Investing in a Boom Town: The Rise, and Demise, of a Self-Made Career

MHS Interpretive Historian Dr. Ellen Baumler tells the story of the Othar Wamsely family, which was lured from Indiana to Hamilton by the bold schemes of land speculators and a booming apple industry. The family’s adventures and misadventures—recorded in Othar’s charming unpublished reminiscence—provide a very personal perspective on this heady time in the Bitterroot Valley.