Ellen Baumler's Blog, page 10

Laura Etta Smalley

This unmarried Edmonton teacher homesteaded across the border in Inverness, Montana.


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"A Poor Man's Paradise"

The town of Garnet was a family-oriented mining camp before becoming a ghost town.


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Mother Berry

This transplanted Australian woman became a renowned jockey known as Jack Williams.


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Father Anthony Ravalli

Italian-born Jesuit priest, physician, pharmacist, architect, and artist—Father Ravalli lived a full life in service to others.


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Was Capital Punishment the Right Punishment?

When gang members shot and murdered a white man on a train, Montanans began to raise questions about the legitimacy of their punishment: the death penalty.


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Frank Bird Linderman

Frank Bird Linderman became an early advocate for Native American cultural heritage.


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Placer versus hydraulic mining

Placer and hydraulic mining had different effects on the integrity of the soil.


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Judith River Ranger Station

A peek inside of this historic cabin near Stanford, built by Thomas Guy Myers, provides a glimpse into the past.


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Montana's Mysterious Terraces

These supposed "Chinese terraces" next to the railroad baffled archaeologists for many years.


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Ella Knowles

In the era before women's suffrage, Ella Knowles successfully became Montana's first female lawyer.


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