This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Montana’s early game wardens shaped a hunter’s paradise
Edward E Reynolds recounts Montana’s drift from native preservation to state led conservation. From 1901 laws curbing slaughter and Warden Scott’s 1903 report to the public, big game numbers rose as deer elk moose and antelope revived. The push to attract sport tourism and capital through Montana Inc and WPA projects reinforced the state as a premier recreation center.
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Edward 8
George Gore
Col
A. J. Vaughan
Upper
Missouri
Indian Affairs
St. Louis
Sir St. George
East
Middle West
West Coast
Montana
W. F. Scott
Scott
Chamber of Commerce
Maine
Montanans, Inc
Tasie
Rockies
United States
North America
Great West
Eenene G
Cevere
Peter
Jose Talbott
Columbia Falls
Flathead
Teton, Powell
Lewis and Clark Counties
Yellowstone) Park
Gallatin, Madison, Sweet Grass
Carbon
West
Missouri River
South Fork
Valli County
Stillwater County
Warden Scott
Montanana, Inc
Montana Writers’ Project
The
Works Projects Administration
WPA