RSS Feed for Historical Documents collection https://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents © 2026. Montana State University Library W. W. Wylie was an early Bozeman, Montana, educator and later Montana Superintendent of Schools who lectured, published, and led educational tours in Yellowstone National Park in the 1890s and early 1900s. The W.W. Wylie autobiography and related materials document the origin and development of the permanent tent camps in Yellowstone National Park known as Wylie Way Stations. Ancillary papers include obituaries of family members Paul Wylie and John McCartney Wylie; rulings in a 1920 lawsuit; and a photograph of Minnie, Charles and Lora Richter. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/11 1987 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/11 Ted DuPont was a 20-year-old college student when he and co-traveler Jim Vavrinchik were inspired to re-trace the motorcycle route that Robert Pirsig describes in his book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. The Robert Pirsig Letter to Ted DuPont details Pirsig's response to a visit to Bozeman, Montana, made by DuPont and Vavrinchik in 1974. Also included are photographs of DuPont and Vavrinchik during the trip. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/44 1974-09-16 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/44 Ted DuPont was a 20-year-old college student when he and co-traveler Jim Vavrinchik were inspired to re-trace the motorcycle route that Robert Pirsig describes in his book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. The Robert Pirsig Letter to Ted DuPont details Pirsig's response to a visit to Bozeman, Montana, made by DuPont and Vavrinchik in 1974. Also included are photographs of DuPont and Vavrinchik during the trip. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/45 1974-08 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/45 Ted DuPont was a 20-year-old college student when he and co-traveler Jim Vavrinchik were inspired to re-trace the motorcycle route that Robert Pirsig describes in his book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. The Robert Pirsig Letter to Ted DuPont details Pirsig's response to a visit to Bozeman, Montana, made by DuPont and Vavrinchik in 1974. Also included are photographs of DuPont and Vavrinchik during the trip. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/46 1974-08 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/46 Ted DuPont was a 20-year-old college student when he and co-traveler Jim Vavrinchik were inspired to re-trace the motorcycle route that Robert Pirsig describes in his book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. The Robert Pirsig Letter to Ted DuPont details Pirsig's response to a visit to Bozeman, Montana, made by DuPont and Vavrinchik in 1974. Also included are photographs of DuPont and Vavrinchik during the trip. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/47 1974-08 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/47 Arner D. Nelson was a homesteader near Flatwillow, Petroleum County, Montana, and later worked as a cement contractor in Roundup, Montana. The Arner D. Nelson reminiscence, Recollections of Homestead Days, recalls Nelson's boyhood on his father's homestead claim in southern Petroleum County, Montana. Nelson describes a train trip from Spokane, Washington, to Roundup, Montana; a wagon ride to the Flatwillow area of Petroleum County, Montana; life on the new homestead; his family's first car; and school experiences. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/23 1968 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/23 Victor E. George was a teacher, rancher, and salesman who grew up in Park and Carbon counties of Montana and later lived in Stillwater County and Billings, Montana. The Victor E. George reminiscence tells the story of his parent's move to Montana Territory from Missouri in 1883. The narrative describes homesteads in the Paradise Valley; Park County, Montana; and Roscoe, Montana. Also recalled are farm chores, school work, neighbors, and encounters with bears, rattlesnakes and wolves. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/24 1968 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/24 Henry LaDell Delworked as a stagecoach driver in Yellowstone National Park and later ranched near Jackson, Wyoming. This oral history was conducted by Art True in San Diego, California, in 1968, and describes's experiences as a Yellowstone stage coach driver, breaking horses for British forces in the Boer War, and his father's experiences freighting in Montana Territory and driving a wagon for the U. S. Army during the 1877 Flight of the Nez Perc. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/48 1968 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/48 Elizabeth Berger Swan was a local historian who lived in Lewistown, Montana, and was part of the Red River Metis and Catholic Church communities. The Elizabeth Berger Swan papers consist of two stories written by Swan documenting her Red River Metis family, her Catholic faith, and the community of Lewistown, Montana. The first, A Brief History of the First Catholic Pioneers of Lewistown, Montana, is a narrative of her family's settlement in Lewistown, the early development of the town, and the activities of the Catholic Church. The second, Sporty and the Bear Claw, is a Cree Indian story about a young man's conversion from native religion to Catholicism. There is also a newspaper article by her, which provides details on her childhood and school days at the St. Peter's Mission school. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/22 1967/1971 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/22 Marguerite Kirk was a teacher and librarian who returned to her hometown of Bozeman, Montana, to operate the family farm in 1960. The Maxey Mines annotated research paper, written in 1966 by Kirk, discusses the history of the Maxey coal mines and the development of the community of Chimney Rock along Trail Creek in Gallatin County and Park County, Montana. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/21 1966 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/21 Wood moved to Montana in 1864 and worked in Montana, Idaho, and Utah in various enterprises, including mule herder for a freight outfit, mining ventures and owner of a mercantile in Salt Lake City. His autobiography was written by Wood in 1902 and transcribed by Stanley Roland Davison in 1964. Wood's story gives an outline of his trip to Montana in 1864, his early residence in Virginia City, his experiences in the Nez Perce and Bannock wars, and a brief outline of his business ventures. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/6 1964 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/6 Duffield was a homesteader who lived in South Dakota, Montana, and Oregon, with family members settled in Fallon County Montana beginning in 1910. Homestead Days is a typewritten essay by Jessie Howard Duffield describing her childhood experiences in South Dakota and her later homesteading experience in Montana. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/1 1959 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/1 Evelyn Webb Carpenter was a Vermont-born graduate of Bates College who taught languages in Vermont and New Hampshire schools in the mid-20th century. The Evelyn Webb Carpenter diary documents a cross-country trip from Vermont to California taken by a group of women in 1936. Places visited include Niagara Falls, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Mitchell, South Dakota; Rapid City, South Dakota; Buffalo, Wyoming; Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming; southern Utah, Las Vegas, Nevada; Long Beach, California; Seattle, Washington; Montana; and Ontario, Canada. Entries detail impressions of the countryside, critiques of hotels, information on fellow travelers, and trip expenses. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/39 1936-06-22/1936-07-26 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/39 The Gallatin Valley Female Seminary essay, by Dr. Merrill G. Burlingame, records the history of the institution from its establishment in 1872 by Presbyterian minister Lyman B. Crittenden to its closing in 1878. The essay quotes extensively contemporary newspaper accounts of the school and presents two lists of former students, one for 1872 and the other for 1874. The essay describes the activities of the teachers and students, the curriculum, and the physical description of the school's buildings and their location. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/33 1934 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/33 Elise Furer Musser (7 December 1877 - 30 August 1967) was a Utah state senator and prominent member of the Democratic Party. The Elise Furer Musser Yellowstone and Alaska Tourist Letters detail her journey by automobile, boat, and train through Farmington, Logan, and Bear Lake, Utah; Jackson and Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming; Livingston, Bozeman, Glacier National Park, and Choteau, Montana; Cardston, High River, Calgary, and Banff, Alberta; Pend Oreille, Idaho; Seattle and Vancouver, Washington; Juneau and Skagway, Alaska; Bennett, and Lake Tutshi, British Columbia. Descriptions of Yellowstone National Park include dismay over the conditions of the road, complaints about the hotel food service at the Lake Hotel, and an encounter with a mother bear and her cubs at Canyon Junction. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/38 1928 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/38 Albert V. Howard was a gold prospector and businessman who mined and operated a lumber operation in Libby, Montana. The A.V. Howard narrative describes Howard's arrival in the Libby, Montana Territory, area with his brother, B. F. Howard, and their mining operations along Libby Creek. Other miners and claim holders are named, and the narrative mentions crime, social conditions, and the first buildings constructed in the town of Libby. Howard also describes business arrangements made by miners with each other as well as outside investors, including an unnamed Chinese resident of Missoula. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/14 1926-02-01 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/14 Milo Herrick Heck Spaulding earned a master's degree in biology from Stanford University and taught zoology at Montana College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (later Montana State University) in Bozeman, Montana, from 1908 to 1943. The Milo Herrick Spaulding Photograph Album contains images taken by Spaulding during horse pack camping trips into the Middle Creek drainage of the Hyalite Mountains south of Bozeman, Montana, about 1920. The photographs depict nature scenes in the mountains, Bole Cabin, a panoramic view of Bozeman, Montana, and Spaulding himself. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/29 1920 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/29 Myrtle May Crosby was an Illinois-born teacher who homesteaded near Riedel, Montana, in early part of the 20th century before moving to Michigan after her marriage to a fellow homesteader. The Myrtle May Crosby letters were written to her parents in April 1918 and describe her life on a homestead near Riedel, Montana. Additional topics discussed include teaching, family life, farm sales, her brothers' military service in World War I, and community events in Blaine County, Montana. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/41 1918 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/41 The Omega Beta fraternity was founded at Montana State College in May 1915 as the Anatnom Club, changing its name to Omega Beta in fall 1915, and becoming the Zeta Triton chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa in 1939. The Omega Beta Photograph Album consists of photographs of fraternity members taken between 1916 and 1923. Snapshots show members engaged in campus activities, picnics, involvement with other organizations such as the Les Buffons Club and the Montana State College (MSC) football, basketball, and baseball teams. Formal portraits of some members, World War I military portraits, and group portraits are included. Buildings on the MSC campus, and in the city of Bozeman, Montana, are present. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/40 1916/1923 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/40 Belle McDonald was an early resident and club woman in Bozeman, Montana, part of a small community of African American pioneers, who was known for her cooking, contributing recipes to the circa 1922 Montana Federation of Negro Women's Club Cookbook and well as keeping her own recipe collection. The Belle McDonald cookbook contains handwritten entries for recipes created or collected by McDonald. Recipes range from breads to soups, cakes to salads. Also included is a 1938 Retailer's Edition of Modern Homemaker, focused on food preservation and canning. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/42 1913/1938 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/42 Belle McDonald was an early resident and club woman in Bozeman, Montana, part of a small community of African American pioneers, who was known for her cooking, contributing recipes to the circa 1922 Montana Federation of Negro Women's Club Cookbook and well as keeping her own recipe collection. The Belle McDonald cookbook contains handwritten entries for recipes created or collected by McDonald. Recipes range from breads to soups, cakes to salads. Also included is a 1938 Retailer's Edition of Modern Homemaker, focused on food preservation and canning. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/43 1913/1938 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/43 Myrtle May Kauffman Shipe was a Pennsylvania schoolteacher who visited Yellowstone National Park as part of a tour of the Northwest. Myrtle Shipe's diary of her 1913 visit to Yellowstone National Park with her mother, Esther Kauffman, chronicles their six-day trip through the Park via the Grand Loop Road. Topics discussed include geysers such as Old Faithful Geyser, thermal pools, geological facts, waterfalls like the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, landscape views, wildlife, accommodations, staff, and traveling companions. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/32 1913 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/32 Nelson Story, Sr. (1838-1926) was a pioneer Montana rancher and entrepreneur who lived the latter part of his life in Bozeman, Montana, which was named for John Bozeman. The Nelson Story, Sr., Letter was written by him in 1911 in response to a solicitation from a Miss Willets for his recollections of John Bozeman. The letter describes Bozeman's appearance, demeanor, and the Bozeman Trail to the Montana gold fields. There is also a brief description of the Bridger Trail route. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/31 1911-02-14 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/31 The Montana Horse Breeders Association (MHBA) was an organization founded to promote the horse breeding industry within Montana; it operated from 1908 to 1917. The Montana Stallion Registration Board (MSRB) was an affiliated organization that operated from 1909 to 1943. The records consist of a minute book, a typed copy of the MHBA constitution, and a report on the MSRB finances. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/27 1908/1927 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/27 Kelsey was a white settler to Montana who worked as a school teacher and, later, Montana state senator. He owned land along the Powder River that included the battle site for the Battle of Powder River. His papers contain the correspondence of Kelsey with retired general William Carey Brown. The letters, beginning in December 1933, discuss the placement of headstones to commemorate four soldiers killed during the Battle of Powder River, as well as an interest in having Kelsey deed a small tract of his land to the government to assure the location of the markers would remain in the future. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/4 1906/1934 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/4 Kelsey was a white settler to Montana who worked as a school teacher and, later, Montana state senator. He owned land along the Powder River that included the battle site for the Battle of Powder River. His papers contain the correspondence of Kelsey with retired general William Carey Brown as well as photographs of the Kelsey family. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/5 1906/1934 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/5 The Michael Langohr Diary is a typed transcript of entries which describe his daily activities 1899 to 1906 as the first supervisor of the Gallatin National Forest in southwest Montana. Information includes synopsis of visitation to check on grazing and timber lessees, weather conditions, travel distances, as well as applications of varying sorts such as grazing and timber leases. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/7 1899/1906 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/7 Lorenzo Branch Lyman was a lawyer who moved to Montana Territory in 1864, living first in the Gallatin Valley before being appointed as register of the U. S. General Land Office in Helena, Montana. Lorenzo Branch Lyman's 1899 autobiography documents settlement in Gallatin County, Montana Territory, a water rights claim on Lyman Creek, interactions with Indians, hunting, and Lyman's appointment as the register of the land office. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/16 1899 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/16 W. W. Wylie was an early Bozeman, Montana, educator and later Montana Superintendent of Schools who lectured, published, and led educational tours in Yellowstone National Park in the 1890s and early 1900s. The W.W. Wylie autobiography and related materials document the origin and development of the permanent tent camps in Yellowstone National Park known as Wylie Way Stations. The 1926 autobiography details Wylie's first lecture tour, the development of the permanent camps, problems related to the business and with Park officials, legal issues, and the sale of the business. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/10 1896 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/10 The Joseph Kipp Letter to Colonel Guido Ilges, was written from Fort Conrad, Montana Territory (near present day Shelby, Montana), on April 22, 1883, and details the dire condition of the Piegan (Blackfeet, Piikuni, Siksika), urging immediate action be taken to prevent starvation. Joseph Joe Raven Quiver Kipp, was a fur trader and Army guide. He was the son of famed fur trader James Kipp and Marita Mary Earth Woman Garno (Garneaux) Kipp, who was Mandan. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/25 1883-04-22 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/25 The Floyd T. Wood weather diary consists of annual records of precipitation on the Montana State University campus station in Bozeman, Montana, from 1880 to 1969. Floyd T. Wood (1885-1970) worked as a clerk for an agricultural implements store in Bozeman, Montana. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/28 1880/1969 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/28 Pennsylvania-born Fred E. Server served in the U.S. Army and was stationed at Fort Ellis, Montana, in the 1870s. The Fred E. Server Diary contains the daily observations of Sergeant Server during a surveying expedition of the Snake River from October 11, 1876 to February 2, 1877, led by Lieutenant Gustavus Cheney Doane. Entries include the weather conditions, times of travel, special circumstances or problems, and the miles traveled. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/17 1876-10-11/1877-02-02 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/17 Pennsylvania-born Fred E. Server served in the U.S. Army and was stationed at Fort Ellis, Montana, in the 1870s. The Fred E. Server Diary contains the daily observations of Sergeant Server during a surveying expedition of the Snake River from October 11, 1876 to February 2, 1877, led by Lieutenant Gustavus Cheney Doane. Entries include the weather conditions, times of travel, special circumstances or problems, and the miles traveled. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/18 1876-10-11/1877-02-02 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/18 William H. White was an enlisted soldier stationed at Fort Ellis, Montana Territory, in the 1870s and later worked as an unofficial guide at the Custer Battlefield (now Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument). The William H. White diary describes White's garrison life at Fort Ellis, Montana Territory, and his experiences in the field, including the closure and subsequent burning of Fort Pease, the march of the Montana Column in the 1876 Centennial Campaign against the Lakota, Cheyenne, Dakota, and Arapaho Nations and the immediate aftermath of Custer's defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/19 1876-01/1876-07 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/19 John Jacob Benepe was a farmer from Christian County, Illinois, who enlisted with Company G, Forty-First Illinois Volunteer Infantry during the U.S. Civil War. The John Jacob Benepe papers document his time as a soldier and later veteran of the U.S. Civil War, and legal aspects of his family life. The papers include two reminiscences, one of which describes his experiences during the siege of Vicksburg as well as materials related to his pension and membership in the Grand Army of the Republic and vital records for his wife, mother, and daughter. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/26 1874/1903 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/26 In the 1870s, Gallatin County, Montana Territory, relied on a contract system funded by local tax funds to manage relief for the sick and poor. The Gallatin County Poor Fund warrant register documents the funds used to pay for the operations of poor relief in Gallatin County, Montana Territory. Among the items included in the transactions are medicine for the hospital, money lent, and clothing bought. Transactions date from May 4, 1871 to December 14, 1879. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/34 1871/1879 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/34 Richard D. Cotter was a packer, mountaineer who participated in expeditions in California and the Yukon before turning to mining in New York Gulch and later living in York, Montana. The Richard D. Cotter Papers consist of a diary discussing the 1875-1876 journey Cotter took through Idaho and Washington territories. The collection also includes materials documenting New York Gulch and the Trout Creek mining district of Meagher County, Montana Territory: a record book listing the membership and finances of the New York Dancing Club as well as legal documents recording the sale of a mining claim. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/20 1870/1878 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/20 Doane was a career U. S. Army officer, serving for the Union in the Civil War and later in the Army on the Frontier. Eventually rising to the rank of captain, he led military escorts for a number of exploration parties and survey expeditions in the late 19th century. The Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane report is an original handwritten exploration journal based on field notes created by Doane while leading the military escort of the 1870 Langford-Washburn-Doane expedition through the area that became Yellowstone National Park. Doane records measurements and observations about geographical and thermal features such Tower Fall, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone Lake, and the Lower, Midway, and Upper Geyser Basins. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/15 1870-12-15 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/15 The Laura Brown Zook Reminiscence discusses Zook's life in the budding community of Miles City, Montana, her early education, and various notable events in the area. Zook was a teacher, school administrator and librarian in Miles City, credited with the establishment of the Miles City Public Library. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/3 1868/1944 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/3 Charles W. Baker was an Illinois schoolteacher who lived in Virginia City, Montana Territory, from 1864 to 1867, before returning east to Illinois and then Missouri. The Charles W. Baker diary contains terse daily entries describing the overland journey to Montana Territory in 1864. Details include incidents along the Bozeman Road and Bridger's Cutoff; life in Virginia City, Montana Territory; mining and social activities; and the return trip east by way of Fort Benton and the Missouri River. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/30 1864/1868 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/30 Storrs was a New York-born shoemaker living in Marietta, Ohio, who enlisted in the 77th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The diary sporadically covers his activities preceding his 1862 enlistment through his 1864 march from Little Rock, Arkansas, to Pocahontas, Arkansas. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/2 1862/1864 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/2 Louis Agassiz was a Swiss-born biologist and geologist, professor of zoology and geology and founder of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, and author of foundational works on glaciers and fish fossils. The Louis Agassiz letters consists of a portrait of Agassiz and two letters to Franklin Benjamin Hough and John Whipple Potter Jenks, respectively, pertaining to Agassiz's efforts from 1854 to 1858 to collect fish specimens and eggs (presumably fish eggs) from colleagues in New England. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/35 1854/1858 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/35 Louis Agassiz was a Swiss-born biologist and geologist, professor of zoology and geology and founder of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, and author of foundational works on glaciers and fish fossils. The Louis Agassiz letters consists of a portrait of Agassiz and two letters to Franklin Benjamin Hough and John Whipple Potter Jenks, respectively, pertaining to Agassiz's efforts from 1854 to 1858 to collect fish specimens and eggs (presumably fish eggs) from colleagues in New England. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/36 1854/1858 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/36 Louis Agassiz was a Swiss-born biologist and geologist, professor of zoology and geology and founder of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, and author of foundational works on glaciers and fish fossils. The Louis Agassiz letters consists of a portrait of Agassiz and two letters to Franklin Benjamin Hough and John Whipple Potter Jenks, respectively, pertaining to Agassiz's efforts from 1854 to 1858 to collect fish specimens and eggs (presumably fish eggs) from colleagues in New England. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/37 1854/1858 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/37 Lester H. Todd was born in Salesville and lived in both the Spanish Creek and Cherry Creek Valleys. A descendant of two of the included families, he spent many years gathering the history from the region's old timers. The Early Settlers of Salesville, Spanish Creek and Cherry Creek Basin manuscript and a related map were created by Lester H. Todd to document the homestead settlement of the Gallatin River Canyon area of the Madison and Gallatin counties in Montana. The manuscript contains a thumbnail sketch of over 100 individuals and families, and includes agricultural information; ownership succession, including consolidation by the Flying D Ranch; and events such as the murders of John Bozeman and John Allen. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/12 1850/1965 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/12 Lester H. Todd was born in Salesville and lived in both the Spanish Creek and Cherry Creek Valleys. A descendant of two of the included families, he spent many years gathering the history from the region's old timers. The Early Settlers of Salesville, Spanish Creek and Cherry Creek Basin manuscript and a related map were created by Lester H. Todd to document the homestead settlement of the Gallatin River Canyon area of the Madison and Gallatin counties in Montana. The map details the location of the settlers' homestead claims. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/13 1850/1965 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/13 The Campbell Family Papers includes several letters, legal documents, and promissory notes spanning 1836 to 1899. Topics discussed include Campbell's plans to move west, a flood at Gallatin City, a sympathetic account of the Nez Perce pursuit and the writer's friend, Looking Glass, as well as a description of the death of Fannie Campbell's mother. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/8 1836/1899 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/8 The Campbell Family Papers includes several letters, legal documents, and promissory notes spanning 1836 to 1899. Topics discussed include Campbell's plans to move west, a flood at Gallatin City, a sympathetic account of the Nez Perce pursuit and the writer's friend, Looking Glass, as well as a description of the death of Fannie Campbell's mother. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/9 1836/1899 http://arc.lib.montana.edu/historical-documents/item/9