Welcome to the Bonner Milltown History Center - Montana
The Bonner Milltown History Center and Museum acknowledges that we are in the homelands of the Salish and Kalispel people. We offer our respect for their history and culture, and for their wisdom in caring for this place for the generations to come.
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Hours: Tuesday, coffee group meets (everyone welcome) 9 am - noon; Wednesday, public hours 10am - noon; Friday, Old Roads and Rabbit Holes group meets on 10am - noon
If the above hours aren't convenient, please call 406-540-4046 and leave a message. We will call you back and arrange for a museum visit.
If we are closed, you can take a walk through Bonner's history with this walking tour created for the Bonner School! Bonner Walking Tour PDF
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The inaugural history stroll in Bonner featured lively discussion.Summer History Strolls:
Join us Tuesday evenings from 6-8 for a history stroll through a neighborhood. Weekly announcements on our Facebook page.
June 25 - Bonner; July 2 - Milltown; July 9 - West Riverside; July 16 - Confluence area of Milltown State Park;
July 23 - Bonner; July 30 - Milltown; August 6 - West Riverside; August 13 - Confluence area of Milltown State Park
Now available online:
Geology of the Bonner Area with Bruce Baty is available on YouTube. Transcription (PDF)
Our 2023 Newsletter is now online. December Newsletter 2023 (PDF)
An article from the Montana Quarterly: "Building on the Remains: Missoula entrepreneurs revitalize the polluted Bonner mill site in private-public cooperation" (PDF)
2024 Roundtables: "Bonner History Reflected in the Historical Museum Collection" by Kristjana Eyjolfsson and Matt Lautzenheiser of the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula. "Freeing the Blackfoot: Removal of the Bonner Dam and the Cleanup of the River" by Tony Liane. "A Confluence of Cultures in the Bonner Area" with Cheryl Hughes, Kali Zaglauer, Ilona Hangas, Rick and Pat Swanson, and Glenn "Hooligan" Smith.
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For a look into the past, please watch this 10 minute silent promotional piece Anaconda Copper Mining Company - Bonner Lumber Mill posted on YouTube by the Montana Historical Society.
