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Frontier and pioneer life--Montana

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Conwell F. Robinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-440
Abstract

This collection (bulk dates 1966-1988) pertains to Conwell “Con” F. Robinson’s legal case regarding his request to remain on his family’s property in Glacier National Park after it was condemned by the U.S. Government in 1967. It includes general correspondence (most of which was created by Robinson’s attorneys, Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry, & Hoven, P.C.), legal documents, and subject files.

Dates: 1915-1990; Majority of material found within 1966-1988

Montana Homesteading Project records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-340
Abstract The Montana Homesteading project was initiated by the Montana Historical Society in cooperation with the Homestead National Monument of America in 2004 as a means to document family stories relating to homesteading experiences in Montana. The project focused on living descendants of homesteaders in Montana in an effort to gather written stories and/or names for potential oral history interviewees—23 interviews were conducted for this project. The historical information submission form,...
Dates: 2004-2006