#fourosix — Public Fediverse posts

In 1869, three unheralded Montanans rode into Yellowstone to test wild rumors of boiling fountains and glass mountains. What they found was real — but every major magazine called them liars. Discover the true story behind the expedition that quietly shaped America’s first national park.

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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/events/cook-folsom-peterson-expedition

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

In 1869, three unheralded Montanans rode into Yellowstone to test wild rumors of boiling fountains and glass mountains. What they found was real — but every major magazine called them liars. Discover the true story behind the expedition that quietly shaped America’s first national park.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/events/cook-folsom-peterson-expedition

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Across Montana’s mill towns, a cone of scorched steel burned day and night, devouring sawdust nobody wanted. Locals called it a teepee burner—Bonner’s mines needed its timber, Lincoln’s valley needed its glow. Clean air laws finally shut them down. A few survive as monuments. Discover the fiery landmark that powered a state

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/institutions/wood-waste-burners

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Across Montana’s mill towns, a cone of scorched steel burned day and night, devouring sawdust nobody wanted. Locals called it a teepee burner—Bonner’s mines needed its timber, Lincoln’s valley needed its glow. Clean air laws finally shut them down. A few survive as monuments. Discover the fiery landmark that powered a state

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/institutions/wood-waste-burners

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

A humble Yellowstone woodyard became the “largest stock-shipping point in the Northwest” — home to a rediscovered photographer’s lost archive, a million pounds of wool a year, and Montana’s oldest running hotel. From a Sitting Bull peace council to a general’s namesake depot, Terry’s story is bigger than its 600 residents.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/places/terry

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

A humble Yellowstone woodyard became the “largest stock-shipping point in the Northwest” — home to a rediscovered photographer’s lost archive, a million pounds of wool a year, and Montana’s oldest running hotel. From a Sitting Bull peace council to a general’s namesake depot, Terry’s story is bigger than its 600 residents.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/places/terry

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

A self-taught sign painter arrived in Montana a year after Little Bighorn — and spent 20 years turning eyewitness interviews into the era's most debated battle painting. War, rival legend Charlie Russell, and a bitter fight over where the canvas belongs: Edgar Paxson's story is Montana history in oil.

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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/edgar-s-paxson

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

A self-taught sign painter arrived in Montana a year after Little Bighorn — and spent 20 years turning eyewitness interviews into the era's most debated battle painting. War, rival legend Charlie Russell, and a bitter fight over where the canvas belongs: Edgar Paxson's story is Montana history in oil.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/edgar-s-paxson

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

A T. rex femur cracked open in eastern Montana in 2000 revealed something science said couldn't exist: soft, stretchy tissue 68 million years old. Blood vessels, hidden cells, even proof the dinosaur was female. One broken bone from the Hell Creek badlands rewrote what we thought fossils could hold.

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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/mysteries/t-rex-soft-tissue

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

A T. rex femur cracked open in eastern Montana in 2000 revealed something science said couldn't exist: soft, stretchy tissue 68 million years old. Blood vessels, hidden cells, even proof the dinosaur was female. One broken bone from the Hell Creek badlands rewrote what we thought fossils could hold.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/mysteries/t-rex-soft-tissue

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Paroled Confederate soldiers just wanted to survive a Montana winter. Instead they found gold so rich one pan yielded $1,400. Within two years, a third of the territory’s population crowded into one gulch. Within five, nearly all of it was gone. What really happened at Confederate Gulch—and whose version is true?

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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/places/confederate-gulch

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Paroled Confederate soldiers just wanted to survive a Montana winter. Instead they found gold so rich one pan yielded $1,400. Within two years, a third of the territory’s population crowded into one gulch. Within five, nearly all of it was gone. What really happened at Confederate Gulch—and whose version is true?

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/places/confederate-gulch

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Montana’s first legislature had a problem in 1865: no official map existed. They turned to Walter De Lacy, an engineer whose West Point pedigree wasn’t quite what it seemed, to chart gold gulches and county lines across largely unmapped wilderness. Discover the hurried compilation that gave Montana its first true portrait.

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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/events/1865-de-lacy-montana-map

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Montana’s first legislature had a problem in 1865: no official map existed. They turned to Walter De Lacy, an engineer whose West Point pedigree wasn’t quite what it seemed, to chart gold gulches and county lines across largely unmapped wilderness. Discover the hurried compilation that gave Montana its first true portrait.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/events/1865-de-lacy-montana-map

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

A German butcher’s boy arrived in Montana broke. Twenty years later he ran cattle on 10 million acres. Conrad Kohrs built the Pioneer Cattle Company on a huge 1883 buyout of the DHS Ranch—then watched the brutal winter of 1886-87 nearly wipe it out. How he clawed it back is one of Montana’s great survival stories.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/institutions/pioneer-cattle-company

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

A German butcher’s boy arrived in Montana broke. Twenty years later he ran cattle on 10 million acres. Conrad Kohrs built the Pioneer Cattle Company on a huge 1883 buyout of the DHS Ranch—then watched the brutal winter of 1886-87 nearly wipe it out. How he clawed it back is one of Montana’s great survival stories.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/institutions/pioneer-cattle-company

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Wild Montana Weather Strikes again!!

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https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1cZA43Rogv/

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Wild Montana Weather Strikes again!!

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https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1cZA43Rogv/

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

In 1864, a war over broken treaties forced gold-hungry emigrants off the Bozeman Trail. Enter Jim Bridger—40 years of frontier knowledge in his head—who blazed a safer path through Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin into Montana’s gold country. Only five wagon trains ever used it. Discover the road, the diarists, and the legacy it left behind.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/places/bridger-trail

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

In 1864, a war over broken treaties forced gold-hungry emigrants off the Bozeman Trail. Enter Jim Bridger—40 years of frontier knowledge in his head—who blazed a safer path through Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin into Montana’s gold country. Only five wagon trains ever used it. Discover the road, the diarists, and the legacy it left behind.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/places/bridger-trail

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Meet “Vigilante X” — the frontier enforcer who helped hang Sheriff Henry Plummer’s gang, then walked free as a U.S. marshal. Hero or executioner? John X. Beidler’s story of gold, secret justice, and a hangman’s legacy still divides Montana historians. Read more.

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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/john-x-beidler

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Meet “Vigilante X” — the frontier enforcer who helped hang Sheriff Henry Plummer’s gang, then walked free as a U.S. marshal. Hero or executioner? John X. Beidler’s story of gold, secret justice, and a hangman’s legacy still divides Montana historians. Read more.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/john-x-beidler

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Big skies, big feet? Montana’s Bigfoot lore mixes BFRO sightings, an FBI hair-sample file, Oxford DNA science, Blackfeet Imoitapi stories, and one epic 2019 debunking. Real ape or wilderness myth? The evidence, hoaxes, and cultural meaning behind Big Sky’s most enduring cryptid mystery await.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/mysteries/bigfoot-in-montana

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Big skies, big feet? Montana’s Bigfoot lore mixes BFRO sightings, an FBI hair-sample file, Oxford DNA science, Blackfeet Imoitapi stories, and one epic 2019 debunking. Real ape or wilderness myth? The evidence, hoaxes, and cultural meaning behind Big Sky’s most enduring cryptid mystery await.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/mysteries/bigfoot-in-montana

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

A “living fossil” lurks in Montana’s rivers — and it can’t be caught with a hook and worm. Meet the paddlefish: an ancient giant snagged (literally) by anglers at Intake since the 1960s. Discover how dams, tradition, and science shaped this wild, only-in-Montana fishery.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/events/a-legacy-hauled-from-the-depths

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

A “living fossil” lurks in Montana’s rivers — and it can’t be caught with a hook and worm. Meet the paddlefish: an ancient giant snagged (literally) by anglers at Intake since the 1960s. Discover how dams, tradition, and science shaped this wild, only-in-Montana fishery.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/events/a-legacy-hauled-from-the-depths

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Born of a 1893 legislative gamble, the University of Montana grew from borrowed classrooms into a Missoula icon — the white “M” on Mount Sentinel, Griz football roars, and alumni like Jeannette Rankin. Discover how one campus shaped a state’s economy, culture, and soul.

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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/institutions/university-of-montana

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Born of a 1893 legislative gamble, the University of Montana grew from borrowed classrooms into a Missoula icon — the white “M” on Mount Sentinel, Griz football roars, and alumni like Jeannette Rankin. Discover how one campus shaped a state’s economy, culture, and soul.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/institutions/university-of-montana

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

A Georgia gold-seeker’s “shortcut” through sacred buffalo country sparked one of the Army’s worst defeats, an unsolved frontier murder, and a treaty the U.S. lost outright. The Bozeman Trail lasted barely three years—but its 500 miles of gold fever, ambush, and betrayal reshaped Montana forever. Here’s the real story.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/places/bozeman-trail

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

A Georgia gold-seeker’s “shortcut” through sacred buffalo country sparked one of the Army’s worst defeats, an unsolved frontier murder, and a treaty the U.S. lost outright. The Bozeman Trail lasted barely three years—but its 500 miles of gold fever, ambush, and betrayal reshaped Montana forever. Here’s the real story.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/places/bozeman-trail

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

A 19-year-old Ohio boy flew a wood-and-wire biplane over Montana's Continental Divide in 1911, won $10,000, and became Helena's hero overnight. Two days later, he was dead in a Spokane crash. Discover the daring flight, the mountain still bearing his name, and the mystery gaps historians still can't close.

https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/cromwell-dixon

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

A 19-year-old Ohio boy flew a wood-and-wire biplane over Montana's Continental Divide in 1911, won $10,000, and became Helena's hero overnight. Two days later, he was dead in a Spokane crash. Discover the daring flight, the mountain still bearing his name, and the mystery gaps historians still can't close.

https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/cromwell-dixon

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

In 1870, two prospectors vanished from Tobacco Plains chasing gold in the Rockies. Only one came back — half-mad, confessing murder to a priest. The gold was never found again. Curse, killing, or campfire tale? A century-old mystery still haunts the Montana-Alberta border, unsolved to this day.

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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/mysteries/lost-lemon-mine

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

In 1870, two prospectors vanished from Tobacco Plains chasing gold in the Rockies. Only one came back — half-mad, confessing murder to a priest. The gold was never found again. Curse, killing, or campfire tale? A century-old mystery still haunts the Montana-Alberta border, unsolved to this day.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/mysteries/lost-lemon-mine

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

In 1863, fifteen armed prospectors fought off a night raid on the Bighorn River and fled through snow-choked canyons—empty-handed. Meanwhile, the men who got turned back before joining them stumbled onto Alder Gulch, one of the richest gold strikes in American history. Discover Montana's strangest twist of fate.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/events/yellowstone-expedition-of-1863

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

In 1863, fifteen armed prospectors fought off a night raid on the Bighorn River and fled through snow-choked canyons—empty-handed. Meanwhile, the men who got turned back before joining them stumbled onto Alder Gulch, one of the richest gold strikes in American history. Discover Montana's strangest twist of fate.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/events/yellowstone-expedition-of-1863

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Millions in cattle, legendary vigilante justice, and a single brutal winter that froze an empire to death. Discover the wild true story of Montana’s DHS Ranch—where Granville Stuart hunted rustlers with the ruthless "Stranglers," only to watch the apocalyptic "Hard Winter" of 1886 crush the open-range dream forever.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/institutions/dhs

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Millions in cattle, legendary vigilante justice, and a single brutal winter that froze an empire to death. Discover the wild true story of Montana’s DHS Ranch—where Granville Stuart hunted rustlers with the ruthless "Stranglers," only to watch the apocalyptic "Hard Winter" of 1886 crush the open-range dream forever.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/institutions/dhs

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

How did a remote, harsh Montana valley named “Devils Pocket” by local ranchers become a secret key to 300-million-year-old history? Earth science meets wild frontier history in this fascinating story of how rugged badland slang accidentally became a cornerstone of modern geology!

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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/places/devils-pocket

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

How did a remote, harsh Montana valley named “Devils Pocket” by local ranchers become a secret key to 300-million-year-old history? Earth science meets wild frontier history in this fascinating story of how rugged badland slang accidentally became a cornerstone of modern geology!

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/places/devils-pocket

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

He orbited the Moon on Christmas Eve 1968, then traded the cockpit of Apollo 8 for a cattle ranch in the Bighorn country. Discover how Frank Borman, commander of humanity’s first lunar voyage, spent his longest, quietest years working land east of Billings — flying restored warbirds until he was 90. Read his untold Montana story.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/frank-borman

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

He orbited the Moon on Christmas Eve 1968, then traded the cockpit of Apollo 8 for a cattle ranch in the Bighorn country. Discover how Frank Borman, commander of humanity’s first lunar voyage, spent his longest, quietest years working land east of Billings — flying restored warbirds until he was 90. Read his untold Montana story.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/frank-borman

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

He arrived at Fort Benton an orphan of a Blackfeet raid — and left Montana having helped save the American bison from extinction. Michel Pablo built a cattle empire, then a wild buffalo herd so vast the U.S. refused to buy it, Canada did, and Congress scrambled to save what remained.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/michel-pablo

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

He arrived at Fort Benton an orphan of a Blackfeet raid — and left Montana having helped save the American bison from extinction. Michel Pablo built a cattle empire, then a wild buffalo herd so vast the U.S. refused to buy it, Canada did, and Congress scrambled to save what remained.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/michel-pablo

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

1988: The summer Yellowstone burned. Drought, wind, and 100-foot flames swallowed 793,000 acres as fire raced toward Old Faithful. Was it disaster—or nature's oldest survival trick? Discover how the "Summer of Fire" reshaped America's wildfire policy forever.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/events/yellowstone-national-park-wildfires-1988

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

1988: The summer Yellowstone burned. Drought, wind, and 100-foot flames swallowed 793,000 acres as fire raced toward Old Faithful. Was it disaster—or nature's oldest survival trick? Discover how the "Summer of Fire" reshaped America's wildfire policy forever.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/events/yellowstone-national-park-wildfires-1988

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

"3-7-77" wasn't just a number — it was a death sentence. In 1863, gold-crazed Montana had no law, so miners built their own: hoods, ropes, and a secret oath. 21 outlaws hanged in six weeks, including the sheriff himself. Their mark still rides on Montana Highway Patrol badges today.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/institutions/vigilantes

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

"3-7-77" wasn't just a number — it was a death sentence. In 1863, gold-crazed Montana had no law, so miners built their own: hoods, ropes, and a secret oath. 21 outlaws hanged in six weeks, including the sheriff himself. Their mark still rides on Montana Highway Patrol badges today.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/institutions/vigilantes

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Wheeler, Montana: the town that isn't on any map anymore. Born overnight beside the Fort Peck Dam project, this lawless shantytown drew Dust Bowl refugees, dam workers, and bootleg saloons to the Montana prairie — then vanished just as fast. Discover the wild boomtown history behind its name and its ghostly disappearance.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/places/wheeler

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Wheeler, Montana: the town that isn't on any map anymore. Born overnight beside the Fort Peck Dam project, this lawless shantytown drew Dust Bowl refugees, dam workers, and bootleg saloons to the Montana prairie — then vanished just as fast. Discover the wild boomtown history behind its name and its ghostly disappearance.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/places/wheeler

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Raised by a ranch hand dad and grandma after tragedy struck at age six, Ivan Doig turned Montana's hard land into literary gold. His "poetry under the prose" made him the West's truest voice—rejecting cowboy myths for real dirt, sweat & family. Discover the man behind This House of Sky.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/ivan-doig

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Raised by a ranch hand dad and grandma after tragedy struck at age six, Ivan Doig turned Montana's hard land into literary gold. His "poetry under the prose" made him the West's truest voice—rejecting cowboy myths for real dirt, sweat & family. Discover the man behind This House of Sky.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/ivan-doig

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

In 1924, Butte bootlegger John O'Leary pulled two revolvers in a packed federal courtroom—and hit no one but himself. Acquitted by reason of insanity, he lived on as a Panama-hat-wearing barroom character into the 1960s. The bullet hole in the judge's bench? Still there today.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/mysteries/john-oleary-shooting

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

In 1924, Butte bootlegger John O'Leary pulled two revolvers in a packed federal courtroom—and hit no one but himself. Acquitted by reason of insanity, he lived on as a Panama-hat-wearing barroom character into the 1960s. The bullet hole in the judge's bench? Still there today.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/mysteries/john-oleary-shooting

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Meet Sir St. George Gore: a 1850s Irish baronet who brought a brass bed, fine silver, 75 guns, and legendary scout Jim Bridger to America for a 3-year hunting spree. He destroyed thousands of bison, built a mountain of burning wagons, and sparked huge outrage. Read the wild tale of history’s most excessive frontier safari!

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/events/gore-expedition-1854-1857

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Meet Sir St. George Gore: a 1850s Irish baronet who brought a brass bed, fine silver, 75 guns, and legendary scout Jim Bridger to America for a 3-year hunting spree. He destroyed thousands of bison, built a mountain of burning wagons, and sparked huge outrage. Read the wild tale of history’s most excessive frontier safari!

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/events/gore-expedition-1854-1857

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Gold, silver, and... coal? Before it powered half a continent, Montana's "buried fire" built hidden company towns, fueled vast rail empires, and triggered a fierce Supreme Court battle over energy taxes. Discover the gritty history of the immigrants, industries, and deep-earth scars that shaped the wealth of Big Sky Country.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/institutions/coal-mining

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Gold, silver, and... coal? Before it powered half a continent, Montana's "buried fire" built hidden company towns, fueled vast rail empires, and triggered a fierce Supreme Court battle over energy taxes. Discover the gritty history of the immigrants, industries, and deep-earth scars that shaped the wealth of Big Sky Country.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/institutions/coal-mining

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Gold, ghosts, and a stolen name: six lost prospectors struck it rich on an alder-choked creek and built Montana’s first capital almost overnight. Vigilantes hanged the sheriff. Fortunes drained away just as fast. Decades later, one ranching couple spent a lifetime saving what was left. Here’s the real story.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/places/virginia-city

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Gold, ghosts, and a stolen name: six lost prospectors struck it rich on an alder-choked creek and built Montana’s first capital almost overnight. Vigilantes hanged the sheriff. Fortunes drained away just as fast. Decades later, one ranching couple spent a lifetime saving what was left. Here’s the real story.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/places/virginia-city

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons