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"Indian Museums To Lose Federal Funds"
Associated Press
BILLINGS GAZETTE
January 3, 2006
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/01/03/state/export240627.txt
"BROWNING - The Museum of the Plains Indian stands to lose its federal funding and close in less than two years, unless other support is found. The Indian Arts and Crafts Board of the U.S. Department of the Interior plans to eliminate funding for the Browning museum, and for American Indian museums in Rapid City, S.D., and Anadarko, Okla. . . ."

"Entertainment Sidekick"
By IR Staff
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
January 5, 2006
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2006/01/06/e_sidekick/esk20060105180.txt
"Thursday - Jon Axline talk - Montana Department of Transportation historian Jon Axline will give a free talk based on the subject of his new book, "Montana’s Historic Highway Bridges: Conveniences Sorely Needed." 6:30 p.m., Jan. 5 | Montana Historical Society | Free | 444-1645. . . ."

"BATTLEFIELD CLOSES FOR NEW YEAR’S HOLIDAY"
BIG HORN COUNTY NEWS
January 5, 2006
http://www.bighorncountynews.com/archive/010506b.html
"Little Bighorn Battlefield will be closed on Sunday, New Years Day. Winter hours are still in effect. The visitor center is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. The self-guiding tour road to the Reno-Benteen Battlefield is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Custer National Cemetery hours are commensurate with the visitor center. The 20-minute interpretive film, "Their Shots Quit Coming," will be shown in the visitor center upon request. Federal recreation passports are available for sale at regular cost. Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, a unit of the National Park Service, administers the site of one of the most famous battles in American history, the Battle of the Little Bighorn. For more information, direct calls to (406) 638-2621, persons may visit www.nps.gov/libi . . . ."
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"Family Ties: Local LDS Churches Provide Family Research Centers For Anyone Wising To Locate Ancestors"
By Rod Daniel
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
January 6, 2006
http://ravallirepublic.com/articles/2006/01/06/news/news01.txt
"Lori Schallenberger's family history dates back to the early days of the Bitterroot Valley, with familiar names like Blodgett, Hart, Rennaker, Sutterly and Dye highlighting her family tree. But Schallenberger and scores of other folks in the valley have traced their family histories back much further than the 150 years or so that white people have lived in Western Montana, utilizing resources made available through the valley's two family history centers. Housed in both the Stevensville and Hamilton Churches of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the centers are well equipped to help anyone trace their genealogy, said Schallenberger, who serves as director of the Hamilton Family History Center. . . ."

"Rebuilding History - Dr. Jill Robison Is Working On Restoring Marcus Daly’s Historic Montana Hotel In Downtown Anaconda"
By Vera Haffey
MONTANA STANDARD
January 7, 2006
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2006/01/07/featuresbusiness/hjjdjijchhfhij.txt
"ANACONDA — The new owner of a historic landmark that was gutted in 1978 says she’ll doctor up the Montana Hotel and return the building to its original form, as much as structurally possible. . . ."

"Old St. Joseph School Building To Be Torn Down"
By Mea Andrews
MISSOULIAN
January 7, 2006
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2006/01/07/news/local/news04.txt
"The Catholic Diocese of Helena has given St. Francis Xavier Parish in Missoula permission to tear down an old school building and design a new parish center for the same site. . . . St. Francis Xavier School, later called St. Joseph's Elementary School, opened in 1927 on Spruce Street. It closed as a school in 1999, when St. Joseph's moved to the vacated Roosevelt School. . . ."

"105-Year-Old Fishtail Store For Sale"
By LINDA HALSTEAD-ACHARYA
BILLINGS GAZETTE
January 7, 2006
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/01/07/state/export241241.txt
"FISHTAIL - Wanted: New owner for general store. Must be community-minded and have a surplus of energy. Ability to bake is a real plus. Serious inquiries only. . . ."

"Historic Preservation Group Has Open Seat"
By the Missoulian
MISSOULIAN
January 9, 2006
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2006/01/09/news/mtregional/news05.txt
"The City Council is taking applications to fill a seat on the city's Historic Preservation Commission . . . The Historic Preservation Commission is charged with establishing a local historic preservation program, integrating historic preservation into local, state and federal planning and decision-making processes and identifying, evaluating and protecting historic resources in Missoula. . . ."

"Pardons Sought For Accused Seditionists"
Associated Press
BILLINGS GAZETTE
January 9, 2006
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/01/09/state/export241502.txt
"HELENA (AP) - It took just two words to land Polish immigrant Ben Kahn in prison for nearly three years during World War I. The 38-year-old traveling liquor salesman called wartime food regulations in the United States a "big joke" in talking with the owner of a southern Montana hotel while waiting for breakfast in March 1918. By lunchtime, he had been arrested for violating Montana's Sedition Act and, less than a month later, was in prison in Deer Lodge, serving a sentence of 7-1/2 to 20 years. An armistice ended the war later that year, but Kahn would sit in prison for almost three years more. . . ."

"Denny Rehberg Pledges To Fight Indian Museum Funding Cuts"
GLACIER REPORTER
January 11, 2006
http://www.glacierreporter.com/articles/2006/01/11/glacier_reporter/news/news7.txt
"Montana's Congressman, Denny Rehberg, said Jan. 5 he'll build a coalition of Congressmen and Senators to fight federal plans to phase out funding of three Indian museums operated by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Writing to White House budget director Josh Bolton, Rehberg urged the Administration to restore funding to the program. The Plains museum in Browning attracts over 15,000 tourists annually. . . ."

"Russell Cabin On Historic Register"
BILLINGS GAZETTE
January 11, 2006
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/01/11/state/export241807.txt
"GREAT FALLS - The cabin in Cascade where cowboy artist Charlie Russell and his wife, Nancy, lived during the first year of their marriage has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The cabin, owned by Gene and Fran Dwyer of Cascade, was placed on the historic register on Dec. 12. . . ."

"Mansfield Legacy Topic Of Talk"
CARBON COUNTY NEWS
January 12, 2006
http://www.carboncountynews.com/2002archive/011206.html
"At age 14, Mike Mansfield dropped out of school, lied about his age and joined the Navy, the first of three military branches in which he served. World War I was raging at the time. Following his years in the military, Mansfield worked as a miner and a mining engineer in Butte, received high school, college and Masters degrees from MSU-Missoula and taught at the same college in the department of history and political science for eight years. Then he set out on a political career that proved remarkable in both Montana and U.S. legislative history, representing his state in the House of Representatives and later, the Senate from 1942 to 1977. Mansfield's longevity as majority leader (16 years) has yet to be rivaled. Following his years in the legislature, Mansfield served as ambassador to Japan during the Carter and Reagan administrations. On Thursday, January 19, Kevin Kooistra-Manning, Community Historian at the Yellowstone Western Heritage Center, will lead off the Carbon County Historical Society's monthly program series for 2006 with a talk entitled "To the Best of My Ability: The Legacy of Senator Mike Mansfield". . . ."
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"'Calamity Jane' To Deal At Casino"
By the Gazette Staff
BILLINGS GAZETTE
January 12, 2006
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/01/12/local/export241874.txt
"In her "first life" more than a century ago, Calamity Jane was run out of Laurel for stealing horses. But now, enactor Dianne Gleason has returned to the Yellowstone County community to deal poker. . . ."

"Letters - Appreciates Votes, And Donations To Fort Connah"
LAKE COUNTY LEADER
January 12, 2006
http://www.leaderadvertiser.com/articles/2006/01/12/editorials/letters/letter02.txt
"Editor . . . On behalf of the Fort Connah Historic Preservation Society, I am also writing to say thank you to the 2005 Tribal Council for the $500 donation for the preservation and reconstruction of the old Fort at Post Creek. The funds will be used as a match dollar for dollar with a grant from the Lower Flathead Valley Community Foundation. . . ."

"Red Lodge Senior Reflects On A Historic Red Lodge Institution"
By Bob Wallace
CARBON COUNTY NEWS
January 12, 2006
http://www.carboncountynews.com/2002archive/011206.html
"When long-time Red Lodge pharmacist Joseph F. Swab died on March 12, 1951, then mayor Harley W. Weydt, asked that all Red Lodge businesses close for his funeral. Such was the esteem, Swab held in the community. "There were a lot of people fainting at his funeral," said his daughter Edna Swab. Now 94 years old and living in a retirement home in Billings, Edna Swab sat down recently with the Carbon County News to discuss her recollections of early-Red Lodge and her father’s significance to its history. . . ."
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"Study Challenges Donner Cannibalism Tale"
Associated Press
BILLINGS GAZETTE
January 13, 2006
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/01/13/nation/export242085.txt
"RENO, Nev. - They ate the family dog, but the latest research into the Donner Party found no conclusive evidence of cannibalism by the Donner family at a Sierra Nevada campsite where several of the pioneers died in the winter of 1846-47, two scientists said Thursday. "I think this has the potential to revise the way people look at the Donner Party," said Kelly Dixon, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Montana and one of the lead authors who presented the findings at a conference of the Society for Historical Archaeology in Sacramento, Calif. . . ."

"Bitterrooter Remembered - Woolsey Praised For Knowledge, Compassion And Humor"
By Rod Daniel
RAVALLI REPUBLIC
January 13, 2006
http://ravallirepublic.com/articles/2006/01/13/news/news02.txt
"One of the Bitterroot's strongest links to its storied past died this week, taking with him a treasure trove of knowledge about the valley in which he lived for more than eight decades. Vernon Woolsey spent almost 20 years as Bitterroot River Water Commissioner, but long before he became a mediator among irrigators and river advocates, he worked on ranches from Sula to Florence. It was that intimacy with the land and its people that later made Woolsey such a resource for valley history, according to Tom Ruffatto, chairman of the Bitterroot Conservation District and a lifelong Florence-area rancher. "Vern was my go-to guy for history," Ruffatto said. "He had worked for my grandfather, and I'd known him all my life. If I needed any advice on (matters before the conservation district), I'd call Vern and he'd give me not only the history of the stream but the history of the families that had owned the land" . . . ."

"Area Hits Landmark Status - National Historic District Expands For Butte, Anaconda, Walkerville"
By Roberta Forsell Stauffer
MONTANA STANDARD
January 14, 2006
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2006/01/14/newsbutte_top/newsbutte_top.txt
"Butte, Anaconda and Walkerville were topics of conversation in Philadelphia Friday and the outcome is as good as it gets: a national board unanimously endorsed the idea of uniting the three into a National Historic Landmark District, recognizing the area’s major contributions to American labor and mining history. . . ."

"The Cowboy Connection In Livingston Sells Rare Memorabilia"
By Scott McMillion
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
January 15, 2006
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2006/01/15/news/cowboyconnection.txt
"LIVINGSTON - Jerry Lee first passed through Montana in 1946, when he was 7 years old and his family was moving from Minnesota to Oregon. He liked what he saw -- the mountains and prairies and rivers -- and tried to convince his mother to stop and unload the car then and there. His pleas fell on deaf ears at the time, but that early trip started a love of the West that continues today, one that Lee and his wife, Vangie, have turned into a successful business. "It started as a hobby, then turned into a passion and then a business," Lee said in an interview. The Lees are in the cowboy memorabilia business, a trade that is part history and part romance, sprinkled with nostalgia. . . ."

"Historic Helena"
By Paul Putz
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
January 16, 2006
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2006/01/16/helena/a11011606_01.txt
"Letters paint picture of 1890s Helena - Every old musty book has a story to tell. While exploring the back of a filing cabinet here in the City-County Building, I found such a book. It is a well-used volume, narrow and leather backed, with covers of that industrial cardboard reserved for serious work a book can be put to. It holds some 300 flimsy tissue pages and on each is the ghost of a letter written in longhand and dated from August 1890 to August 1894. These are copy pages and it is a copybook, the 19th century version of a Xerox machine. Between its pages were pressed (using a monstrous steel wheel and heavy plates) a day’s correspondence scribbled out in certain ink that transferred its image to the tissue, thus making a copy for reference. . . ."

"King Day March Honors Parks"
By Lance Benzel
BILLINGS GAZETTE
January 17, 2006
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/01/17/news/local/25-king-march.txt
"A five-block march in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday night also recognized another luminary in the Civil Rights movement: Rosa Parks. . . ."

"Genealogy Program Topic Of Meeting"
By The Gazette Staff
BILLINGS GAZETTE
January 17, 2006
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/01/17/news/local/85-meeting.txt
"Information on "Ancestral Quest," a computer genealogy program, will be offered at Saturday's Montana Big Sky PAF Users Group meeting. . . ."

"Letters - Museum Of Plains Indian Needs Adequate Funds"
LAKE COUNTY LEADER
January 19, 2006
http://www.leaderadvertiser.com/articles/2006/01/19/editorials/letters/letter08.txt
"Editor, The Museum of the Plains Indian in Browning is an important cultural treasure for all of Montana. Its funding at an adequate level must be a priority. As the future of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board is unclear, it would be best to fund the Museum as an independent institute supervised by the Blackfeet Tribe in cooperation with interested parties, including the University of Montana, the Hockaday Museum of Arts in Kalispell, the Ulm Pishkun Association and other preservation organizations. . . ."

"Senators, Officials Push For Capitol Art Funding"
By Charles S. Johnson
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
January 19, 2006
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2006/01/19/montana/a07011906_03.txt
"HELENA — The push is on to raise an additional $150,000 so the Montana Senate can have a fine piece of original art displayed on its front wall instead of a just a print of a Charlie Russell painting, backers said Wednesday. So far, they have privately raised more than $100,000 of the $250,000 needed to pay for a 16 feet wide by 7 feet high bronze Bas relief entitled, "We Proceeded On,’’ commemorating the Lewis and Clark Expedition in Montana. An acclaimed California artist, Eugene Daub, won the competition to produce the piece, which will weigh more than 2,000 pounds and be anchored to the Senate chambers’ wall. . . ."

"Livingston's Cowboy And Ranch Heritage Week Features Homage To Charles M. Russell"
By Beth Slovic
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
January 20, 2006
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2006/01/20/features/roundup/01thisweekrussell.txt
"Before the widespread use of cameras, Charles M. Russell's two-dimensional paintings shaped the way outsiders thought about the West. On Sunday afternoon, a three-dimensional presentation of Russell's work will put those images in context, revealing Russell's thoughts about the West as well as his impressive talents as a storyteller. The performance, "Charlie Russell's Yarns" is part of Cowboy and Ranch Heritage Week in Livingston, which kicks off Sunday afternoon at the Park County Fairgrounds. . . ."

"JeffCo Museum Hosts Yellowstone Park And Old-Time Rodeo Exhibits"
By Marga Lincoln
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
January 20, 2006
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2006/01/20/neighbors/c02012006_01.txt
"Old time rodeos and the perpetual beauty of Yellowstone Park are the focus of two photo exhibits on display at Jefferson County Museum through Feb. 25. The Brander sisters of Deer Lodge, dressed like proper ladies in skirts, can be seen wrestling steers as part of the sepia-toned 1930s rodeo photos now on display at museum in Clancy. Another photo shows one of the sisters standing atop a galloping horse. There are also photos of rodeo clowns, American Indians, bucking broncos and George Pittman, a world champion trick rider doing an amazing headstand aboard a running horse. . . ."

"The Quill And The Bead"
By IR Staff Writer
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
January 20, 2006
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2006/01/20/neighbors/c01012006_01.txt
"Gary Johnson, a Métis artist from Lodge Grass, will speak of the historic role of the Métis in Montana and the Northwest in a presentation next week at the Montana City School gym. Johnson, a member of the Métis Nation of Montana, will bring Métis history alive with a portable art exhibit, music and lecture. His visit is hosted by the Montana City School seventh grade leadership class. . . ."

"Righting Sedition Law's Wrongs"
By the IR staff
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
January 20, 2006
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2006/01/31/opinions_top/a04013106_01.txt
"A project by University of Montana law and journalism students to win posthumous pardons for people convicted under the state's draconian World War I-era sedition law is a worthy effort. It also, during yet another war, is a timely one. Seventy-four people were convicted of sedition during 1918 and 1919 under the law, which demanded lengthy prison terms for anyone badmouthing the war or the government. The maximum penalty was 20 years in prison and a $20,000 fine; those offenders who were put behind bars served an average of 19 months for their words, which often were spoken in bars. Following publication of UM professor Clem Work's "Darkest Before Dawn: Sedition and Free Speech in the American West," 13 law and journalism students began the project to research the history of the law and its consequences, and to petition Gov. Brian Schweitzer to pardon its victims. . . ."

"Battlefield Debate Flares"
By Lorna Thackeray
BILLINGS GAZETTE
January 21, 2006
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/01/21/news/state/25-battlefield.txt
"As far as Robert Utley is concerned, the 54-year-old visitor center and museum at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument is not only an intrusion on a historic landscape, but a transgression against current National Park Service policy. "Enlarging it would only make it more so,'' says Utley, former seasonal ranger at the battlefield, retired chief historian for the National Park Service and author of many books on Western history. That pits him against Darrell Cook, Park Service superintendent at the battlefield, who is exploring a proposal to add about 750 square feet to the cement and cinderblock structure. . . ."

"Marine From Iwo Jima To Be Honored"
By Becky Shay
BILLINGS GAZETTE
January 21, 2006
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/01/21/news/local/30-marine-honored.txt
"A salute will be held in Billings today to honor the last member of the Marines' World War II-era Company E, 2nd Battalion -- one of the groups of men who fought on Iwo Jima and took Mount Suribachi. . . ."

"Recalling WWII Veteran Stories Crucial"
By Becky Shay
BILLINGS GAZETTE
January 21, 2006
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/01/21/news/local/50-stories.txt
"Each person's death marks a loss of personal history. When combat veterans die, additional losses are tallied -- their firsthand accounts of war. "You're losing a real direct connection to the sacrifices," said Tom Rust, a historian and director of the Honors Program at Montana State University-Billings. "You're losing that personal understanding of what this time period meant" . . . ."

"Rehberg Fights Museum Cuts"
By The Associated Press
BILLINGS GAZETTE
January 22, 2006
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/01/22/news/state/50-rehberg.txt
"GREAT FALLS -- Congressman Denny Rehberg said he's enlisted a bipartisan coalition to fight plans to cut federal funding for American Indian museums in Montana and two other states. In a letter to the White House, Rehberg and others urged the Bush administration to continue funding the Museum of the Plains Indian in Browning and other Indian museums in Oklahoma and South Dakota. . . ."

"Cowboys Keep Tradition Alive"
By Brook Griffin
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
January 23, 2006
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2006/01/23/news/02cowboyslivingston.txt
"Listen closely to the twang of the fiddle or the calloused-fingered strum of the guitar and you can hear the echoes of cowboys long gone. The second annual Cowboy and Ranch Heritage Week kicked off Saturday in Livingston at the Park County Fairgrounds with music and stories celebrating Montana's rich cowboy heritage. Gallatin Valley's own Open Range and the Swing Stampede started off the show by showcasing timeless country and western swing-style rhythms to a crowd of more than 100. . . ."

"Rehberg Forms Coalition To Fight Museum Cuts"
By the Standard News Services
MONTANA STANDARD
January 23, 2006
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2006/01/23/newsstate/hjjdjihgjcfhgg.txt
"GREAT FALLS — Congressman Denny Rehberg said he’s enlisted a bipartisan coalition to fight plans to cut federal funding for American Indian museums in Montana and two other states. In a letter to the White House, Rehberg and others urged the Bush administration to continue funding the Museum of the Plains Indian in Browning and other Indian museums in Oklahoma and South Dakota. . . ."

"A Look Back at Laurel History"
By Mike Engh
LAUREL OUTLOOK
January 25, 2006
http://www.laureloutlook.com/articles/2006/01/25/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. . . ."

"Presentation Is Thursday On Métis Culture"
January 25, 2006
QUEEN CITY NEWS
http://www.queencitynews.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=4877
"Gary Johnson of the Manitoba Metis Federation will entertain and educate the public about the vibrant and unique history and culture of Montana’s Métis people. "The Role of the Métis in the Opening of the American Northwest" will be presented in the Montana City School gym on Thursday, January 26, at 7 pm. The 7th grade Quest Leadership Class received a grant from the Montana Committee for the Humanities to present this student-planned and student-implemented project. . . ."

"Lewis And Clark Event Unfolds"
By Gloria Wester
LAUREL OUTLOOK
January 25, 2006
http://www.laureloutlook.com/articles/2006/01/25/news/08event.txt
"The last air show in Billings drew a reported 60,000 attendees. "Our goal is 60,000 people, plus 1," said Yellowstone County Commissioner Bill Kennedy as he addressed the press conference for the kick-off of the Clark on the Yellowstone Signature Event in Billings at the Mansfield Center on Monday, Jan. 23. Yellowstone County Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission will host the 13th of 15 National Signature Events along the 11 trail states July 22-25, 2006. The Clark on the Yellowstone Signature Event will be staged at Pompeys Pillar National Monument. . . ."

"Museum Initiates Chair d’Affaire"
BIG HORN COUNTY NEWS
January 27, 2006
http://www.bighorncountynews.com/archive/012706b.html
"The Big Horn County Historical Society is looking for people to design and decorate chairs for its Chair d’ Affaire, a fun and creative fundraiser going on this spring. Chair d’ Affaire proceeds will go toward the expansion and renovation project of the main museum building. . . .
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"Audience Gets Rare Glimpse At Life Of Mansfields"
By Becky Tirrell
CARBON COUNTY NEWS
January 27, 2006
http://www.carboncountynews.com/2002archive/012706.html
"An audience of 25-30 people was treated to a rare inside look at the lives of Mike Mansfield and his wife, Maureen, as the Historical Society Museum kicked off its first event of the New Year last Thursday evening, Jan. 19. Speaker Kevin Kooistra-Manning, Community Historian for the Western Heritage Center of Billings, prefaced his talk by noting that Mansfield is considered by The Missoulian as the "Most Influential Montanan of the 20th Century." Then, with obvious enthusiasm and relish, Kooistra-Manning proceeded to show his listeners why in his talk titled "To the Best of My Ability: The Legacy of Senator Mike Mansfield" . . . ."
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"A Nice Gift From One Museum To Another"
By Paul Fugleberg
LAKE COUNTY LEADER
January 27, 2006
http://www.leaderadvertiser.com/articles/2006/01/27/columns/columns01.txt
"Ronan's Garden of the Rockies Museum donated a copy of the 1929 Polson High School Year Book to the Polson-Flathead Historical Museum recently. The gift is from the memorabilia of Class of 1930 class member William (Bill) Mahoney. . . ."

"Mountain Man Carves Own Legend"
By Mary Pickett
BILLINGS GAZETTE
January 28, 2006
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/01/28/features/life/25-mountain-man.txt
"Mountain man Jim Beckwourth was an imposing figure even late in life. When Beckwourth, then about 59, dropped by the Rocky Mountain News in Denver in 1859, the editor, expecting a rough-hewn backwoodsman, was surprised to find that the old trapper was "a polished gentlemen ... hale and hearty and straight as an arrow." Beckwourth, one of several African-American mountain men, had a knack for being where the action was during more than 40 years as a trapper, trader, guide, scout, interpreter and businessman throughout the West including Montana. . . ."

"Thomas’ Has Long History In Butte"
By Paula J. McGarvey
MONTANA STANDARD
January 28, 2006
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2006/01/28/featuresbusiness/hjjdjihbhgidje.txt
"Thomas’ 3636 Harrison Ave. - in Butte Business history: One of Butte’s oldest businesses, Thomas’ was established in 1902 by Joseph T. Thomas. "My grandfather started the business. He came from Lebanon in 1902," said current owner, Paul Thomas. According to family history, Joseph T. Thomas began selling clothing as a door to door peddler, serving people in Butte and the surrounding areas of Elk Park and Brown’s Gulch. . . ."

"Mill Dating To 1896 To Be Demolished After Permit Approved"
By Vera Haffey, Montana Standard
BILLINGS GAZETTE
January 29, 2006
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/01/29/news/state/30-mill.txt
"ANACONDA -- Razing of the historic Gold Coin stamp mill is set to continue after the county's permitting process is completed early this week. . . ."

"About The Spanish Flu"
By the Helena IR
HELENA INDEPENDENT RECORD
January 29, 2006
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2006/01/29/helena/a10012906_03.txt
"Some called it "crowd disease." Others called it "The Grip." Regardless of how it was described in 1918, the Spanish flu swept quickly across Montana, leaving families devastated and health officials baffled. It was the first pandemic of the 20th Century and, at the time, only the fifth pandemic in the nation’s history. It’s believed that 16-year old Viola Paus of Scobey was the first to fall victim to the Spanish flu that year in the state. . . ."

"Continuing Struggle: Museum Of The Plains Indians Faced With Losing Its Identity"
By Michael Jamison
MISSOULIAN
January 29, 2006
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2006/01/29/territory/territory_01.txt
"BROWNING - Darrell Norman's eyes seem almost to caress, following with familiar ease the careful lines of form and function, the graceful flex of a bow, the deliberate detail locked in strict and ancient geometry, beaded, quilled, all woven tight as an Indian rug. . . . "If all this disappears," Norman said, "we lose our knowledge of who we are, and we lose the ability to see our potential." The problem, of course, is money. . . ."

"Antique Mall Originally Was Hotel - In Touch"
By Donna Syvertson
MISSOULIAN
January 30, 2006
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2006/01/30/hometowns/home_02.txt
"Q: This week's curious person wonders about the history of a building now occupied by the Montana Antique Mall at 331 W. Railroad St. "It was probably an old Railroad Hotel at one time," this writer speculates. A: The Montana Hotel was built in 1887, according to Allan James Mathews in his book "Montana Mainstreets: A Guide to Historic Missoula" . . ."

"Fair Will Showcase Chippewa Cree Culture, Traditions"
By Angela Brandt
HAVRE DAILY NEWS
January 31, 2006
http://www.havredailynews.com/articles/2006/01/31/local_headlines/cree.txt
"Stone Child College is holding its first Midwinter Cultural Fair, which will teach tribal members, students and residents from across the area about Chippewa Cree culture and history with traditional food demonstrations, art exhibits, movie presentations and panel discussions. . . ."

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