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Before cowboys and gold rushes transformed Big Sky Country, a bold quest reshaped Montana forever. In 1841, after years of perilous journeys east, the Salish tribe joined Jesuit "black robes" to found St. Mary's Mission—Montana's very first permanent settlement. Uncover the story behind Big Sky's true birthplace!
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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/places/st-marys-mission
#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons
Gold strikes, vigilante justice, and the birth of a Montana town! Discover how Mortimer H. Lott went from gold miner with the district’s only safe to founding Twin Bridges, standing up to outlaws, and building an empire along three roaring rivers. Dive into his epic 92-year frontier legend!
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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/mortimer-h-lott
#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons
Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 11-11-26
Happy Veteran’s Day to all who served. While it is a federal holiday, the Pook-Emu Bee is ready for work. Veteran’s Day 1 | Veteran’s Day 2026. Dennis A. Mook at Wandering Lensman. Nov. 11, 2026. When I was born, the day was celebrated as Armistice Day. It commemorated the signing of the treaty that ended the fighting of World War I on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918. The name was later changed to Veteran’s Day as signed by President Eisenhower. […]https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-11-11-26/
Scientists Traced Arctic Arsenic Back to a Montana Mine
Atmospheric modeling of the particles’ journey suggests that millions of North Americans were exposed to arsenic levels 12 to 60 times higher than modern levels between 1898 and 1918.
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https://eos.org/articles/scientists-traced-arctic-arsenic-back-to-a-montana-mine
#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons
econopass.com · Marco Bellinari
The date at the top of the Declaration of Independence is July 4, 1776. Most of the men whose names appear below it were not in the room that day. The signing and the adoption …
#americanhistory #forgottentruth #foundingfathers #independenceday #ushistory #culture
The Declaration Of Independenc...
On Tuesday, the top #Democrat in the #House #NaturalResources Cmte, which has #oversight of the agency that has helped fast-track many of #Trump’s projects, plans to issue letters to the #Interior Dept as well as other federal agencies & private companies, requesting that they “preserve all records & data responsive to oversight” the congressional panel oversees.
#law #felon47 #Landmark #preservation #environment #transparency #architecture #UrbanPlanning #CityPlanning #UShistory #USpol
The warnings come as the #Trump admin is signaling it will accelerate plans for moving ahead with the projects — a key part of what Trump sees as his legacy — to lay as much groundwork as possible before the #Democrats take over #Congress in January [& in defiance of #CourtOrders that construction stop].
#law #felon47 #Landmark #preservation #EnvironmentalLaw #environment #transparency #NoBidContracts #architecture #UrbanPlanning #CityPlanning #UShistory #USpol
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#Whistleblowers tell #Democrats documents linked to #Trump construction projects are being destroyed
#House Dems are demanding that the #Interior Dept retain documents related to Trump’s construction projects around #WashingtonDC after whistleblowers warned that key paperwork has already been destroyed before Dems take power…
#law #felon47 #Landmark #preservation #environment #transparency #architecture #UrbanPlanning #CityPlanning #UShistory #USpol
https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/10/politics/trump-building-investigation-democrats-house-natural-resources?cid=ios_app
"The Encyclopedia of the #AmericanLeft brings together scholarship on the history of #leftMovements — socialist, communist, anarchist, and New Left — in the United States from the 1860s to the present. [...]
"Thanks to generous support from the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and a grant from the Democratic Socialists of America Fund, Verso presents this new digital edition of the Encyclopedia, free and accessible to all."
https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/introducing-the-encyclopedia-of-the-american-left
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The date at the top of the Declaration of Independence is July 4, 1776. Most of the men whose names appear below it were not in the room that day. The signing and the adoption were two separate events, and history quietly merged them into one. #AmericanHistory #ForgottenTruth #FoundingFathers #IndependenceDay #USHistory
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From epic Montana landscapes in National Geographic to a infamous college yearbook prank, the Schlechten family defined Western photography for nearly 80 years. Discover how two Swiss brothers and a rebellious son built a legendary 30,000-image legacy.
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https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/people/albert-alfred-chris-schlechten
#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons