founding Celebrated"
By Becky Shay
BILLINGS GAZETTE
November 12, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/11/11/build/local/30-marine-celebrated.inc
"A Gathering of Warriors honored veterans and celebrated the Marine Corps' 230th birthday on Thursday. The event, with American Indian and Marine ceremonies, was sponsored by the Inter-Tribal Indian Club and Veterans' Upward Bound program at Montana State University-Billings. . . ."

"Indian Veterans Honored At Crow"
By Becky Shay
BILLINGS GAZETTE
November 12, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/11/12/build/state/30-vets-crow.inc
"CROW AGENCY - Like generations of Crow men before him, Barry Glenn has accepted a great honor and heavy responsibility. . . Also honored Friday were veterans from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and other recent conflicts including Bosnia. Tribal Vice Chairman Cedric Black Eagle helped present veterans with framed certificates honoring them as Apsaalooke warriors. . . ."

"Old Veterans Bulk Of Holiday Audience"
By Diane Cochran
BILLINGS GAZETTE
November 12, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/11/12/build/local/30-vets-day.inc
"A rhythmic hiss punctuated the quiet between words in the Rev. Jay Wallace's Veterans Day invocation Friday in Billings. It was the sound of oxygen tanks helping veterans breathe. Despite ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan that are churning out new veterans, most of those who attended Friday's service were in the military a half-century or more ago. "After my generation is gone, I'm afraid these services will halt," said Jane Husted, a veteran of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. . . ."

"Former Lame Deer Soldier Proud To Have Served"
By Becky Shay
BILLINGS GAZETTE
November 12, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/11/11/build/state/20-soldier.inc
"LAME DEER - Ray Brady throws his arms wide and grins when he talks about coming home from World War II. "I never got hit. I never got wounded," Brady said. "I came back just like this - a healthy Indian." Brady was a 17-year-old kid from Muddy Creek when he volunteered for the Army. Riding transport trucks into battle, facing huge German tanks and jumping out of airplanes made lasting impressions on the boy who used to ride a horse into Lame Deer. Brady, 80, walks with a cedar cane and sometimes says he is tired and a little "goofy" from age. But his eyes glitter and his back straightens when he talks about the experiences he had in World War II. . . ."

"Brought To Life"
By Jason Mohr
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
November 13, 2005
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/11/13/top/a01111305_02.txt
"If you’re excavating the remains of a 120-year-old Chinese laundry in a Rocky Mountain mining town, you’d expect to unearth fish bones, buttons and clothespins. Kids’ toys would be a surprise. Children were not common in rough-and-tumble mining camps. Evidence of Chinese politics would also be interesting. The immigrants played a role in their country’s chaotic transformation. Crews digging for the past two years in Marysville have made such finds. . . ."

"Guest Column: What Advice Would Montana's Most Successful Citizen Offer Us Today?"
By Bob Brown
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
November 13, 2005
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/11/13/opinions/03brown-clark.txt
"It is safe to say that William Andrews Clark was Montana's richest man ever. Based on the estimated value of the wealth he owned beneath the ground, combined with his identifiable assets, the "Copper King" was worth in excess of a billion dollars in 1906. Montana was visited recently by Ambassador Andre Baeyens, Clark's great-grandson. Ambassador Baeyens, a native of France, and a retired career diplomat of that country, was in Butte and Missoula to explore his roots and to present a lecture at The University of Montana. . . In defending the controversial reputation of his famous ancestor, Baeyens pointed out that Clark shouldn't be judged by today's standards. His ancestor, he asserted, was an intensely determined practical man who succeeded, spectacularly, in accomplishing his goals. He became one of the world's richest men and a United States senator. He also left to the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., one of the finest collections of art ever assembled. It is a legacy to Montanans as well as all Americans. . . ."

"Original Governor’s Mansion Set For 25th Annual Home Tour"
By the Independent Record
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
November 13, 2005
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/11/13/at_home/d01111305_01.txt
"The 25th Annual Original Governor’s Mansion Holiday Home Tour in Helena will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4. Maps to the homes on the tour and 25th anniversary commemorative admission buttons are available at the Montana Historical Society and various sites in the community. . . ."

"Veneration For Veterans - Children, Soldiers, Spouses And Others Met At The Ravalli County Museum On Veteran's Day"
By Timothy Mitchell
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
November 14, 2005
http://ravallirepublic.com/articles/2005/11/14/news/news01.txt
"Nearly 200 men and women gathered beneath gray overcast skies Friday at the Ravalli County Museum, feeling an occasional teardrop of rain as they honored the veterans of yesterday, today and tomorrow. . . ."

On The Record - History Ignores Helena’s Chinese"
By Jason Mohr
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
November 14, 2005
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/11/14/helena/a06111405_01.txt
"In Marysville, a bit of Chinese history is being uncovered. In Helena, that past remains mostly buried. Butte has the Mai Wah Museum. But the state’s other major Chinatown today lies underneath the library, the old federal building and the park known as Anchor Park. The federal government’s urban renewal program - that bane of history - is to blame. There wasn’t much leeft of the maze of buildings (and tunnels) by the 1970s, though; a colony of nearly 700 had dwindled to dozens by the 1930s. . . ."

"Indian Historian, Activist Deloria Dies At 72"
BILLINGS GAZETTE
November 15, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/11/15/build/nation/94-deloria.inc
"DENVER (AP) - Vine Deloria Jr., an influential advocate of American Indian rights and the author of the groundbreaking "Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto," has died, family members said. He was 72. Deloria, a Standing Rock Sioux, died Sunday of complications from an aortic aneurysm, said his son, Phil Deloria. . . ."

"Missoula Art Museum Is Concerned About Plans For Mansion"
By Mea Andrews
MISSOULIAN
November 15, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/11/15/news/local/znews06.txt
"New owners of Missoula's Raymond Avenue mansion want permission to turn their 100-year-old stately Victorian into a bed-and-breakfast, but they've already run into some opposition, and probably face more. The Missoula Art Museum has objected to the proposal, at least for now, because of "serious concerns" that the proposed commercial use of the property doesn't follow a legally binding preservation and conservation easement set up by the previous owner, the late arts patron and collector Gilbert Millikan. . . ."

"Portion Of Highway 93 Dedicated To Veterans"
By Nate Traylor
LAKE COUNTY LEADER
November 16, 2005
http://www.leaderadvertiser.com/articles/2005/11/16/news/news03.txt
"NINEPIPES -- On Nov. 11 at exactly 11 a.m. TAPS played from coast to coast, and a special ceremony took place in front of the Ninepipes Museum to dedicate Highway 93 as a Blue Star Memorial highway, one of only a few in the state. The Mission View Garden Club of Charlo [MVGCC], a chapter of the Montana Federation of Garden Clubs [MFGC], was largely responsible for erecting the eight foot high bronze sign that stands on the property of Ninepipes Museum, and twenty or more military personnel and civilians came to witness the historic event. . . ."

"In Their Honor"
By Katherine Head
BIGFORK EAGLE
November 17, 2005
http://www.bigforkeagle.com/articles/2005/11/17/news/news01.txt
"Six stories, not of heroism or valor, but of fatigue, frustration and humility were shared with a packed gymnasium assembled to honor America's veterans. There are more than 25 million veterans living among us. Six were recognized for their duty to freedom and country during last Friday's annual assembly at Bigfork High School. As part of the Veterans History Project, BHS juniors obtained the veterans' tales to add to the 61 from previous years. . . ."

"Visual Art - Museum And Gallery Listings"
MISSOULIAN
November 17, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/11/17/entertainer/art/ae01.txt
"Museums - Historical Museum at Fort Missoula, Building 322, 728-3476: "Following in the Footsteps: Before and After Lewis and Clark," and "Hope in Hard Times: Photographs of Montana in the Great Depression." "A Picnic in the Snow" holiday show, opening reception Nov. 20. . . ."

"Battlefield Invites Comment On Visitor Center Options"
By Dick Crockford
BIG HORN COUNTY NEWS
November 17, 2005
http://www.bighorncountynews.com/archive/111705b.html
"Plans for revamping or replacing the current Visitor Center at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument are ready for some public comment regarding four options being proposed by the National Park Service. The Park Service would prefer to replace an existing observation room and interpretive area with a multipurpose room. That plan raised objections earlier this year from some quarters, including Custer buffs who do not want any further disturbances – as construction of an addition would entail – of what they consider to be sacred ground. Instead, some have suggested the NPS look at razing the existing facility and building new outside of the park boundaries. . . ."
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"Senate Passage Of Glacial Trail Bill Brings Missoula Excitement"
By Bill Schwanke
MISSOULIAN
November 17, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/11/17/breaker/doc437d0267e5775765149262.txt
"News that the U.S. Senate Wednesday night approved a bill that would establish an Ice Age Floods Natioinal Geographical Trail from Montana to the Pacific Ocean brought a positive reponse from one Missoula supporter Thursday. Larry Lambert is president of the Glacial Lake Missoula Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute, one group that would partner with the National Park Service in managing the route if and when it's built. "This news is absolutely fantastic," said Lambert. . . ."

"Family Will Bury Nez Perce's Skull"
By the Associated Press
BILLINGS GAZETTE
November 18, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/11/18/build/state/80-skull.inc
"LEWISTON, Idaho - The skull of a Nez Perce warrior killed by U.S. troops in an 1877 battle and stored at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., for more than a century is being returned to his descendants. In accordance with federal law, the skull of Pahkatos Owyeen (Five Wounds) will be turned over to his family in December. Family members plan on burying it near the northern Idaho town of Lapwai. Owyeen was killed Aug. 9, 1877, during the battle of Big Hole in Beaverhead County, Mont., said great-grandson Otis Halfmoon of Santa Fe, N.M. According to Indian records, Owyeen went to war with a close friend named Wahchumyus (Rainbow), and the two made a pact they would die on the same day. . . ."

"94 Years Later, Avon Killing Remains A Complete Mystery"
By Martin J. Kidston
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
November 20, 2005
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/11/20/helena_life/c01112005_02.txt
"Within 100 feet of an old cabin outside Avon, hunters stumbled upon the remains of a man exposed in a shallow grave amid brush and young pines. That was 94 years ago, and while the man’s identity has long been the subject of speculation, it was never truly proven, and some claimed to have even seen the alleged victim alive well after his alleged murder. . . ."

"Ice Age Floods Auto Route Supported"
Associated Press
BILLINGS GAZETTE
November 20, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/newdex.php?display=rednews/2005/11/20/build/state/80-ice-age.inc
"WASHINGTON - The Senate last week approved a bill to establish an Ice Age Floods National Geological Trail from Montana to the Pacific Ocean. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and other Western lawmakers, would create an auto route stretching from Missoula to the Willamette Valley in Oregon and tell the story of the Ice Age floods. . . ."

"New Book Details 1959 Prison Riot"
*Book Review*
By Kevin Giles
MONTANA STANDARD
November 21, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/11/21/newsdeerlodge/hjjeiihijcfdee.txt
"In the 30 years since his last days as warden, Ed "Bus" Ellsworth had never gone inside the old prison in Deer Lodge. I coaxed him back on a raw March afternoon, anxious to hear what he could remember about the 1959 riot and its aftermath. . . ."

"New Map Traces History Of Euro-Americans In Crow Country"
By Lorna Thackeray
BILLINGS GAZETTE
November 21, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/11/21/build/state/30-lewis-clark-map.inc
"Crow warriors had little interest in meeting Capt. William Clark or collecting a few trinkets when the explorer crossed into the tribe's homeland in the summer of 1806. They monitored Clark's party as it made its way down the Yellowstone, staying well away from the white men. All Clark's party saw of the elusive Crow was smoke rising in the distance and a single warrior spotted on a ridge top by an interpreter. . . ."

"Grand Opening Set For Tribal Histories Project"
BIG HORN COUNTY NEWS
November 23, 2005
http://www.bighorncountynews.com/archive/112305b.html
"Crow and Northern Cheyenne exhibits are part of the grand opening of the American Indian Tribal Histories Project at the Western Heritage Center in Billings next weekend. The event is scheduled for Dec. 2, 3 and 4. The museum exhibits include a large video screen that welcomes visitors in the Northern Cheyenne and Crow languages, as well as English. . . ."
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"Tribal History On Film"
By Ellen Thompson
HAVRE DAILY NEWS
November 24, 2005
http://www.havredailynews.com/articles/2005/11/25/features/1hilineliving.txt
"ROCKY BOY'S INDIAN RESERVATION - When the first Christian minister moved to Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation in 1928, Our Saviour's Lutheran Church became a social center, complete with a post office and school. In addition to the services he is credited with coordinating, the minister left an important artifact behind - two films he made of early Rocky Boy. . . ."

"Saving A Historic Bridge"
By the Independent Record - 11/25/05
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
November 25, 2005
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/11/25/opinions_top/a04112505_01.txt
"Thumbs up to the Nelson family of Helena for rescuing the historic Craig Bridge, which was soon to be razed to make way for a new structure. The Nelsons, who naturally are looking for funding assistance from nonprofit bridge preservation societies and others, intend to rebuild the 500-foot span over the entire Tenmile Creek flood plain near the State Nursery west of town. People who were around a quarter century ago for the creek’s last big flood will recall how wide that flood plain was. . . ."

"State Intends To Give Family Historic Bridge"
By the Associated Press
BILLINGS GAZETTE
November 27, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/11/27/build/state/75-bridge.inc
"HELENA - A family here expects to acquire a century-old Missouri River bridge, keeping a piece of Montana history out of the scrap heap. The Craig Bridge between Helena and Great Falls is being replaced with a new, $3.5 million span that may be open for traffic by year's end. . . ."

"Glitz, Glamour & Governors"
By The Helena IR
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
November 27, 2005
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/11/27/at_home/d01112705_01.txt
"Beautiful homes decorated for the holidays, music, historical collections, a magical doll house and special tours of the famous Montana Club are some of the treats in store for those who celebrate the 25th Annual Original Governor’s Mansion Holiday Home Tour in Helena. . . ."

"Horse Sense - Book Details Montana’s Attack On Dissent In WWI"
By Charles S. Johnson
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
November 27, 2005
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2005/11/27/montana/a06112705_01.txt
"HELENA — As U.S. troops fight in Iraq, Montanans heatedly debate whether we should be engaged in that war. This robust discussion is exactly as it should be in a country that has enshrined the right to free speech in its Constitution’s Bill of Rights. But the ability to comment candidly, in speech and writing, on this country’s policies should never be taken for granted. Clemens P. Work’s excellent new book, "Darkest before Dawn: Sedition and Free Speech in the American West," describes in absorbing detail one of the darkest eras in Montana history in which dissenting voices were stifled. During World War I, some Montanans opposing U.S. involvement in the war and those immigrants expressing pro-German, anti-American sentiments in beer halls found themselves arrested. Seventy-four Montanans-all but one of them men-were convicted of sedition. Forty of these men and the one lone women served sentences of up to 20 years at Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge and faced fines of up to $20,000. . . ."

"Blackfoot River Use Has Evolved Through Several Generations"
By Perry Backus
Missoulian
November 27, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/11/27/territory/territory01.txt
"BONNER - There was a day when the Blackfoot River ran choked full of logs headed downstream for the whirling saws of the mill at Bonner. Back then, the sturdy Bonner Dam created the pool that sturdier men used to pry and prod thousands of floating logs into the mill house to be churned into timber that would feed the mines of Butte and the rapidly expanding railroads of Montana. . . ."

"State Intends To Give Family Historic Bridge"
By the Associated Press
MISSOULIAN
November 28, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/11/28/news/mtregional/news05.txt
"HELENA - A family here expects to acquire a century-old Missouri River bridge, keeping a piece of Montana history out of the scrap heap. The Craig Bridge between Helena and Great Falls is being replaced with a new, $3.5 million span that may be open for traffic by year's end. . . ."
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"Have You Reserved Your Copy Of The Pictorial History Book?"
SHELBY PROMOTER
November 30, 2005
http://www.glacierreporter.com/articles/2005/11/30/shelby_promoter/news/news4.txt
"Make sure you have all the copies you need of the "Pictorial History of Toole County." Life in Toole County has changed dramatically over the years, and preserving the past is as important as learning where we came from and where we are now. Over 30 people from around the state contributed hundreds of photos for the book, which will be hardbound and ready for gift giving the week of Dec. 12. . . ."

"Cowboys And Indians' Shared History Highlighted At Museum"
By Gail Schontzler
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
November 30, 2005
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/11/30/news/white.txt
"It's hard to separate the cowboys from the Indians at the Museum of the Rockies' new exhibit. White and Native American cultures cross, cooperate and collide in all kinds of surprising ways in "Crossing Cultural Fences," a year-long exhibit that opens today. Usually, the two are shown as being on opposite sides of the fence, said Cindy Ott, the museum's history curator. . . ."

"Community News - Annual Saddle Up! Exhibit At Yellowstone County Museum"
LAUREL OUTLOOK
December 1, 2005
http://www.laureloutlook.com/articles/2005/12/01/other_news/community%20news/01exhibit.txt
"The Third Annual Saddle Up! Exhibit at the Peter Yegen, Jr, Yellowstone County Museum showcases photographs of the pioneers of eastern Montana from the late 1800s through the mid 1900s from the Yegen Family archives, a display of early western wear, western advertising examples and an exhibit of historic and contemporary western saddles and accessories. . . ."

"OPINION - You Can Go Home Again"
By Tom Flaherty
CARBON COUNTY NEWS
December 1, 2005
http://www.carboncountynews.com/2002archive/120105.html
"The old hometown looked the same when I moved home again.
A half mile before driving into Red Lodge, the old grain elevator stood tall against the backdrop of Mount Maurice. Inside the city limits, the pea cannery guarded the northeast end of town, showing its age after sitting vacant for many years but still standing proudly as a symbol of the days of yesteryear. Originally a brewery that quenched the thirsts of the early residents, it later put the name of Red Lodge on shelves in grocery stores across the nation. . . ."
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"Crow, Cheyenne Stories On Display"
By Becky Shay
BILLINGS GAZETTE
December 2, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/02/build/local/20-display.inc
"The Crow and Northern Cheyenne exhibits opening today at the Western Heritage Center are as different as the two tribes themselves. Yet they are woven together with a common thread of people telling their stories - their history and culture - with a great deal of pride. . . ."

"Cheyenne Officials Oppose Exhibit"
By Becky Shay
BILLINGS GAZETTE
December 2, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/02/build/local/30-oppose-exhibit.inc
"The Northern Cheyenne tribal government is opposed to the American Indian Histories Project exhibit on its people. Cheyenne Tribal Councilman Jace Killsback said the Western Heritage Center program is flawed because organizers did not rely on the Northern Cheyenne government to help provide authentic information. . . ."

"History Preserved"
By Marga Lincoln
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
December 4, 2005
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/12/02/neighbors/c01120205_02.txt
"BOULDER — Early this year, a magnificent, graceful historic treasure, tucked on the back streets of Boulder, was slated for the wrecking ball. The lovely landmark was granted a new life, thanks to the efforts of the Montana State Legislature, the Montana Preservation Alliance and a group of state employees. Now the state is actively looking for a new occupant. Built in the 1890s, the Boulder River School Administration Building is considered a grand example of Italian Renaissance Revival architecture. . . ."

"Professor Chronicles Early Sedition Laws In New Book"
By John Harrington
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
December 4, 2005
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/12/04/helena/a01120405_03.txt
"In February of 1918, caught up in a wave of patriotic fervor, the Montana Legislature came together in special session to pass a statewide sedition law, making it illegal for anyone to say, write or publish anything that could be construed, however vaguely, as anti-American or in favor of Germany, with whom the country was at war. Just three months later, Congress passed a virtually identical law, attempting to stifle free speech and political dissent during wartime. "The law passed in Montana was a direct reaction by the state’s industrial and political leadership against the rising threat from radical labor groups and people they perceived to be pro-German, and those two ideas came to be synonymous with each other," said Clemens Work, director of graduate studies at the School of Journalism at the University of Montana. . . ."

"Montana Author Dies At 93"
By the Associated Press
MISSOULIAN
December 7, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/12/07/breaker/doc43971cc47b2a1307971913.txt
"BUTTE - A memorial service will be held Thursday for author Roberta Carkeek Cheney, who died Dec. 1 in the same Cameron home where she was born 93 years ago. Cheney's books include 'Names on the Face of Montana,' 'Hans Kleiber, Artist of the Big Horn Mountains,' and 'Women Who Made the West'. . . ."

"A Look Back At Laurel History"
By Mike Engh
LAUREL OUTLOOK
December 7, 2005
http://www.laureloutlook.com/articles/2005/12/07/features/02history.txt
"These news recaps are from back issues of the Laurel Outlook on file in the newspaper archives. Enjoy taking a look back at Laurel history. . . ."

"Forest Service Honors Helena Archaeologist"
By the Independent Record
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
December 7, 2005
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/12/07/helena/a11120705_01.txt
"Helena archaeologist Sara Scott has been named the Interpreter/Conservation Educator of the year for the Northern Region of the United States Forest Service. Scott, who specializes in heritage preservation and interpretation, was selected for her work in creating educational and interpretive signs for the Helena National Forest’s Lewis and Clark bicentennial commemoration. . . ."

"Rankin Reenactor Speaker At Sheridan Library"
By The Standard Staff
MONTANA STANDARD
December 7, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/12/07/newsthreerivers/hjjeihjcjbffee.txt
"Meet Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to the United States Congress, who played an important role in the victory for women's suffrage in Montana and the ratification of the 19th Amendment. The Sheridan Public Library will host Montana Committee for the Humanities Speakers Bureau program "Jeannette Rankin, The Making of a Peaceful Warrior" with Allyson Adams on Sunday, Dec. 11. . . ."

"Labor Temple First In Limited Edition Series"
CARBON COUNTY NEWS
December 8, 2005
http://www.carboncountynews.com/2002archive/120805.html
"Carbon County claims many fine buildings, rich in area history. The Historical Society's Mercantile Museum Store has decided to celebrate these structures with a one-design-per-year limited edition series of ornaments. Appropriately, the first building to be commemorated is Red Lodge's Labor Temple, now home to the Carbon County Historical Society & Museum. . . ."
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"Stories From The Slopes"
By BETSY COHEN
MISSOULIAN
December 8, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/12/08/outdoors/od01.txt
"Missoula historian Stan Cohen has proof that those of us in Montana have been going downhill for a long time - since at least the mid-1930s. Now, he needs everyone's help to gather even more evidence. Cohen is amassing a collection of historic skiing photos and old video clips for two distinct but closely related projects. Cohen plans to publish a book on the history of downhill skiing in Montana, and eventually create a video history, using old video clips of Montana's skiing past. . . ."

"Legion Holds Open House"
STILLWATER COUNTY NEWS
December 8, 2005
http://www.stillwatercountynews.com/archive/120805s.html
"In honor of Veteran’s Day the Stillwater American Legion Post 34 held an open house at their Fireman’s Point Building, Columbus, Nov. 12, to show off the facilities new look. The event was attended by approximately 100 people. Built in 1931, the building now sports indoor plumbing in the form of two new bathrooms and a full kitchen . . . ."
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"New Exhibits Tell Histories Of Crow, Northern Cheyenne"
By Scott Prinzing
BILLINGS OUTPOST
December 9, 2005
http://www.billingsnews.com/story?storyid=18666&issue=297
"The stories of the Crow and Northern Cheyenne are being told in their own words at a new exhibit at the Western Heritage Center in downtown Billings. . . ."

"'Bridge Of Cultures' Sought For Events"
By Becky Shay
BILLINGS GAZETTE
December 9, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/09/build/local/70-events.inc
"Clark on the Yellowstone events next July will not only look back on the Lewis and Clark expedition of 200 years ago, but will look forward, American Indian leaders and local coordinators said Thursday. Members of the Circle of Tribal Advisors were in Billings for a meeting with Clark on the Yellowstone coordinators Melody Dobson and Robbie Carpenter. Those involved in planning expect the events to be a "bridge of cultures," Dobson said. Having that bridge take place at Pompeys Pillar is appropriate, said Dyani Bingham, coordinator of the Montana Tribal Tourism Alliance. Now a national monument, the sandstone outcrop was named after "Pomp," the son of expedition member Toussaint Charbonneau and Indian guide Sacagawea. . . ."

"Obituary For Roberta Carkeek Cheney"
BELGRADE NEWS
December 9, 2005
http://www.belgrade-news.com/archives/view.php?article=3164
"Roberta Carkeek Cheney was born and later passed away at her home on Bear Creek near Cameron in the Madison Valley. She graduated from Bear Creek School, Gallatin County High School and The University of Montana, where she was recently named a Distinguished Alum. She wrote, co-authored and edited some 13 books and more than 100 newspaper and magazine articles. Her best-known works are "Names on the Face of Montana," "Hans Kleiber, Artist of the Big Horn Mountains," "Women Who Made the West," "Big Missouri Winter Count" and "A History of the Episcopal Church in Montana. . . ."

"Fort Benton To Get Ag Museum"
BILLINGS GAZETTE
December 10, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/newdex.php?display=rednews/2005/12/10/build/state/96-ft-benton.inc
"HELENA - The town of Fort Benton will become owner of the agricultural museum building and grounds in that community, the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission decided. Commissioners Thursday approved transferring the property to the city of Fort Benton. In 1985, the Legislature authorized $250,000 for the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks to acquire about 3.5 acres and a metal building for use as a Fort Benton museum. Exhibits established over the years have made it a major tourist attraction in the community. Transferring the ownership offers some insurance advantages, said Sharalee Smith, a museum trustee. Fish, Wildlife and Parks said the changeover will streamline management of the site. . . ."

"Motherlode Of Stories - New Butte Book Reveals History Through Women’s Eyes"
*Book Review*
By Roberta Forsell Stauffer
MONTANA STANDARD
December 11, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/12/11/featuresbigskylife/hjjeihiijaifje.txt
"Women’s stories take center stage in the latest Butte history book published by Clark City Press. Like the one about Alma Higgins, who worked tirelessly throughout the 1920s to bring more gardens to Butte and also lobbied Congress in 1907 to bring a forestry school to Montana. Or the accounts from miners’ wives and widows, sharing how they managed to somehow make do when the strikes dragged on and the money ran short. . . ."

"Book Tells Story Of Butte From Women's Perspective"
By Betsy Cohen
MISSOULIAN
December 11, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/12/11/news/mtregional/news04.txt
"The story of Butte that has been told is largely a man's story built around the gritty world of mining. It's a story of copper kings William Clark and Marcus Daly, of a rough and tumble frontier town that became the Gibraltar of unionism, a place of miners in a harsh, steely landscape that was once known throughout the world as the "richest hill on Earth." It's a story that has endured because few written accounts have emerged to alter the popular telling - that is, until now. Two daughters of Butte, Ellen Crain, director of Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives, and Janet Finn, a University of Montana professor of social work, spent the past three years delving into Butte's feminine history. . . ."

"New Pictorial History Book Has Arrived!"
By Trina Jo Bradley
VALIERIAN
December 14, 2005
http://www.glacierreporter.com/articles/2005/12/14/the_valierian/news/news1.txt
"After much anticipation, Turning Back the Pages, a pictorial history of Valier and Dupuyer, has arrived at The Valierian, and is ready to for purchase. . . ."

"Community News - Museum Donations"
LAUREL OUTLOOK
December 14, 2005
http://www.laureloutlook.com/articles/2005/12/14/other_news/community%20news/07donations.txt
"The Odd Fellows Lodge No. 66 and Rebekah Lodge No. 58, of Joliet, recently donated several items of ceremonial memorabilia to the proposed Joliet Museum. Ceremonial items are no longer in general use in the lodges so display in a museum setting is of historical importance. . . ."

"Pictorial History Book Arrives, Do You Have Your Copies?"
SHELBY PROMOTER
December 14, 2005
http://www.glacierreporter.com/articles/2005/12/14/shelby_promoter/news/news2.txt
"The "Pictorial History of Toole County" books are in, and they look wonderful!
The pictorial history book is hardbound and on archival quality paper, with photos and information stretching back to the days when life was more harsh and photos were treasured. Little did many of the people know they would be immortalized decades later! . . ."

"Big Story - Historic Building Burns"
By Larry Tanglen
LAUREL OUTLOOK
December 14, 2005
http://www.laureloutlook.com/articles/2005/12/14/news/big_story/01big.txt
"Fire destroyed the historic Park City State Bank Building across the street from The Other Bar on First Avenue Southeast in Park City. . . ."

"The Lame Bull Treaty Of 1855 Was The Topic Of Study At October Symposium"
By Blackfeet Studies Department Blackfeet Community College
GLACIER REPORTER
December 14, 2005
http://www.glacierreporter.com/articles/2005/12/14/glacier_reporter/news/news5.txt
"The Blackfeet Studies Department at Blackfeet Community College would like to recognize an important event that took place in October. An advisory committee consisting of elders and community members from here, and tribal members from the Kainai, Pikanii and Siksika Tribes, assisted with the planning of a four-day 1855 Lame Bull Treaty symposium. The planning committee selected the date of the symposium for Oct. 14-17, based on the signing date of the treaty in 1855. The committee wanted to ensure that the signing of the 1855 Lame Bull Treaty did not go unrecognized 150 years later. . . ."

"Butte Sportsmen, Professionals Played Key Roles In Restoring Wildlife"
By Nick Gevock
MONTANA STANDARD
December 15, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/12/15/outdoors/hjjeihiejjfdhd.txt
"Butte sportsmen and professional biologists were at the forefront of the efforts to restore depleted wildlife in Montana. In fact, Butte’s Skyline Sportsmen’s Association was the first club to transplant elk in 1910, when it paid to move 20 animals from the upper Gallatin River country to Mount Fleecer, said Terry Lonner, a Butte native and retired Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks chief of wildlife research. . . ."

"Museum Digging New ‘Experiential Exhibit’"
By Leslie McCartney
MONTANA STANDARD
December 15, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/12/15/newsbutte_top/newsbutte_top.txt
"Since May, students and engineers have been burrowing into the west side of property owned by the World Museum of Mining, hoping to coax a new experiential exhibit from the ground. Eventually, the 250-foot tunnel will connect to a shaft of the Orphan Girl mine, providing a unique opportunity for tourists and visitors to see and experience underground mining. . . ."

"Barbed Wire Makes A Sharp Museum Exhibit"
CARBON COUNTY NEWS
December 15, 2005
http://www.carboncountynews.com/2002archive/121505.html
"Stamps, coins, baseball cards, dolls -- the list of collectibles goes on and on. But who would have thought that thousands of people worldwide seek out strips of barbed wire with the same fervor that others attach to Victorian glass or that such a utilitarian, unglamorous object comes in at least 2,000 variations? Louis O. Aleksich of Billings, for one, has long appreciated the intricate designs of barbed wire and for the next several weeks, visitors to the Carbon County Historical Society Museum can see for themselves that there's more to this fencing than a few twists of wire. Some 200 samples from Aleksich's collection are currently on display in the museum's lobby. . . ."
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"Wildlife Renewal - Film Documents The Depletion, Restoration Of Wildlife Throughout Montana"
By Nick Gevock
MONTANA STANDARD
December 15, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/12/15/outdoors_top/outdoors_top.txt
"When Lewis and Clark paddled into Montana in 1805, they entered North America’s Serengeti. Wildlife teemed in the plains surrounding the Missouri River in staggering numbers. Lewis described a herd of at least 10,000 buffalo in one view, as well as throngs of elk and antelope. The explorers also encountered grizzly bears, bighorn sheep in the bluffs above the river and plentiful deer. . . Lonner, with the help from the FWP Foundation, has chronicled the demise and rebirth of wildlife in Montana over the past two centuries in a new film titled "Back from the Brink, Montana’s Wildlife Legacy." It’s a story that few young people are aware of, said Harold Picton, a retired FWP biologist and former professor of wildlife science at Montana State University. Picton began researching the history of wildlife restoration in Montana eight years ago and is writing a companion book for the film that he hopes to complete within the next year. . . ."

"Classic Butte Film Re-Released On DVD"
By The Standard Staff
MONTANA STANDARD
December 16, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/12/16/entertainment/hjjeihidhhicge.txt
"A Butte film made around 1916 is being re-released on a DVD format.
Called "Romance in Butte," it is being marketed by Mike Byrnes of Old Butte Historical Adventures. "It’s a good story," Byrnes said of the film, which tells the tale of a penniless Butte man who marries the boss’ daughter when he uncovers a plot to hurt the boss by two disgruntled workers. The film features period clothing, on-site settings and familiar Butte family faces and names. . . ."

"Crow Elders Honored For Traditional Clothing"
By Becky Shay
BILLINGS GAZETTE
December 16, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/16/build/state/28-elders.inc
"CROW AGENCY - There is nothing flashy or fancy, but the row of elder women are dressed to the hilt. Although some sit stooped with age and deep creases show on their faces, a close look at the line of Crow women shows a strong, subdued beauty that is accentuated by their dress. . . ."

"Butte Mining Museum Digging Way To Shaft Exhibit"
By Leslie McCartney, Montana Standard
BILLINGS GAZETTE
December 17, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/17/build/state/70-museum.inc
"BUTTE - Since May, students and engineers have been burrowing into the west side of property owned by the World Museum of Mining, hoping to coax a new experiential exhibit from the ground. Eventually, the 250-foot tunnel will connect to a shaft of the Orphan Girl mine, providing a unique opportunity for tourists and visitors to see and experience underground mining. . . ."

"Swedish Holiday Party Remembers Tradition Of St. Lucia"
By Perry Backus
MISSOULIAN
December 18, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/12/18/news/local/news02.txt
"The tables fall silent inside the cozy Nordic Pines Lodge as all eyes turn to the back of the room awaiting this year's appearance of Lucia - the Swedish queen of light. Dressed in a white robe with a red sash, 11-year-old Andie Linsted is preparing to make her entrance. On her head she wears a plastic wreath with battery-operated candles. She's holding a tray filled with St. Lucia buns. In a moment, Linsted will help continue a tradition that's nearing a century old for Missoula's Tegner Lodge, a Swedish-American fraternal organization dedicated to the preservation of Scandinavian customs and traditions. . . ."

"2nd Fort Clatsop Replica To Look More Like 1805 Original"
By Tom Bennett, The Daily Astorian
BILLINGS GAZETTE
December 18, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/18/build/nation/75-fort-replica.inc
"ASTORIA, Ore. - The new Fort Clatsop will look a bit more rustic than the one it's replacing, but will also include some modern safety features to prevent the sort of fire that destroyed the original replica. A design team assembled by the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park has come up with a blueprint for the new fort. . . ."

"Powell County Museum Awarded Exhibit Grant"
By the Standard News Servivces
MONTANA STANDARD
December 20, 2005
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/11/27/newsdeerlodge/hjjeiihcjchagc.txt
"The Powell County Museum & Arts Foundation has received a $4,965 grant from the Montana Committee for the Humanities to develop a traveling exhibition of old photographs and oral history quotations. The project, titled "Always and Never the Same," was begun three years ago. It unites valuable old photographs (1920-1955) of Powell County civic and commercial life with relevant quotations about them from elderly residents, as recorded by Powell County High School students. . . ."

"A Few Copies Of Pictorial History Book Available"
VALIERIAN
December 21, 2005
http://www.glacierreporter.com/articles/2005/12/21/the_valierian/news/news2.txt
"Don't forget to pick up your copy of Turning Back the Pages, a pictorial history of Valier and Dupuyer, this week if you plan to wrap it up for Christmas! The library quality, hard bound collector's edition features 128 pages of pictures and history of Valier and Dupuyer, and is printed on acid free archival paper that will last for hundreds of years. . . ."

"Storied Structures - Darby Ranch Owner Relishes His Land's Colorful History"
By Rod Daniel
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
December 22, 2005
http://ravallirepublic.com/articles/2005/12/22/news/news02.txt
"DARBY - When Charles Roland looked at a piece of property north of Darby in 1991, he had no idea two of its buildings had been designed by one of this country's most famous architects. But after Roland purchased the 250-acre piece up Bunkhouse Road, he realized he owned the only existing buildings in the valley designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. . . ."

"Vietnam-Era Huey Helicopter Becomes Outside Centerpiece For Military Museum"
By Rob Chaney
MISSOULIAN
December 22, 2005
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/12/22/news/local/news02.txt
"Finding a package on the doorstep is usually a pleasant surprise this time of year. Tate Jones showed up for work Wednesday and found a Vietnam War-era Huey helicopter waiting for him. The Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History was actually expecting the delivery, although the timing was fuzzy. It took benefactor Hayes Otoupalik most of Tuesday to line up transport for the helicopter. . . ."

"Vintage Lighting Delayed Until Spring"
CARBON COUNTY NEWS
December 22, 2005
http://www.carboncountynews.com/2002archive/122205.html
"Although the lights of Broadway — Red Lodge’s Broadway, that is — didn’t gleam from replicas of 1920s lampposts during the Christmas Stroll, as originally planned, the project is very much alive and is now due to be implemented this spring. . . ."

"Book Explores Legacy Of Women In Butte History"
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
December 22, 2005
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/12/22/features/roundup/buttebook.txt
"University of Montana Professor Janet Finn recently co-edited a book that takes readers on a journey through the stories of three generations of women who lived and worked in Butte. . . ."

"Great Falls Gets Police Museum"
Associated Press
BILLINGS GAZETTE
December 24, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/24/build/state/65-museum.inc
"GREAT FALLS - The state's only law enforcement museum opened here Thursday. The Montana Law Enforcement Museum and Memorial, formerly in Deer Lodge, features antique guns, newspaper clippings, a stuffed grizzly bear, old mug shots and a patrol car from 1935. It also holds a memorial dedicated to the 117 officers who have died in the line of duty since 1862. . . The museum previously was located at the Old Montana State Prison but outgrew its 2,000 square feet of leased space there, said Great Falls Police Sgt. Glen Stinar. . . ."

"91-Year-Old Recalls Life As Stuntwoman, 'Gone With The Wind'"
By the Associated Press
BILLINGS GAZETTE
December 25, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/25/build/state/70-warp.inc
"LIVINGSTON - Nearly seven decades have passed since Hazel Warp put on a Scarlett O'Hara costume and tumbled down the stairs of Tara in the epic film "Gone With the Wind." But that Hollywood stunt marked a high point in Warp's life. "I never will forget it," the 91-year-old said recently, her blue eyes sparkling beneath a crown of white hair. "I liked it, everything about it. I just liked my work." Warp was the stunt double for actress Vivien Leigh, who played the narcissistic Southern belle in the 1939 Civil War movie. . . ."

"Looking Back To Christmastime 100 Years Ago"
By Lorna Thackeray
BILLINGS GAZETTE
December 25, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/25/build/local/25-xmas-past.inc
"Parishioners occupied every seat and stood packed in the aisles as the priest prepared to offer Communion during Christmas Eve services at the Billings Catholic Church in 1905. It was nearing 1 a.m., and the faithful would soon disperse onto snowless streets when a loud crack snapped through the vintage 1887 church. The floor suddenly sagged beneath the feet of dozens standing in the middle. "Several joists broke under the strain, and only a miracle prevented the congregation from being thrown into the basement,'' The Billings Daily Gazette reported. . . ."

"Christmastime 100 Years Ago: Scandal, Crime & Live Theater!"
By Lorna Thackeray
BILLINGS GAZETTE
December 26, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/newdex.php?display=rednews/2005/12/26/build/local/20-christmas.inc
"When the sheriff came to arrest him Christmas Eve 1905, James Lawson quietly accompanied officers to the Yellowstone County Jail. He refused, however, to answer the matter at hand - a telegram from a Maryville, Mo., woman charging Lawson with bigamy. The revelation shocked the frontier community, where Lawson, an upstanding grocery clerk at the Yegen Brothers Store, had professed two years of wedded bliss with another woman. The couple had recently celebrated the birth of a child. Worse was yet to come for the wayward pioneer. Wife No. 1, a tiny bundle of pent-up fury bent on revenge and child support, had hopped a train and was on her way to Billings. . . ."

"Historical Society Museum Ponders Move To Mall"
By The Helena IR
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
December 26, 2005
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/12/25/helena_top/a01122605_02.txt
"Will the Capital Hill Mall become home to the Montana Historical Society and a museum worthy of the state’s rich history? The possibility exists, after the Legislature last spring ponied up $7.5 million to apply toward the purchase. The complete cost of the purchase and renovation of the building, which sits on 13 acres between two of the busiest streets in town, was estimated at $40 million. . . ."

"Christmastime 100 Years Ago: Rumbles On The World Stage"
By Lorna Thackeray
BILLINGS GAZETTE
December 26, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/26/build/local/30-rumbles.inc
"Russia's travails were the big news in 1905. In January, Czarist troops fired into a crowd of 200,000 workers who marched on the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. Hundreds were killed and rebellion broke out across Russia's vast territories. Revolution festered even in the ranks of the Russian Navy. To help ease tensions, Czar Nicholas II established the Duma to act as an advisory legislature. . . . In Montana, the final stages of the Copper Wars were playing out, and homesteaders were trickling in to try their hands at farming and ranching. . . ."

"S.D. Picked For BBC's Custer Film"
By the Associated Press
BILLINGS GAZETTE
December 26, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/26/build/nation/60-documentary.inc
"RAPID CITY, S.D. - A documentary about the Battle of the Little Bighorn could include scenes from western South Dakota, according to a Rapid City man involved in the project. . . ."

"New Preservation Officer Appointed"
By Angela Brandt and Larry Kline
HAVRE DAILY NEWS
December 27, 2005
http://www.havredailynews.com/articles/2005/12/27/local_headlines/preservation%20officer.txt
"The Havre-Hill County Historic Preservation Commission has appointed Todd Hanson as the new historic preservation officer. Hanson immediately assumed the volunteer role. . . ."

"Movie Chronicles Montana Wildlife Conservation"
By Scott McMillion
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
December 27, 2005
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2005/12/27/news/fwpmovie.txt
"Considering the trials they went through, it's a wonder that Montana's bounteous game herds survived at all, let alone prospered and multiplied.
That's the take-home message delivered in a new movie, "Back From the Brink."
Funded by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Montana Public Television and others, the two-hour DVD closely examines the tumultuous history of wildlife trying to deal with the onslaught of European people, technology and economies. . . ."

"Artifacts Personalize Lewis & Clark Expedition"
Associated Press
BILLINGS GAZETTE
December 27, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/28/build/local/60-yegen-museum.inc
"PORTLAND, Ore. - There are 450 stories in "Lewis and Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Oregon Historical Society, thanks to 450 remarkable artifacts, 200 of which have some personal connection with the famed explorers who first visited the Oregon territory in their journey of discovery in 1805-06. . . ."

"WWII Vets Immortalized By A New Generation Of Soldiers"
By Martin J. Kidston
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
December 29, 2005
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/12/29/top/top20051229110.txt
"When Joe Upshaw’s grandfather took a mini ball in the hip while charging Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, he unknowingly started what would eventually become a military legacy and a proud family heritage. . . ."

"Big Timber Duo Seek To Save Old Moose Lodge"
By Linda Halstead-Acharya
BILLINGS GAZETTE
December 28, 2005
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/28/build/state/25-moose-lodge.inc
"If the moose head could talk, it would probably have plenty of wild stories to tell. But for now, the glass eyes of the mounted trophy gaze into an empty building that may well be counting its last days. No doubt, the historic Busha & Bailey building, situated at the main crossroads in Big Timber, harbors echoes of the past. But the monstrous cables and bolts that secure its crumbling north wall suggest the building may have an uncertain future. Now, two Big Timber residents are racing the clock to save the building from oblivion. . . ."

"A Century Later, Idahoans Mark Governor's Killing"
By Anne Wallace Allen
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
December 30, 2005
http://helenair.com/articles/2005/12/30/montana/02mt20051230130.txt
"BOISE, Idaho (AP) - It was an explosion felt for years: A bomb killed former Idaho Gov. Frank Steunenberg as he opened the gate to his Caldwell home. The assassination, 100 years ago Friday, led to a trial where labor boss Big Bill Haywood was accused of hiring the killer. . . ."

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