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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BJF_337-west-main_Hamilton-MT.html
With material and manpower redirected to winning the fight against fascism, commercial and domestic construction practically ceased during World War II. After the war, pent up demand led to a mini construction boom. With very few lots left on the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BJE_carnegie-library_Hamilton-MT.html
Hamilton's Ministerial Association opened the first free library in Ravalli County in April 1903 in a room donated by the Ravalli County Bank. Three months later, Hamilton voters levied a one mill tax to support the library, and the enterprise pas…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BJ4_city-hall_Hamilton-MT.html
Town halls originated in twelfth-century Italy, where bells were rung to call public assemblies. Missoula architect A. J. Gibson's city hall design references this history. Allusions to Italy include such Italian Renaissance features as a low-pitc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BJ0_an-ancient-cultural-landscape_Stevensville-MT.html
From time immemorial, the Bitterroot Valley has been a central part of the aboriginal territory of the Salish people. Although the tribe is now based on the Flathead Indian Reservation north of Missoula, the Bitterroot remains a place of great imp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BIY_united-states-post-office_Hamilton-MT.html
When construction began on Hamilton's post office in August 1940, the worst of the Depression was over. Nevertheless, the building is a legacy of the New Deal, when the number of federal construction projects soared to put people to work. Montana …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BIU_telephone-exchange_Hamilton-MT.html
State officials turned out on January 21, 1937, for the grand opening of Hamilton's new telephone system. The event marked the modernization of telecommunications in the Bitterroot Valley. Ivan C. Gustafson owned this property and built the buildi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BI8_welcome-to-fort-owen_Stevensville-MT.html
In 1850, Major John Owen established this trading post on the original site of St. Mary's Mission. It was the first permanent white settlement in Montana, and welcomed Indian, trappers, gold seekers and settlers.
By the late 1860s, major travel …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BI4_saint-marys-mission_Stevensville-MT.html
Established in 1841 by Pierre DeSmet, S.J., in response to requests for Black Robes by four separate delegations sent by Flathead and Nez Perce tribes to St. Louis. Fr. DeSmet and his party erected Montana's first church immediately west on the ba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BHY_denayer-house_Stevensville-MT.html
The DeNayer House is a fine example of transitional Queen Anne/Colonial Revival style architecture. The combination hipped and gabled roof and irregular floorplan are characteristic of the Queen Anne style while corner pilasters and clapboard sidi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BHX_fort-owen-state-monument_Stevensville-MT.html
Fort Owen's log and adobe walls witnessed dramatic changes as the Bitterroot Valley emerged from remote wilderness to settled agricultural community. The Jesuit fathers who had established St. Mary's Mission nearby in 1841 closed their doors in 18…