The Lumberman’s Library…
Michael R. Ritt A specially built railroad car served as a rolling library from 1921 through the late 1950s, and made the rounds of the logging camps throughout Missoula County in Montana.
Buffalos on Bicycles…
In 1896-97, a 24-year-old 2nd Lieutenant from Fort Missoula, Montana, organized the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps composed entirely of Buffalo (African-American) soldiers, and started out on a grueling 1,900 mile…
How Roy Bean Saved a Heavyweight Prize Fight
The heavyweight boxing championship fight of 1896 was arguably the most controversial sporting event of all time, escalating at one point into an international incident that involved two great athletes,…