Major Charles Rawn

Using first-person interpretive techniques, historians bring to life two colorful characters from Montana’s past. Dr. Bob Brown, former director of the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula, portrays Major Rawn. In the summer of 1877, the major founded Fort Missoula, was called upon to stop the Nez Perce at what became known as Fort Fizzle, and participated in the Battle of the Big Hole. Brown’s presentation includes reminiscences of Major Rawn’s entire career—including his involvement in the Civil War—but will focus on the frontier infantry in Montana and the Nez Perce War