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!
Dillon’s Early Days And The Making Of A Frontier Town
Reflections from Dillon’s early years recount a rough, bustling town along Montana street. Saloons, gambling, diverse residents, and frontier fires shaped a place where moral aims rose with streets paved by wagons and the railroad. The 1880s to 1890s brought churches, schools, a courthouse, and the Normal College funded by Orr and Poindexter, turning Dillon toward permanence and community identity.
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Montana Street
Helena
Butte
Bozeman
Deer Lodge
Missoula
Melrose
Silver Bow
Dillon
Normal College
Normal
Poindexter and
Orr
Thalia Melpomne
Terpsichore
Guild Hall
Helena Street
Kupfer
Mr. Eliel