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  1. Before oil ruled Montana, a cowboy roped a mountain lion on a creek near Winnett. Then in 1920, drillers struck liquid gold so pure it ran straight into Model T’s — for free. The boom created an entire county. Then it vanished. 23 million barrels later, barely 500 people remain.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/pla

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

  2. He bribed senators, bought newspapers, and built a 131-room mansion with Robin Hood’s oak panels. William Andrews Clark turned Montana’s copper into one of history’s greatest fortunes — then tried to buy a U.S. Senate seat. The scandal changed the Constitution. Meet the Gilded Age’s most audacious scoundrel you’ve never heard of.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/peo

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

  3. Deep in Montana’s Tobacco Root Mountains, dozens of gold veins were worked — then abandoned. Some ran dry. Others? Nobody knows. Add one Norwegian miner who sealed a rich vein out of spite and died before returning, and you’ve got a mystery backed by real geology and 160 years of unanswered questions.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/mys

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

  4. Cost of Iran war rises to $29B as US gas prices spike

    WASHINGTON (Stateline) — The cost of the Iran war has increased to $29 billion to date, Pentagon officials…
    #Conflict #Conflicts #War #Energy #gasoline #geopolitics #iranwar #montanatoday #Politics
    europesays.com/2986837/

  5. On the night of July 3, 1901, a small band of outlaws stopped the Great Northern Coast Flyer near Wagner, Montana, and walked off with $40,000 in untraceable government bank notes. What followed — Pinkerton manhunts, arrests in four states, and a string of violent ends — was the final act of the Wild Bunch, America's most celebrated outlaw gang. Here's the real story.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/eve

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

  6. On the night of July 3, 1901, a small band of outlaws stopped the Great Northern Coast Flyer near Wagner, Montana, and walked off with $40,000 in untraceable government bank notes. What followed — Pinkerton manhunts, arrests in four states, and a string of violent ends — was the final act of the Wild Bunch, America's most celebrated outlaw gang. Here's the real story.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/eve

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

  7. On the night of July 3, 1901, a small band of outlaws stopped the Great Northern Coast Flyer near Wagner, Montana, and walked off with $40,000 in untraceable government bank notes. What followed — Pinkerton manhunts, arrests in four states, and a string of violent ends — was the final act of the Wild Bunch, America's most celebrated outlaw gang. Here's the real story.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/eve

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

  8. On the night of July 3, 1901, a small band of outlaws stopped the Great Northern Coast Flyer near Wagner, Montana, and walked off with $40,000 in untraceable government bank notes. What followed — Pinkerton manhunts, arrests in four states, and a string of violent ends — was the final act of the Wild Bunch, America's most celebrated outlaw gang. Here's the real story.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/eve

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

  9. On the night of July 3, 1901, a small band of outlaws stopped the Great Northern Coast Flyer near Wagner, Montana, and walked off with $40,000 in untraceable government bank notes. What followed — Pinkerton manhunts, arrests in four states, and a string of violent ends — was the final act of the Wild Bunch, America's most celebrated outlaw gang. Here's the real story.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/eve

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

  10. They started with 49 students, borrowed classrooms, and $5 in the bank. Skeptics said an “Indian college” was a bad idea. They were wrong. Salish Kootenai College rose from a Ronan schoolhouse to launch an actual satellite into orbit — and graduated more Native students than all of Montana’s colleges combined over 125 years. This is how they did it.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/ins

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

  11. They started with 49 students, borrowed classrooms, and $5 in the bank. Skeptics said an “Indian college” was a bad idea. They were wrong. Salish Kootenai College rose from a Ronan schoolhouse to launch an actual satellite into orbit — and graduated more Native students than all of Montana’s colleges combined over 125 years. This is how they did it.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/ins

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

  12. They started with 49 students, borrowed classrooms, and $5 in the bank. Skeptics said an “Indian college” was a bad idea. They were wrong. Salish Kootenai College rose from a Ronan schoolhouse to launch an actual satellite into orbit — and graduated more Native students than all of Montana’s colleges combined over 125 years. This is how they did it.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/ins

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

  13. They started with 49 students, borrowed classrooms, and $5 in the bank. Skeptics said an “Indian college” was a bad idea. They were wrong. Salish Kootenai College rose from a Ronan schoolhouse to launch an actual satellite into orbit — and graduated more Native students than all of Montana’s colleges combined over 125 years. This is how they did it.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/ins

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

  14. They started with 49 students, borrowed classrooms, and $5 in the bank. Skeptics said an “Indian college” was a bad idea. They were wrong. Salish Kootenai College rose from a Ronan schoolhouse to launch an actual satellite into orbit — and graduated more Native students than all of Montana’s colleges combined over 125 years. This is how they did it.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/ins

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

  15. Two ancient glacial boulders on Montana’s Hi-Line were sacred to a dozen Native nations for centuries. Then in 1932, a county decided to move them — and according to locals, the rocks weren’t happy about it. The story of the Sleeping Buffalo is part sacred history, part colonial land grab, and part Depression-era hustle. And it’s still unresolved.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/pla

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

  16. Two ancient glacial boulders on Montana’s Hi-Line were sacred to a dozen Native nations for centuries. Then in 1932, a county decided to move them — and according to locals, the rocks weren’t happy about it. The story of the Sleeping Buffalo is part sacred history, part colonial land grab, and part Depression-era hustle. And it’s still unresolved.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/pla

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

  17. Two ancient glacial boulders on Montana’s Hi-Line were sacred to a dozen Native nations for centuries. Then in 1932, a county decided to move them — and according to locals, the rocks weren’t happy about it. The story of the Sleeping Buffalo is part sacred history, part colonial land grab, and part Depression-era hustle. And it’s still unresolved.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/pla

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

  18. Two ancient glacial boulders on Montana’s Hi-Line were sacred to a dozen Native nations for centuries. Then in 1932, a county decided to move them — and according to locals, the rocks weren’t happy about it. The story of the Sleeping Buffalo is part sacred history, part colonial land grab, and part Depression-era hustle. And it’s still unresolved.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/pla

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

  19. Two ancient glacial boulders on Montana’s Hi-Line were sacred to a dozen Native nations for centuries. Then in 1932, a county decided to move them — and according to locals, the rocks weren’t happy about it. The story of the Sleeping Buffalo is part sacred history, part colonial land grab, and part Depression-era hustle. And it’s still unresolved.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/pla

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

  20. He came to Helena with a law degree and left it with a national reputation no copper king could tarnish. Thomas J. Walsh spent twenty years in the U.S. Senate fighting for farmers, workers, and the rule of law – and then brought down the most corrupt administration of the twentieth century. This is the story of Montana’s most consequential senator.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/peo

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

  21. He came to Helena with a law degree and left it with a national reputation no copper king could tarnish. Thomas J. Walsh spent twenty years in the U.S. Senate fighting for farmers, workers, and the rule of law – and then brought down the most corrupt administration of the twentieth century. This is the story of Montana’s most consequential senator.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/peo

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

  22. He came to Helena with a law degree and left it with a national reputation no copper king could tarnish. Thomas J. Walsh spent twenty years in the U.S. Senate fighting for farmers, workers, and the rule of law – and then brought down the most corrupt administration of the twentieth century. This is the story of Montana’s most consequential senator.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/peo

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

  23. He came to Helena with a law degree and left it with a national reputation no copper king could tarnish. Thomas J. Walsh spent twenty years in the U.S. Senate fighting for farmers, workers, and the rule of law – and then brought down the most corrupt administration of the twentieth century. This is the story of Montana’s most consequential senator.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/peo

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

  24. He came to Helena with a law degree and left it with a national reputation no copper king could tarnish. Thomas J. Walsh spent twenty years in the U.S. Senate fighting for farmers, workers, and the rule of law – and then brought down the most corrupt administration of the twentieth century. This is the story of Montana’s most consequential senator.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/peo

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

  25. Before Missoula existed, a tiny frontier outpost called Hell Gate Ronde witnessed gold rush outlaws, midnight hangings, and rumors of buried treasure that have never been found. Did Cyrus Skinner’s gang hide stolen gold near the gallows before the vigilantes arrived? The legend is older than Montana itself — and the ground has never given up its secrets.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/mys

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

  26. Before Missoula existed, a tiny frontier outpost called Hell Gate Ronde witnessed gold rush outlaws, midnight hangings, and rumors of buried treasure that have never been found. Did Cyrus Skinner’s gang hide stolen gold near the gallows before the vigilantes arrived? The legend is older than Montana itself — and the ground has never given up its secrets.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/mys

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

  27. Before Missoula existed, a tiny frontier outpost called Hell Gate Ronde witnessed gold rush outlaws, midnight hangings, and rumors of buried treasure that have never been found. Did Cyrus Skinner’s gang hide stolen gold near the gallows before the vigilantes arrived? The legend is older than Montana itself — and the ground has never given up its secrets.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/mys

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

  28. Before Missoula existed, a tiny frontier outpost called Hell Gate Ronde witnessed gold rush outlaws, midnight hangings, and rumors of buried treasure that have never been found. Did Cyrus Skinner’s gang hide stolen gold near the gallows before the vigilantes arrived? The legend is older than Montana itself — and the ground has never given up its secrets.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/mys

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

  29. Before Missoula existed, a tiny frontier outpost called Hell Gate Ronde witnessed gold rush outlaws, midnight hangings, and rumors of buried treasure that have never been found. Did Cyrus Skinner’s gang hide stolen gold near the gallows before the vigilantes arrived? The legend is older than Montana itself — and the ground has never given up its secrets.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/mys

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

  30. In 1853, Isaac Stevens led 200 men into uncharted Montana to find a railroad route to the Pacific — and changed the region forever. He mapped mountain passes with help from Blackfeet chiefs, collected unknown species, and set in motion treaties that reshaped Indigenous life. The survey that built the modern Northwest began here.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/eve

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

  31. In 1853, Isaac Stevens led 200 men into uncharted Montana to find a railroad route to the Pacific — and changed the region forever. He mapped mountain passes with help from Blackfeet chiefs, collected unknown species, and set in motion treaties that reshaped Indigenous life. The survey that built the modern Northwest began here.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/eve

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

  32. In 1853, Isaac Stevens led 200 men into uncharted Montana to find a railroad route to the Pacific — and changed the region forever. He mapped mountain passes with help from Blackfeet chiefs, collected unknown species, and set in motion treaties that reshaped Indigenous life. The survey that built the modern Northwest began here.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/eve

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

  33. In 1853, Isaac Stevens led 200 men into uncharted Montana to find a railroad route to the Pacific — and changed the region forever. He mapped mountain passes with help from Blackfeet chiefs, collected unknown species, and set in motion treaties that reshaped Indigenous life. The survey that built the modern Northwest began here.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/eve

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

  34. In 1853, Isaac Stevens led 200 men into uncharted Montana to find a railroad route to the Pacific — and changed the region forever. He mapped mountain passes with help from Blackfeet chiefs, collected unknown species, and set in motion treaties that reshaped Indigenous life. The survey that built the modern Northwest began here.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/eve

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

  35. Before 1878, Montana had no college. What followed was a saga of frontier ambition, earthquake disaster, student-quarried sandstone, and three rival church schools that eventually merged into one. Rocky Mountain College in Billings carries nearly 150 years of unlikely survival — and the buildings its own students built still stand today.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/ins

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

  36. Before 1878, Montana had no college. What followed was a saga of frontier ambition, earthquake disaster, student-quarried sandstone, and three rival church schools that eventually merged into one. Rocky Mountain College in Billings carries nearly 150 years of unlikely survival — and the buildings its own students built still stand today.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/ins

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

  37. Before 1878, Montana had no college. What followed was a saga of frontier ambition, earthquake disaster, student-quarried sandstone, and three rival church schools that eventually merged into one. Rocky Mountain College in Billings carries nearly 150 years of unlikely survival — and the buildings its own students built still stand today.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/ins

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

  38. Before 1878, Montana had no college. What followed was a saga of frontier ambition, earthquake disaster, student-quarried sandstone, and three rival church schools that eventually merged into one. Rocky Mountain College in Billings carries nearly 150 years of unlikely survival — and the buildings its own students built still stand today.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/ins

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

  39. Before 1878, Montana had no college. What followed was a saga of frontier ambition, earthquake disaster, student-quarried sandstone, and three rival church schools that eventually merged into one. Rocky Mountain College in Billings carries nearly 150 years of unlikely survival — and the buildings its own students built still stand today.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/ins

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

  40. From the copper mines of Butte, Montana, Robert Craig Knievel crashed motorcycles, broke 433 bones, became a national icon — then beat a man with a baseball bat and went broke. His life was as spectacular as his jumps and as brutal as his landings. This is the full, unvarnished story of Evel Knievel.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/peo

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

  41. From the copper mines of Butte, Montana, Robert Craig Knievel crashed motorcycles, broke 433 bones, became a national icon — then beat a man with a baseball bat and went broke. His life was as spectacular as his jumps and as brutal as his landings. This is the full, unvarnished story of Evel Knievel.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/peo

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

  42. From the copper mines of Butte, Montana, Robert Craig Knievel crashed motorcycles, broke 433 bones, became a national icon — then beat a man with a baseball bat and went broke. His life was as spectacular as his jumps and as brutal as his landings. This is the full, unvarnished story of Evel Knievel.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/peo

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

  43. From the copper mines of Butte, Montana, Robert Craig Knievel crashed motorcycles, broke 433 bones, became a national icon — then beat a man with a baseball bat and went broke. His life was as spectacular as his jumps and as brutal as his landings. This is the full, unvarnished story of Evel Knievel.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/peo

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

  44. From the copper mines of Butte, Montana, Robert Craig Knievel crashed motorcycles, broke 433 bones, became a national icon — then beat a man with a baseball bat and went broke. His life was as spectacular as his jumps and as brutal as his landings. This is the full, unvarnished story of Evel Knievel.

    Web:
    bigskytreasure.org/history/peo

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