Thanks to your generous donations and the efforts of Andy Lukes who spearheaded the sign project, Daren Wicks and Brian Martin of Hellgate Forge who fabricated the mounting hardware, and Mike Heisey and Marla Frick who hung the sign, we have an eyecatching and welcoming invitation for passersby to stop by for a visit! Thanks to all!
BMHC recently installed a flat screen TV and DVD-VHS player and converter thanks to a generous grant from Preserving Missoula County's History. The new equipment enables us to show programs at the Center, including Roundtables, Timberjack, and a recently produced video on cooking with a Dutch oven by the Hooligan Glenn Max Smith.
Three designs to decorate the endcaps on the new I-90 bridges are out for public vote. Which do you like? Option 2: the bull trout, teepee, and saw teeth; or Option 3: bull trout, river and mountains, and saw teeth. A final decision won't be made until the deadline approaches for ordering the endcaps. The I-90 bridge project is slated to be completed in 2019. Send your vote to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or via the MDT hotline, 406-207-4484.
Option 1: the Confluence logo
Option 2: the bull trout, teepee, and saw teeth
Option 3: bull trout, river and mountains, and saw teeth
We continue to be lucky at the Center once again as we have received many gifts pertaining to Bonner-Milltown's past as well as donations of dollars which make it possible to continue operation. Chief among these is the donation of space and utilities from Bonner Property Development LLC, aka Mike Boehme and Steve Nelson. Reading this extensive list you can easily see the great variety of items that have come to the Center. We are grateful for all these gifts and hope that readers will continue to share more items with us.
A Grass Roots Tribute and Stories of the Confluence are available at the Bonner Milltown History Center.
Copies of A Grass Roots Tribute: The Story of Bonner, Montana are available for $20 at the River City Grill, Bonner School, and the Bonner Milltown History Center and Museum. All proceeds go to the Bonner School History Project to fund an update of the current history book. Need one mailed? Send a check for $27 to Bonner Milltown History Center, PO Box 726, Bonner MT 59823. Include the address of where you want the book sent. We will mail your book and remit $20 to Bonner School.
Life at the Confluence: Riverside Stories by Sam Berry is an oral history and art collaboration describing the Bonner-Milltown area. Featured are Lois Johnson, Richard Hamma, Chuck Teague, Jack Demmons, and Grant Higgins. Copies are $6.00 if purchased at the Bonner Milltown History Center and Museum (BMHC). Preview the book.
Need one mailed? Send a check for $8.50 to Bonner Milltown History Center, PO Box 726, Bonner MT 59823. Include the address of where you want the book sent. We will mail your book. All sales benefit the BMHC.
Walking on the Road to the Buffalo links us to the area's rich history. Norman Jacobson led eleven intrepid modern explorers on a hike to and on the Road to the Buffalo traversed by Meriwether Lewis, eight members of the Corps of Discovery and 17 horses on July 5, 1806
Dennis Sain presented "The History of the Big Blackfoot Railroad" on Sunday, October 26, at the annual meeting of the Seeley Lake Historical Society.