montana history

Thomas Francis Meagher was a lawyer, a high-ranking soldier, a felon, and perhaps a bit of a drunkard. He died under mysterious circumstances in Fort Benton in 1867.

You think egg prices are bad now? Be glad you didn't live in 1860s Montana, where the cost for essentials like meat, flour, and eggs were ridiculously expensive.

Sometimes you catch yourself scrolling through news and social media posts and it is just junk after junk after junk. But then there's something cool that catches your eye.

There's no way Montana had sundown towns, right?

Listed for $1,225,000, this 1880s home has close ties to Charlie Russell. It was built by one of Montana's first cattle barons and would surely cost a fortune to re-create with today's dollars.

After fording the Yellowstone River near present-day Laurel, the US Calvary battled the Nez Perce eight miles north at the mouth of the Canyon Creek canyon. Recent updates to the interpretive site will be recognized on Saturday, July 15.

Prostitution has been illegal in Montana since 1917, yet somehow this Helena bordello in Last Chance Gulch operated openly for 56 more years.

The numbers 3-7-77 have been on Montana Highway Patrol vehicles since 1956, with a connection to the Montana Vigilantes. Are the numbers the dimensions for a grave? A secret Masonic meaning? Or something else?

Discover the surprising history of Californians moving to Montana. Contrary to popular belief, this trend dates back to before Montana became a state.

Miners, railroaders, trappers, and homesteaders all played a part in creating Montana's most unique town names.

Hundreds of German prisoners of war once called this Montana park home.

This once a bustling Air Force Base is now an incredibly creepy ghost town in Northeastern Montana.