Abstract

The Montana Study was a sociological project, conducted by the University of Montana under funds provided by the Rockefeller Foundation. Records include correspondence (1943-1954), conference materials, local study group records, minutes, reports, speeches and writings, and miscellany. (Photocopies of records at various institutions)

Abstract Thomas C. Power (1829-1923) came to Montana Territory in 1866 and established a successful mercantile and transportation network in and around Fort Benton serving miners, military posts, Indian tribes of the region, and local residents. In partnership with others he developed a transportation network of steamboats along the Upper Missouri as well as overland stage and freight routes. He moved his corporate headquarters to Helena in 1878 and had an interest in politics that paralleled his...